Nathaniel Poor

Not really on Twitter any more. Might tweet during conferences.

[Nina Turner @ninaturner]

Went from “free speech!” to “here’s how much speech you can see”

[Jennifer Pahlka @pahlkadot]

Worried about and AI "paperclip maximizer" that decides humans are in the way of its goal? What if we already have that? What if corporations and their need to maximize profit are "slow AIs"? A must-read from @timoreilly https://t.co/0UnOFOWfPL (my hubby)

[Jeremy Bowers @jeremybowers]

Reminded by several examples this week that pre-2022 web scrapes will be the last of the non-synthetic human-generated content for LLMs, meaning that pre-2022 training data will be valuable like non-radioactive steel.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Jack Smith: "It is very important for me to note that the defendant in this case must be presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. To that end, my office will seek a speedy trial in this matter."

[Kotaku @Kotaku]

The brilliant scholar who’s challenging racism in game design: https://t.co/q5fmWUEDOF

[kottke.org @kottke]

George Takei Recalls His Childhood in a WWII Internment Camp. "I could see right outside my schoolhouse window the barbed wire fence and the sentry tower as I recited the words 'with liberty and justice for all.'" https://t.co/CBen8Q7Grr

[Pranab Ghosh @pkghosh99]

@justinhendrix I am beginning to think this a ploy for more AI funding. First create a fictitious catastrophic problem and then solicit funding to solve the non existent problem and save humanity.

[Plague Poems @PlaguePoems]

While it is certainly tiring
to worry
about the virus
and intolerance
and the climate
and artificial intelligence
it is even more tiring
to realize that you need
to worry
about all of those things
at the same time.

[Nathaniel Poor @natpoor]

@katypearce In the pocket of the blazer / suit coat you only wear to conference presentations that you finally sent to the dry cleaners after several years (and is still there since you forgot about it).

[Lynda Carter @RealLyndaCarter]

Hot tip for the non-gamers: Zelda is the name of the doctor. Link is Zelda's monster.

[Bethesda Game Studios @BethesdaStudios]

Happy Birthday to one of our favorite adventures. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind turns 21 today. 🎉

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Pedro Pascal as academics. A 🧵:

First-year PhD student.

[Nathaniel Poor @natpoor]

@DnDSesame Threes.

[@DRJessieNYC 🇵🇸 @JessieNYC]

Thus, it follows, I argue that if you want to create a technology that doesn't immediately (or, very quickly) get exploited by white supremacists, then you have to DESIGN for that. It should be part of the process.