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Psybernomics: Latent Human Potential and The Role of AI in Society - McCain Institute In the season one finale of Westworld, Dr. Ford confronts an AI host, Dolores, revealing that her autonomy is not her own. An illusion of reality, she is but a carefully constructed reflection of his ...

"As we build increasingly sophisticated AI, are we empowering human potential—or just perfecting the illusion of control?" Latest and greatest—hand to god (pun intended) #AI #Governance #Ethics #Leadership #FutureOfWork #Technology #McCainInstitute #AIethics #Democracy

Rethinking AI in Air Traffic Management The Hidden Security Risks No One Is Talking About

The next crisis won’t come from a cyberattack or pilot error, but from an AI system doing exactly what it was trained to—just not by us.

I break it down here:

#AviationSecurity #AI #Cybersecurity #AdversarialAI #NextGen #Leadership #FAA #DataPoisoning

The best actually real stuff at CES 2025 In this week’s Installer: all the things we saw in Vegas that might actually go on sale.

The best actually real stuff at CES 2025

This security system shoots paintballs at intruders Doorbell cameras are standard fare these days. More and more people have invested in connected security systemss, as the technology has become both cheaper and more user friendly. There’s one important thing these system won’t do, however: shoot people…

This security system shoots paintballs at intruders

30 of the Most Bizarre Inventions of All Time From doughnut dunkers to yodel meters, take a look at these sometimes wacky inventions that often have not stood the test of time.

AI is inspired by human creativity—which brought us gems like the Urban Window Baby Cage and the Mass Shaving Machine. Truly, innovation at its finest.

#AI #Inventions #innovation #Ingenuity #MachineLearning

I found the future of creativity in a Brooklyn kitchen and why human creativity will thrive in the AI age.

A story about hope, innovation, and dancing with machines: link.medium.com/ApFEbQjgYPb

#Creativity #AI #Innovation

How AI is unlocking ancient texts — and could rewrite history From deciphering burnt Roman scrolls to reading crumbling cuneiform tablets, neural networks could give researchers more data than they’ve had in centuries.

I’m actually nerding out pretty hard about this one! No #conspiracies. No #aliens. Just ancient texts our #ancestors left behind—a not-so-secret secret #hobby of mine.

Excited to see how #AI breathes new life into these stories. See? AI can be used for good! … until it conjures the #elders. 😉

Why ethics is becoming AI's biggest challenge Teams designing AI should include linguistics and philosophy experts, parents, young people, everyday people with different life experiences from different socio-economic backgrounds.

More than half (56%) of businesses are delaying major investments in generative AI until there is clarity on AI standards and regulations. At least 72% say they are willing to forgo generative AI benefits due to ethical concerns.

#AIEthics #ProtectDID

Whimper, Not War: Reimagining the AI Apocalypse “This is the way the world ends. This is the way the world ends.

Humanity's end may come not through violent uprising, but a gradual, almost imperceptible loss of relevance. Do I think AI robots are going to destroy all of us? No. -But if we're not careful, I think it'll ripple through our downfall in every other way. #ItsComplicated #AIEthics #TrustAndSafety

I see that. I don’t necessarily think AI will wipe out humanity- though I do think we need to pay more attention to what we’re building and the data that goes into it. Garbage in, garbage out, you know?

Geoffrey Hinton, the “Godfather of AI,” warns: a 50% chance AI could lead to humanity’s extinction within 30 years.

Let that sink in.

If we knew an invention had a coin-flip chance of ending humanity, would we still build it—who gets to decide?

#AI #EthicsInAI #FutureOfAI #ArtificialIntelligence

Google Colab vs. Jupyter Notebooks: Which is your go-to for data science and development? 🤔 Kind of feels like picking between an Apple and an Android, doesn’t it? 😄 What do you think?—cloud convenience or offline flexibility? #DataScience #MachineLearning #GoogleColab #JupyterNotebooks #AI

How Complexity Thinking Can Help the World Navigate AI A new paper examines how complexity thinking can help make sense of advanced artificial intelligence.

