Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Feb 29, 2024

It seems like there are just endless bad ideas about how to use "AI". Here are some new ones courtesy of the UK government.

... and a short thread because there is so much awfulness in this one article.
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https://www.ft.com/content/f2ae55bf-b9fa-49b5-ac0e-8b7411729539

UK government to trial ‘red box’ AI tools to improve ministerial efficiency

Initiative is part of Rishi Sunak’s drive to boost Whitehall productivity through technology

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@emilymbender Unsurprising really, any outfit offering to use AI is looking to avoid something be that paying for people to do a thing or more usually responsibility. Just give it to the black box we don't understand the workings of but which does spew out bullshit, if anything goes wrong we'll say it was the computer's fault.
Feb 29, 2024 at 5:07pmWeb