J CavanaughSimpson

AI culture/counterculture, human rights, tech & society. Journalist, essayist, Pulitzer Center Grantee & Advisor. Work @The_Rumpus @washingtonpost @SunSentinel

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

This gets to the heart and soul of loss. Well shown @JodyKeisner

[Jody Keisner @JodyKeisner]

For a presentation on AI, my student brought in two passages of text: one from my book (surprise!) and an AI rewrite. She asked the class which passage was better at illustrating the emotional texture of the scene.

The majority chose the AI rewrite.

It all felt gross.

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

@weatherchannel Will your meteorologists pls stop using the phrase "Ride out the storm" during & after Hurricane Idalia? Drop for all time. All that phrase does is glamorize the risk of refusing to evacuate or seek safety, and further threaten the lives of your listeners

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Confused by AI? Ways to search for answers!

[Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter]

There are many ways you could cut into covering AI.

For starters, take a look at some of the tips shared by @_KarenHao and @JoCavanaughSim1 in conversation with @GinaSKChua.

10 takeaways 👉 https://t.co/ByxVmRUq8K

Full webinar 👉 https://t.co/UwAlZKMFZa

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

AI bias in housing, welfare, nabe surveillance, & hiring? Check out @pulitzercenter AI Accountability Network projects & call for fellowship applications. Scroll down page for info & view informative & inspiring webinar! Deadline July 1 @MarinaWalkerG
https://t.co/SrIgQCf0zp

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

And FAQ Webinar recording here! https://t.co/SrIgQCf0zp

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

AI in the news, yet what's the impact? Journalists w/ investigative project ideas: Seek a Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Network fellowship. Just a few weeks left @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 https://t.co/xlkxEPDGM0 & Webinar recording https://t.co/xlkxEPDGM0

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

@MarinaWalkerG And more here, including "combative" responses that seem less 'what-word-likely-follows-another" style, than Bing's AI chatbot being outright offended https://t.co/8S7iSic4L9

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Are we crossing the Turing Test Threshold? *Feels* like AI chatbot 'intelligence' capabilities are human, at least to a real human. With "emotional" foibles. Mostly parroting & patterns, so not there. Yet? Spooky entanglement convos popping up all over https://t.co/fzDbilcqHf

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

And thank you @jen_acker for setting up this revelatory & inspiring event

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Recently attended amazing @commonmag online craft class by author, journalist, Guggenheim Fellow @AnnaBadkhen. Inspiring note, paraphrased: 'When I sit down & start writing I want to do something to shift, to disturb, to illuminate, to bridge.' That's the higher goal & calling!

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

@LisaEllisonsPen Flight. No question. I dream about it all the time. Living invisible feels too spooky

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Thank you @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer for your support for this project. AI Accountability is essential in an era where artificial intelligence is increasingly everywhere.

[Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter]

Grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 reported that police agencies in South Florida misused AI facial recognition, disproportionately targeting Black people.

The story for @SunSentinel led to changes in Florida's police use of this technology.

Be part of the change. https://t.co/HUt78X7iaK

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Public records & public input. Investigating AI merges in-depth journalism, data analyses, interviews & narrative to spur change: civil rights protections in police agencies' facial recognition use for first time @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer
https://t.co/LEJsm12GG0

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Thank you @pulitzercenter for your support for this police facial recognition analysis project. Much was discovered by scouring public records & interviewing protesters & others most affected on-the-ground. Insights can apply elsewhere @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @SunSentinel

[Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter]

The report by grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 for @SunSentinel found that police agencies in South Florida widely misused AI facial recognition technology predominantly on Black people, at rates that exceed the region’s Black population and rates of arrest. https://t.co/QcnbMwiaIY

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Thank you @danabanker for your incredible leadership and guidance on this project @pulitzercenter

[florida editor 🐊 @danabanker]

Fantastic and impactful work, @JoCavanaughSim1 @pulitzercenter

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Florida police must now adopt policies to access massive facial recognition database. Some rules offer civil rights & First Amendment protections for 1st time after @pulitzercenter @SunSentinel AI project. TY @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @danabanker & others https://t.co/LEJsm13evy

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

Tech companies claims often outstrip realities, yet unproven digital 'solutions' are adopted widely, despite harms to real people. Here, amazing investigation by @ArijitDSen @dallasnews with support from @pulitzercenter & the AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275

[Dallas Morning News @dallasnews]

Social Sentinel, now Navigate360 Detect, says its AI helps prevent student suicides and school shootings. The software flagged a tweet where Robbie Robinson, then a student at @ASU, about buying a gun. He was arrested. No gun was ever found.

📹✍️: @DKproduxion
✍️: @ArijitDSen

[Techmeme @Techmeme]

How India's gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives, are using Telegram to exchange cheap hacks on how to game the platforms to their advantage (@varshaabansal / Rest of World)

https://t.co/rMoTcMhfIn
https://t.co/WZxVgNnxQu

[Varsha Bansal @VarshaaBansal]

Srikanth is back in his village for more than a year now. He wants to drive for Uber again but can't.

More details in my article published with @techreview as part @pulitzercenter's AI Accountability Fellowship.

Thank you @MarinaWalkerG & @bboying1275

https://t.co/t90AyDzCag

[J CavanaughSimpson @JoCavanaughSim1]

In-depth revelatory article by @VarshaaBansal in @techreview Facial recognition impairing livelihoods of Uber drivers & gig workers in India. Widespread, increasingly worldwide tech impact, support via @pulitzercenter & AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 @kem

[Varsha Bansal @VarshaaBansal]

NEW: In June I travelled to Cherlaitikayala village in Telangana to investigate a case of Uber locking a driver out of his account due to facial recognition issues.

I also surveyed 150 Uber drivers of which nearly 50% said they faced something similar.

https://t.co/t90AyDRLoo