About the Tik Tok Ban Bill: Q: What makes Tik Tok different than any socials? A: Nothing Comprehensive privacy protection legislation covering all social nets and cloud services would be better than an executive branch with the power to selectively ban platforms. This shouldn’t even need saying?
This episode of the Invisible Machines podcast was fantastic! open.spotify.com/episode/3aSd...@emilymbender.bsky.social on the limitations and dangers of large language models.
Listen to this episode from Invisible Machines podcast by UX Magazine on Spotify. As a co-author of the often cited (and debated) Stochastic Parrots paper from 2021, Emily M. Bender is a staunch criti...
I've never had so many people ask me for my opinion on the Wired article by Jaron Lanier and Allison Stanger about Section 230. It took some time, but here is my response. Apologies for the angry outbursts. I couldn't avoid them. www.techdirt.com/2024/02/15/h...
What is going on at Wired Magazine? A few years ago, the magazine went on a bit of a binge with some articles that completely misrepresented Section 230. While I felt those articles were extraordin…
Coming soon on Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000: Annalee Newitz and Charlie Jane Anders of @ouropinions.bsky.social@alexhanna.bsky.social for a take-down of attempts at principles to govern the use of autonomous agents in Asimov's SF and Biden's US military. Mon, Feb 19, noon PST:
Twitch account for The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR).
I wrote about Bluesky opening up, what it means, and why I think it remains the most interesting social media experiment going today. www.techdirt.com/2024/02/06/b...
Bluesky is now open to anyone without an invite. And a bunch of other exciting things are coming soon. As many of you know, I’ve been pretty excited about where Bluesky is going as a social media o�...
I gotta see this film! deadline.com/video/winner...#Reality#Winner
I feel very vindicated for not making time to answer journalist's queries about papers that "prove" things based on hypothesized graphs and fabricated data.I feel very vindicated for not making time to answer journalist's queries about papers that "prove" things based on hypothesized graphs and fabricated data.
Last night at the vigil, @reprashida.bsky.social@coribush.bsky.social delivered moving speeches in memory of journalists murdered by Israel - and called for accountability moving forward. Over 100 journalists have been murdered to date: not one more!