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Interdisciplinary researcher focused on shaping AI towards long-term positive goals. Focusing on ML and ethics.
Opinions mine. =)

Last Notes

2024-06-24 14:49:49

Yesterday my much-loved aunt Maggie passed away. She was a force of nature, brilliant and thoughtful. A Hollywood metal artist who defined an aesthetic you're probably familiar with. Sharing a little video about her work on Star Trek & beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqqk7B44oAg

2023-09-15 17:33:25

NYT just posted a new job, Newsroom Generative AI Lead, to “lead the newsroom’s efforts to ambitiously and responsibly make use of generative artificial intelligence.”
https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/job/New-York-NY/Newsroom-Generative-AI-Lead_REQ-014906-1

2023-08-27 13:01:59

So much this.
"[Chief Twit] reopened [Twitter's] gates to trolls trying to counteract sound science with misinformation and outright lies and attacking responsible researchers with harassment and death threats."
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2023-08-25/column-scientists-used-to-love-twitter-thanks-to-elon-musk-theyre-giving-up-on-it
Thanks @npub16nf…q6as for the thoughts!!!

2023-08-21 19:45:27

I'm struggling to care about AI. I feel alienated and depressed. I'm watching the priorities I've defined & developed solutions for ignored, while what I've warned & been most concerned about--and offered solutions for--play out in real time. Leaders have been hostile, demeaning.

2023-08-20 22:03:31

Hurricane and earthquake AT THE SAME TIME!
#VisitingLA #EndOfTheWorld

2023-08-12 20:53:46

WEB METADATA TO CONTROL LLM SCRAPING ACTUALLY BEING USED AS A THING YAAAY! Thanks for the reporting @npub1z60…d0y7 !
Also worth looking into ai.txt !
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/openai-details-how-to-keep-chatgpt-from-gobbling-up-website-data/

2023-08-04 19:33:15

Great piece from @npub1x76…2qpx and @npub1e0a…eww0!! "To effectively ensure accountability mechanisms, we need to examine who gets funding, which academic projects are legitimized, and who is given attention in debates around regulation."
https://techpolicy.press/ai-hurts-consumers-and-workers-and-isnt-intelligent/

2023-08-01 16:58:44

“Fundamentally speaking, if you do want to save the planet with AI, you have to consider also the environmental footprint [of AI first],” she says. “It doesn’t make sense to burn a forest and then use AI to track deforestation.”- @npub10s2…ljew ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/01/techscape-environment-cost-ai-artificial-intelligence

2023-07-30 17:37:23

Commitments "as solid as swiss cheese", encouraging "the equivalent of an oil spill into our information ecosystem." -- @npub1e0a…eww0 https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/ensuring-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-ai-what-those-seven-companies-avoided-committing-to-8c297f9d71a

2023-07-28 19:28:44

Tech ppl*, selling AI: AI learning is SUPERHUMAN learning!!
Also Tech ppl, faced with data liability: AI learning is exactly like human learning.
*#notalltechppl

2023-07-14 18:45:10

So I found this incredible lawyer + scholar at the intersection of AI, tech, ethics, and law and I can't hire them (though I desperately want to). Does anyone know of good job opportunities for someone with this unique and valuable skill set?

2023-07-10 21:54:34

Dear boss,
Apologies for not responding to any messages today.
I was too busy sharing 1 thought relevant to our company on 83 different platforms with slightly different writing constraints.

2023-07-10 20:03:24

I think the Threads logo is clever and exciting to my inner semiotician. Don't understand people knocking it (🧵 1/3).
1. It's hard to make an "instantly recognizable" non-linguistic+orthography-reminiscent symbol that doesn't yet exist -- Threads logo nails it.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/691/573/581/871/815/original/d28ef988d0ae05ce.png

2023-07-07 17:44:43

If you're a journalist or news editor covering AI, please consider reading this.
Thanks to Hilke for including me, Ari & @npub1hpm…jcum for their work, @npub1l8m…0m2y , @npub1j5h…762r , @npub1e0a…eww0 , @npub1al0…66k5,
@random_walker for your insights.
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/how-to-report-better-on-artificial-intelligence.php

2023-07-05 22:08:26

My alignment is bigger than yours.
https://openai.com/blog/introducing-superalignment

2023-07-05 16:50:52

This new piece from @npub1vk5…r20w is so, so, so good. It explains wtf is going on with Silicon Valley and AI risk. Between the lines, it connects a lot of dots for me I hadn't worked out yet. Insanely well-written and well-researched.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/07/05/ai-apocalypse-college-students/

2023-06-25 10:52:33

EVERYBODY STOP WRITING INTERESTING THINGS I HAVE TO DO OTHER STUFF.

2023-06-18 08:47:31

Happy 81st birthday to my favorite Paul McCartney! 🤗
Pictured: Paul with Hofner, Rickenbacker, Epiphone, Baratto
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