aburka 🫣@Infoseepage @ben @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute I respect propublica a lot but this throws almost all of it away in one single post
Matthew Sainsbury has moved@aburka @Infoseepage @ben @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute yeah, I’m gutted that my donations to ProPublica are going toward LLMs and content theft from other authors and journalists.
@mattsains @Infoseepage @ben @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute and the "however you feel about it" language is just gross techbro drivel. Really expected better from Ben
@mattsains @Infoseepage @ben @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute https://werd.social/@ben/114206216780114103
Ben Werdmuller@aburka @mattsains @Infoseepage @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute Correct: there isn't.
The JD and post are deliberately worded. This is a research post. Is there a way to use these technologies in a way that's aligned with our values and need for safety? "No" is a very viable outcome here. Either way, we need to do our due diligence rather than knee-jerk it away or join the hype cycle.
The position is funded by Lenfest and doesn't come out of our existing donations.
@ben @aburka @Infoseepage @ProPublica @lenfestinstitute Lenfest is funded in large part by Microsoft and Open AI, who stand to gain the most from ProPublica staining its reputation to shill for LLMs. It’s so transparent it wouldn’t take an AI-assisted journalist to figure out what motives are at play here