Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)So two documentaries about "AI" are coming out this week -- a good one and a bad one. For some info on which is which and why, see:
https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/a-tale-of-two-ai-documentaries/
Britstralian@emilymbender Does the bad one suggest it's good, and vice versa?
@Nigel_Lake Hmm -- the post you're replying to has a link to some writing that will probably answer your question. But you'd rather have it spoon fed to you?
Alex Ball@emilymbender Thank you for this! Ghost was already on my watch list, and the other one remains very much not on it.
Erwin@emilymbender the story behind the AI doc reminds me of a video from FoldingIdeas that dives into how scientists got tricked to appear in a crackpot documentary about geocentrism.
Sure, there is creative freedom for the director, but using the credibility of experts to further a narrative that benefits either the director or some aligned cause is awful.
Does give away the plot if it really being an advertorial.
That Time Geocentrists Tricked A Bunch of Physicists
MarjorieR@emilymbender can you tell us where they, or a least the Ghost doc, are coming out? Around the world not just in the USA? I'm in the UK.
Airelle 🕸@emilymbender Reading the intro, my guess was "one's written by two men, one by a woman, I bet the latter is the good one".
Well, color me unsurprised.
Well, color me unsurprised.
Aaron@emilymbender from your article it sounds like the AI Doc only uses subjective narrative.
So it’s only documenting the director being persuaded by these conversations.
Is that true? If so, it sounds like director used the genre of documentary to lend a sense of authority to the people interviewed.
@subterfugue Yes indeed.