Meredith WhittakerMar 10, 2024

Notable that this longstanding problem, which I and a few others have been naming for ~a decade, is now common sense.

It's true. AI is fundamentally a technology controlled by Big Tech. But the current 'solutions' to this problem would extend, not dilute, Big Tech control. 1/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/10/big-tech-companies-ai-research/

Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research

A growing chorus of academics say the sky-high cost of working with AI models is boxing researchers out of the field, compromising independent study of the technology.

The Washington Post
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Below is a thoughtful thread on AI and Big Tech by the head of Signal (CEO) Meredith Whittaker.

She posts great tech perspectives. Worth a follow.

Mar 12, 2024 at 11:42amWeb