Surely Betteridge's Law of Headlines applies here? #QTWTAIN
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Surely Betteridge's Law of Headlines applies here? #QTWTAIN
Is that also a rare exception to Betteridge's law of headlines? Or are the readers of this article more likely to see themselves as the innocent victims of this phenomenon? #QTWTAIN
The authors of the DSIT report are all men.
Thus the DSIT report, authored by four men at Ipsos, frames distrust as an emotional stance rather than a rational position.
Meanwhile confidence is paired with literacy.
When the DSIT report says
βiceberg effectβ, where underlying fears and distrust of AI ... are driven by deeper feelings of discomfort, powerlessness, and fear from AI generally
it should probably read
distrust of AI ... driven by deeper knowledge of how AI actually works, and for whom
Do emperor penguins count as imperial units? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperia...
I also thought of Bacon first but the date doesn't fit. A website called QuoteFancy attributes the quote to Walter Isaacson. There is a living biographer of this name, so perhaps the quote comes from one of his subjects?
Invokes #POSIWID - the purpose of the system is what it does
The county of Kent is divided by the river Medway. I was born East of the Medway, so that makes me a Man of Kent. Those born on the other side of the river are known as Kentish Men or Maids. Wondering how anyone born on the island will be classified.
Am I the first person to see this headline and think of Ian Betteridge? #QTWTAIN en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteri...
Do I detect a note of sarcasm in @bvig.bsky.social's recent comment about the AI-Related Job Impacts Clarity Act, when he writes "with the difficulty of separating one layoff cause from the other, Hawley and Warner's bill may become essential"? posiwid.blogspot.com/2025/10/expl...
Interesting and important but what makes you think it's unintended? #POSIWID
"Chaucer names al-KhwΔrizmΔ« (after whom algorithms are named) as 'Algus, the noble counter'. The word counter doesnβt just mean someone who recites numbers, but someone who decides what counts."
from my review of @striphas.bsky.social book on Algorithmic Culture rdcu.be/ekN6M
AI and Fraternity, Abeba Birhane, AI Accountability Lab I envision a future where human dignity, justice, peace, kindness, care, respect, accountability, and rights and freedoms serve as the north stars that guide AI development and use. Realising these ideals canβt happen without intentional tireless work, dialogues, and confrontations of ugly realities β even if they are uncomfortable to deal with. This starts with deciphering hype from reality. Pervasive narratives portray AI as a magical, fully autonomous entity approaching a God-like omnipotence and omniscience. In reality, audits of AI systems reveal a consistent failure to deliver on grandiose promises and suffer from all kinds of shortcomings, issues often swept under the rug. AI in general, and GenAI in particular, encodes and exacerbates historical stereotypes, entrenches harmful societal norms, and amplifies injustice. A robust body of evidence demonstrates that β from hiring, welfare allocation, medical care allocation to anything in between β deployment of AI is widening inequity, disproportionately impacting people at the margins of society and concentrating power and influence in the hands of few. Major actorsβincluding Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and OpenAIβhave willingly aligned with authoritarian regimes and proactively abandoned their pledges to fact-check, prevent misinformation, respect diversity and equity, refrain from using AI for weapons development, while retaliating against critique. The aforementioned vision canβt and wonβt happen without confrontation of these uncomfortable facts. This is precisely why we need active resistance and refusal of unreliable and harmful AI systems; clearly laid out regulation and enforcement; and shepherding of the AI industry towards transparency and accountability of responsible bodies. "Machine agency" must be in service of human agency and empowerment, a coexistence that isn't a continuation of modern tech corporationsβ inequality-widening,
so I am one of the 12 people (including the βgod-fathers of AIβ) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI
here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group
@moiraweigel.bsky.social has talked about Adorno's influence on Karp. Meanwhile, influences on Thiel include RenΓ© Girard and Leo Strauss. See my commentary here. posiwid.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-...
In his commentary on a recent guilty embrace at a Coldplay concert, @bvig.bsky.social notes our willingness to persecute someone for a perceived wrong despite not knowing the full story. posiwid.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
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However, some chatbots may display more emotional intelligence than some tech bosses, and many people might prefer to confide in a chatbot than a representative of the company that has just fired them, whether for practical advice or mental health support. rvsoftware.blogspot.com/2025/07/from...
On #technology and #trust by @zsk.bsky.social quoting @ginasue.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis...
@lot49.com in @theregister.com compares two alternative ways of predicting the future for agentic AI - surveys versus benchmark. Here's my commentary. demandingchange.blogspot.com/2025/07/how-...
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Before and After the Internet. My review of two recent books on #AlgorithmicCulture and #PlatformCapitalism by @striphas.bsky.social and @synthesiastica.bsky.social has been published by @j4subjectivity.bsky.social
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Are they only interested in cash transactions near the Mexican border? www.keranews.org/news/2025-04...
Following widespread criticism here and elsewhere, ICE has removed the claim that their job is to stop illegal ideas entering or leaving the US. Apparently it's now only IP they are interested in. Meanwhile, what about their claim to regulate flows of money? www.newsweek.com/ice-illegal-...
Interesting response from a woman whose Wikipedia biography contains twenty-six occurrences of the pronoun "she". @estherschindler.bsky.social
"Along with the illusion that what the data tells you is true, there are two further illusions: that what the data tells you is important, and that what the data doesn't tell you is not important."
rvsoapbox.blogspot.com/2020/02/the-...
#Ominous #SpoilerAlert "Knott, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was partially ejected from the vehicle. Deaths are coming."
If people like us don't fix the errors and omissions in Wikipedia, who will?
