stevie.speederson

Computational Linguist ✨ U.W. CLMS recent grad

Computational Bias (not that kind), Natural Language Processing, M.L. Language Modeling, Neurodivergent things.

[stevie.speederson @slpsism]

Email script for asking about starting the ADHD diagnosis process on stevie's don't snoozletter https://t.co/Uja6ogL2mU

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

It's heartening to see people from all different backgrounds opining intelligently on the ethics of AI and consent today. Sort of a rare moment worth pausing to appreciate.

[#NaMo Again 🚩 @BhaktSanatani_]

@AMAZlNGNATURE Geese flying along boat, wonderful. ?? 👍
https://t.co/p9s0cc6m92

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

Is anyone else concerned that all the negotiating seems to be excluding women?

[@emilymbender.bsky.social @emilymbender]

On 9/28, I had the opportunity to speak at a virtual roundtable convened by Rep Bobby Scott on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge?”. The roundtable was a closed meeting, but sharing our opening remarks is allowed. Mine are here:

https://t.co/HyEsrcL7rU

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Combating Harmful Hype in NLP with @asmelashteka and @pazunre https://t.co/YJsuoXU1iQ

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Exploited Workers Fueling AI (with @adrienneandgp & @MilagrosMiceli): https://t.co/R6D37CAD2E

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

For those interested, here's my talk at the #DeepLearningIndaba2023: 35 minute talk, then Q&A. Shout out to the white woman who decided to travel all the way to Accra to interrupt my conversation with students afterwords to ask me how I feel about...

https://t.co/V4iXUnq3ge

[CriticalAIhttps://read.dukeupress.edu/critical-ai/ @CriticalAI]

Once again @nytimes undermines its integrity as a newspaper of recording by providing misleading reports to the general pubic, complete w/ images of automated mannequins.

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

This interview with Dr. @TimnitGebru is the most popular we've ever done on Reimagining the Internet from @iDPI_umass. I learn so much every time I talk with Timnit and this was no exception: https://t.co/skWeWr30Ww

[@emilymbender.bsky.social @emilymbender]

@willknight The assertion that LLMs are "capable of surprisingly sophisticated reasoning" is supported with a link an article @willknight wrote on the "Sparks of AGI" paper + criticism of it.

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[Anchor Union @anchorunionSF]

Welp. Here ya go. Time to put everyone’s love of this brand to the test. Let’s work this out together and bring back what we’ve almost lost.

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Gzip is an existential risk to humanity greater than climate change.

[Davey Alba @daveyalba]

NEW: Internal documents shared with @technology show the complex instructions that Google contractors are asked to complete in minutes in order to train Google’s generative AI products, like Bard.

AI experts say the workers have an "impossible job."

https://t.co/Iwv2cCkKix

[Tech Transparency Project @TTP_updates]

Computational linguistics professor @emilymbender accurately calls this “a labor exploitation story,” driven by Big Tech’s push for “everything machines.” The human workers behind this effort, she says, “have an impossible job.”
https://t.co/RqKDuRuJWy

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

I hope ppl can understand how much the below rhetoric+media is a punch in the stomach to tech minorities. Reclaiming minorities' content as their own while poorly presenting the nuances. Glad for their Entirely New Idea of *articulating concrete scenarios*. Am furious.

[MMitchell @mmitchell_ai]

This org puts together shareholder proposals to try to fundamentally change companies based on human rights. Shareholder proposals are one of the only ways to change corporate policies "ground-up". They've been kind to me in the past, and are focusing on this issue right now.

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

NO.

Y'all please listen. The longtermists have infiltrated all these organizations and unless we seriously push back this narrative is going to be setting all sorts of legislation.

Read here to understand who the Future of Life Institute is: https://t.co/Gp11QgAuOr

[stevie.speederson @slpsism]

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[Abeba Birhane @Abebab]

"let them eat LLMs" is what I hear every time I see people/orgs say they wan to "alleviate poverty with LLms"

[stevie.speederson @slpsism]

@mmitchell_ai I shared the info that bard is using Gmail with friends and someone tried this prompt

[stevie.speederson @slpsism]

@mmitchell_ai https://t.co/Azzd0FAY9W