Show threadCory DoctorowMar 9, 2023

#5yrsago Machine learning models keep getting spoofed by adversarial attacks and it’s not clear if this can ever be fixed https://www.wired.com/story/ai-has-a-hallucination-problem-thats-proving-tough-to-fix/

#5yrsago RIP #JohnSulston, open science hero and father of the Human Genome Project https://phys.org/news/2018-03-john-sulston-decoded-human-genome.html

#1yrago The cruelty isn't the point: The point is power https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/09/turkeys-voting-for-christmas/#culture-wars

#1yrago The #DawnOfEverything: An essential reminder that we are in charge of our own destiny https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/08/three-freedoms/#anti-fatalism

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AI Has a Hallucination Problem That's Proving Tough to Fix

Machine learning systems, like those used in self-driving cars, can be tricked into seeing objects that don't exist. Defenses proposed by Google, Amazon, and others are vulnerable too.

WIRED
quoteallthethings #Yang2020 🐉Jul 2, 2019
It was a matter of not living lavishly but enjoying what you had, growing things with your hands, working hard, but not being tied to a nine-to-five job, and generally feeling that there's more to life than money.... #JohnSulston #quote https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-sulston-quotes/#67433848
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quoteallthethings #Yang2020 🐉Mar 30, 2019
Muriel, my mother, was my main confidant. She was a teacher of English at Watford grammar school but took a break while my sister Madeleine and I were children. She held court in the kitchen, and we talked about everything.... #JohnSulston #citation https://openquotes.github.io/authors/john-sulston-quotes/#fb33bf60
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Boing BoingMar 9, 2018
RIP John Sulston, open science hero and father of the Human Genome Project https://boingboing.net/2018/03/09/universal-shared-heritage.html #wellcomesangertrust #humangenomeproject #accesstoknowledge #knowledgecreation #johnsulston #openaccess #Copyfight #obits #Post #a2k #oa
RIP John Sulston, open science hero and father of the Human Genome Project

RIP John Sulston, open science hero and father of the Human Genome Project

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