Lauren Violet Marshall

aka 曾灵润. doing things full time

[Arvind Narayanan @random_walker]

There is widespread frustration about the AI industry’s “automate everything" agenda. But what would it take to steer AI toward augmenting human capabilities instead? In a new essay, Gabriel Unger (@_gabrielunger) and I lay out a research agenda and plan for action. https://t.co/gWjFI5VKbz

Our thesis is that the reason why AI-for-automation currently dominates isn’t just economic incentives but also deeper cultural issues in computer science as a field. And that can be changed.

- We sketch four important research directions that are needed in order to build collaborative or augmentative AI. The automation paradigm largely ignores these technical challenges.
- We advocate for Human-Computer Interaction and Human-Centered AI to be elevated as a subfield in status, influence, and funding, and changing AI curricula to emphasize the role of the human and decrease the centrality of the pure-automation problem framing.
- We point out that there are a surprising number of efforts in economics, computer science, industry, and policy all trying to bring about a shift toward augmentation, but not enough collective awareness. Better connecting these movements would amplify their power.
- We think the automation agenda is struggling on its own terms. Compiling evidence of the limits of general-purpose agents for automation and loudly making the case will encourage more companies to take collaboration more seriously as a goal.
- We predict that once more workers experience this way of working and recognize that there are alternatives to the delegate-and-supervise pattern, it will generate more demand, creating a flywheel effect.
- Targeted policy levers can play a small but important role in amplifying both the supply and demand for pro-worker AI. We don’t need clumsy top-down mandates.

We're not against automation. But we think the goal of AI must be broader.

This is the start of a long-term project. I know there are far more like-minded efforts out there than we’re aware of. I’d love to hear about some of them.

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

this piece is fire. better drops than most club nights in london, zero exaggeration

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

stood through a muddy beethoven 7 from dudamel & LA phil and my reward was a BLOODY GREAT premiere by Gabriela Ortiz

[Prof. Eliot Jacobson @EliotJacobson]

Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:

"An examination of the livers, kidneys and brains of autopsied bodies found that all contained microplastics, but the 91 brain samples contained on average about 10 to 20 times more than the other organs."
https://t.co/F3AJ8UqzbJ

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

boring old diesel train on the way back. i will miss the gallery cars though..

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

embarrassing excited to ride the new electric caltrain to SF today @Caltrain ⚡️

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

climate change is doing a number on the playa. camping in the desert feels like experiencing the climate apocalypse

[Ellen Huet @ellenhuet]

NEW: For the first time since 2011, Burning Man hasn’t sold out

Usually, tickets sell out immediately and are hard to source. This year, the BM org is offering them in an unheard-of last-minute sale

For today’s @technology newsletter, I had to ask: … is Burning Man over?

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

i for one am all for it… let’s stop pretending that the pop music industry produces anything but remakes at this point

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

no one is ready to talk about how charli xcx’s “so i” from brat is melodically identical to “no one dies from love” by tove lo

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

what movie should i watch (i have covid and i need to feel something other than covid. but i also don’t want to feel emotional or have my life changed at all by the aesthetic experience)

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

i redownloaded twitter

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@jojo_________no ……..

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@GraverJillian omg true, i think they’re all JEG originals…

[tay. @taynextdoor]

it's the last month of the year, quote with your favorite pictures of yourself this year.

[Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn]

For ChatGPT's anniversary, @_gabrielunger and I discuss how AI is creating three big challenges for macroeconomics in the lead article of the @IMFNews F&D magazine.
https://t.co/4KUSbQ6dJn

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@jojo_________no i need this policy in my apartment

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@jojo_________no green 💯

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@jojo_________no mine is a super simple camel/beige plain zip top thing from random amazon brand. aspirationally, i think this kinda thing looks least worst https://t.co/u8DLaxbf6S

[Lauren Violet Marshall @laurenvioletm]

@jojo_________no i have succumbed… hate the look but my left shoulder has never felt more free

[Jesse D. Jenkins @JesseJenkins]

Fyi, @GradientComfort just launched a 2nd gen of their window mounted heat pump, now rated to -7°F, and are setting price at $3800. Units plug in to normal 120V outlet (no electrician or panel upgrades!) and easy to install yourself (+a friend for lifting) https://t.co/csPkwTqRw9