Show threadCory DoctorowNov 27, 2023

This is @leevinsel's "#Criti-Hype": "taking press releases from startups and covering them with hellscapes":

https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5

Criti-hype and AI were made for each other. @emilymbender is a tireless cataloger of criti-hypeists, like the newspaper reporters who breathlessly repeat " completely unsubstantiated claims (marketing)...sourced to Altman":

https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/111464030855880383

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You’re Doing It Wrong: Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype

Maybe more people are writing about the real and potential problems of technology today than ever before. That is mostly a good thing. The list of books and articles from the last few years that have…

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Dominic LammarMay 16, 2023
Just watching #theAIDilemma by the center for humane technology and was struck by how great an example this is for what Lee Vinsel refers to as #Criti-hype. They state: "what nukes are to the phyical world, AI is to the virtual and symbolic world"?
For real?
#ai #hype