Linear thinking works great when you’re solving X, but life offers no fixed solutions. Relationships are dynamic, systems are entangled—and your data powers the AI threading through it all, adding an extra layer of complexity just to keep things interesting.

#ComplexSystems #AIPolicy

Human Misuse Will Make Artificial Intelligence More Dangerous AI creates what it’s told to, from plucking fanciful evidence from thin air, to arbitrarily removing people’s rights, to sowing doubt over public misdeeds.

AI trained by humans getting more dangerous? Almost like the tech isn’t the problem 🙃.

"The process of decivilization may begin with profound distrust in institutions and government leaders, but that distrust gets far worse in a society where people brutalize one another. There is no shortcut back to a robust democracy." Adrienne LaFrance Executive Editor

The brazen murder of a CEO in Midtown Manhattan—and the cheering reaction to his execution—amounts to a blinking-and-blaring warning signal for a society that has become already too inured to bloodshed, @adriennelaf.bsky.social writes. theatln.tc/ZRcsrreK

The Good News Is Everyone Can Create AI Content. The Bad News Is Everyone Can Create AI Content. - SWAGGER Magazine By: Meg Button, Fantastic Day  As AI tools spread across creative industries, we hear talk of a future where anyone can create anything, from a feature-length film to a fully…

Well… creativity is subjective. The good news is, we still shape the data behind the output. The bad news is, we still shape the data behind the output….
#AIForGood #AIforAll #AI #HumanSignalDynamics #Swagger

Alright I’m back on this thing. @sarah3amos.bsky.social talked me into it 😆 #firstpost #letsgo

DEF CON 31 Trailer! Many thanks to the mighty, mighty Zebbler for this DEF CON 31 Trailer video! Enjoy the artistry, dance like no one's watching and get your mind right for DEF...

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To Foster Competition In Social Media, Invest In Open Source Trust And Safety Tools Over the last decade, a small handful of large platforms have become de facto arbiters of how people communicate and share information with one another. As concerns about that concentrated power an…

"More effective, openly available tooling for trust and safety practices... could lower barriers to the development of and competition among a diversity of services, making it so that each organization does not have to reinvent the wheel."

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The National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy: Unleashing America's cyber talent An in-depth discussion on the opportunities, goals, and anticipated challenges with the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.

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Join @dfrlab.bsky.social and @cyberstatecraft.bsky.social as we welcome expert panelists and Acting National Cyber Director Kemba Walden to discuss the launch of the National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy.

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How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves? I'm pretty forgiving about reading mildly inaccurate physics stuff, especially when it's in science fiction stories, but every once in a while I read a real zinger that nearly causes me physical pain....

New blog post! How fast can we communicate with light and radio waves? https://skullsinthestars.com/2023/07/22/how-fast-can-we-communicate-with-light-and-radio-waves/ 🧪

Very interesting shift in content moderation preferences expressed in the survey over the past 3 years.

ISD's Jennie King on BBC World News, speaking on TikTok's content removal failures ISD's Head of Climate Research and Policy, Jennie King, features on BBC World News speaking on TikTok's content removal policy, and better approaches when it...

In April, TikTok announced a policy to ban climate change denial. Research published by BBC Verify has found this is wholly unenforced, but are bigger issues at play? I spoke to @BBCWorld about the perils of content-removal approaches in tackling mis-/disinfo.

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Scaling trust on the web The Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web's report captures analysis of the systems gaps and critical opportunities that will define how the next generation of online spaces will be constructed.

One month ago, @dfrlab.bsky.social launched its groundbreaking report from the Task Force for a Trustworthy Future Web: Scaling Trust on the Web. This comprehensive report was put together at breakneck speed and charts an actionable path forward to support human dignity and mitigate harms online.