Generative AI has the potential to push the internet's carbon footprint to a tipping point. The many experts I spoke with disagreed on the technology's potential emissions, but even a small bump could be disastrous, for @TheAtlantic
https://t.co/37lUYNLbNx
Some companies make a business of collecting your data from many different sources and building your “secret identities”.
Far from the glamour of spy movies, we have little to no control over these identities. So what’s the point?
https://t.co/ZEwm7oR7gP
@PrienKarin Nein, und auch bitte nicht mit dieser Begründung! Es ist viel zu reduktionistisch (Funktion, Konsequenz->Sollen) gedacht und Verfassungssätze stehen aus gutem Grund nicht unter einem solchen Vorbehalt.
OpenAI and Microsoft are being sued in California for $3 billion over alleged #privacy violations. Here's a short thread on why this lawsuit is important and worth following 🧵👇 #AIEthics
@miriam_vollmer Schule war damals nur noch Grundrauschen, wo man hinmusste. Ich hatte mich für andere Dinge mehr interessiert. Daher, ja auch kein berauschendes Abi.
It takes 360.000 gallons of water/day to cool a data centre! Exploitation of workers, workplace automation, & mass discrimination of marginalised groups, these are REAL existential risks, not this latest PR stunt, my interview https://t.co/3fzHk0pviL @Independent@oiioxford@BKCHarvard
Another big step from @spawning_ team
ai.txt is another important piece of the puzzle - you can set AI training permissions for any media type direct from your site
How does this differ from robots.txt you ask?
The current AI hype/panic cycle is so fucked up ... that we've reached the point where Max Tegmark is celebrating that "Extinction by AI - is going mainstream"
(Thanks, mass media 🤦🏻♀️)
"However some experts believe that fears of AI wiping out humanity are unrealistic, and a distraction from issues such as bias in systems that are already a problem."
Why are they not cited like Altman, Hinton et al?? 🤔🤔🤔🤔
Many #AI tools essentially "free ride" on the "whole of human experience to date" & their creators "have effectively transferred tremendous wealth & power from the public sphere to a small handful of private entities."
I spoke with @BBCNews about AI risks.https://t.co/jb4cf8wWu8
Haha.
Auto-Regressive LLMs gonna auto-regress.
Your hands must remain on the keyboard at all time.
Level-2 Writing assistance? Yes!
Level-5 autonomous writing? No!
"Here’s What Happens When Your Lawyer Uses ChatGPT"
https://t.co/j5QDLzyNCt
»Wir müssen einsehen, dass unser Leistungssystem oldschool ist“, sagte BLLV-Präsidentin Simone Fleischmann der Deutschen Presse-Agentur in München.« https://t.co/JGowbUoyRe
"#AI operates in a hyper-capitalist system which means it’s probably going to be deployed in the service of maximising profits—which, like a lot of tech before it, has meant maximising clicks, scrolls & attention."
Thanks for the interview @InformationAge https://t.co/QUZgAzGOyO