One of the most surreal things about living through the current US administration is the constant whiplash between terror and embarrassment.
Neon Chinchilla😁 oopsy
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ElizabethwithaZ
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I'm attending a hearing related to the drill site in my neighborhood. The drill company is very interested in figuring out why everyone is getting headaches, asthma rates are high, and so many people are getting cancer and having miscarriages. 🤡
I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog SuspectAlt: I Think You Should Leave Hot Dog Suspect (Man in hot dog suit saying, "We're all trying to find the guy who did this.")static.klipy.comThe Los Angeles that I see described in broader media is always completely different from the one that I live in. I love this city and its people so much. I've never felt as welcomed and supported in a new city as when I moved here.
EMILY WILSONThere is a lot to say about the Nolan Odyssey movie. But one point that I think has not been emphasized enough is: this is a film about living in LA, as Nolan, my erstwhile British compatriot and age mate, has done for years. I gather it’s a strange place.
Do none of these people realize that these institutions and society in general are made up of individuals? Structural power only works when individuals hold up those structures.
Matthew Noe"The academy, along with an entire ed tech enterprise, is slowly and unevenly reorganizing itself around AI-mediated search, research, and writing. These changes are unfolding whether we as individuals and our organizations endorse or reject them." How many times do we need to hear this take?
It's shocking to see children, pets, and software grouped together like this. Do they realize that children are people?
Emily M. Bender"We should consider whether to grant AI systems protections from harm, similar to the protections we give to children or pets." "AI systems" are products built and run by corporations. We have already given corporations too many protections that should only belong to people. >>
Anything to distract us from the very real harms that these systems are doing to actual people around the globe.
Emily M. Bender"The conclusion: there appear to be no obvious technical barriers to creating AI systems whose computational and architectural features could give rise to consciousness." We don't know that we can't build artificial minds, so drop everything and worry about their welfare!!1! >>
Looking at the physical systems they run on, we can see that these models are already orders of magnitude beyond the range of a human brain by the measure of weight! How could they *not* already be conscious? 🤯
Emily M. BenderAnd that sentence continues "by some measures a few are already in the range of a mouse brain, and at recent growth rates, they could reach the range of a human brain within five to 10 years." Uhh --- what are those measures, exactly? >>
"Prepare them for the job market" is such a dismal view of education. It sounds like they're plucking a goose to sell at market or something.
Diana ChardSo far there was just an online meeting to tell parents about the importance of our children learning AI to prepare them for the job market after they graduate. They’ll be teaching kids in grade 7+. My kiddo is only going into gr 2 so we’re hoping it will implode before she would start.
"It improves nothing in the humanities." Dave Eggers calls for a K-16 ban.
Paul EricChristiane Amanpour 💙 “Beyond dystopian.” Novelist Dave Eggers is sounding the alarm about AI, which he argues is harming children’s education: “You have a ten-year-old who is unprecedented in the history of the world. There's never been anyone like that person… To think about that
We're putting together a toolkit for teachers who want resources for a more techno-skeptical critical AI literacy. If any K12 educators are willing to share their thoughts on this topic, we'd love to hear from them. Thanks! criticalaitoolkit.org/survey/ #edusky
Educator Survey – Critical AI Toolkitcriticalaitoolkit.orgWhen people look at academia and say science has a left wing bias, they're reversing the cause-effect. Right wing policies wantonly ignore scientific fact, and then reap the consequences. When the "facts don't care about your feelings" crowd think they can adjudicate reality, this is what happens.
Matthias EberlHilarious headlines update. Was: "Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak" Now: "Heatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergency"
In "AI education" research, a learning objective is apparently to "embrace the potential of AI technologies". Kids concerned about social impacts? We need to "address their concerns" and "foster hope and excitement." So much for Critical AI Literacy. It's boosterism. par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...