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[Women in AI Ethics™ @WomeninAIEthics]

Excited to unveil the "100 Brilliant Women in AI Ethics" list for 2024 — a powerful showcase of diverse experts shaping the future. Let's celebrate these phenomenal women for their impactful contributions to crafting a responsible and diverse AI future. https://t.co/d3ZvnsLVRb

[Meredith Whittaker @mer__edith]

I don't know the details of these systems, how they're used in practice. No one not there does (that's part of the appeal, to some). But I know the narratives + promises of the AI mythology are being used to authorize + give a veneer of computational sophistication to mass death.

[Dr. Émile P. Torres (they/them) @xriskology]

The NYT recently asked me to write an article about AI and TESCREALism. I said yes -- but only on the condition that @timnitGebru could coauthor it with me. They said no, then relented and said that we'd now need to submit a pitch -- as if they didn't contact me in the first

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

NY Times puts out a piece of "who's who" who has worked a decade+ to advance AI that, amazingly, is only men. That's intentional, right? It's legitimately hard to do that.
Fwiw, I've worked well over a decade on AI. I actually even won the "decade test of time" award last year...

[kn @k01324___]

@longnow Responsibility comes from "response-ability": an ability to respond, a reflection from Bette Adriaanse on how she felt once she had the financial ability and mental bandwidth to respond to issues she felt guilty about. #RadicalSharing @longnow

[kn @k01324___]

"When inequality increases, social cohesion lessens and crime rises." Inequalities have been on the rise since the 1970s and affects people on the 'more pleasant' side of the equation, according to Bette Adriaanse at the @longnow "Radical Sharing" panel.

[kn @k01324___]

@longnow What time is the workshop on Friday? Is there a signup?

[kn @k01324___]

@zoescaman Otter and Dovetail, depending on your goals. Dovetail also works for organizing and tagging research and auto-creating video clips.

[kn @k01324___]

Excited to have two sessions at @GETDWeb #DWebCamp this year!

Wed 9pm: Futures Game Night incl. Peek & EcoTarot
Fri 11am: Building Utopia: DWeb Community Futures using the #BuildingUtopia toolkit!

Looking forward to speculating and creating together!

[kn @k01324___]

@infogorp @abookapart @strangetimespdx @RosenfeldMedia Yes, representation, diversity, and elevation of a wider variety of voices and perspectives.

[kn @k01324___]

@infogorp @abookapart @strangetimespdx @RosenfeldMedia Social media platforms, which were designed primarily by white men, didn't consider how harassment might show up or provide controls for that. It's always worthwhile to diversify your sources to get a full picture of the design field (or any field you're interested in!)

[kn @k01324___]

@infogorp @abookapart @strangetimespdx @RosenfeldMedia There are a range of different topics covered in the book list. Yes, books written by different people will include different perspectives informed by folks' lived experiences. An example:

[Marco Rogers @polotek]

We're gonna keep repeating this until people get it. The current "revolutionary" AI that we are talking about is a very sophisticated guessing machine. Making shit up is not a bug. It is designed and engineered to make shit up.

[kn @k01324___]

@b_haddy @mozillafestival One question I'm thinking about: Profit-driven surveillance tech can create more distance and outsource decision-making to supposedly objective bodies, removing accountability. What might more relational and community-driven approaches look like? #MozFest @mozillafestival

[kn @k01324___]

"We're relying more on surveillance technologies just because we don't have other resources...Things like bite marks, these things we believe are rock-solid science have been proven to be false and unreliable." @b_haddy from Oakland's Privacy Commission at #MozFest

[kn @k01324___]

@b_haddy @mozillafestival When might surveillance tech be acceptable? With full accountability measures. Police have to come to them first with an impact analysis and can only use this tech for specific situations, with immediate data deletion and annual reporting. #MozFest @mozillafestival