Mastodawn

Veena Calambur (she/her)Jul 21, 2024

It’s concerning to see AI being used to predict applicant performance for medical school and residency selection as per the AAMC. I’m glad they’re at least thinking about a responsible AI approach but I can’t imagine AI selecting future doctors. @emilymbender and @alex i would love to see a mystery hype 3000 ep about this - https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/principles-responsible-ai-medical-school-and-residency-selection

Veena Calambur (she/her)Jul 10, 2024

peter purgathofer Jul 9, 2024

wonderful. it was only a matter of time, but i thought, it would take longer.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ai-effectively-useless-created-fake-194008129.html

AI is effectively ‘useless’—and it’s created a ‘fake it till you make it’ bubble that could end in disaster, veteran market watcher warns

"Fake it till you make it may work in Silicon Valley, but for the rest of us, I think once bitten twice shy may be more appropriate for AI," MacroStrategy...

Yahoo Finance

Veena Calambur (she/her)Nov 25, 2023

irwin Nov 25, 2023

Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard - The Guardian https://apple.news/ABZI8b117RZaQpZ6lKEvDFQ

Where are all the ‘godmothers’ of AI? Women’s voices are not being heard — Guardian US

Amid the coverage of Sam Altman returning to the helm of OpenAI, women are being written out of the future of AI

Veena Calambur (she/her)Nov 15, 2023

sjvn Nov 13, 2023

The current state of AI.

Veena Calambur (she/her)Nov 7, 2023

evacide Nov 6, 2023

People of the US: election day is tomorrow. Voting is harm reduction and small, local elections are the ones where your vote has the highest impact. Go do the thing.

Veena Calambur (she/her)Oct 12, 2023

Ben Keith Oct 12, 2023

#Dropbox has opted in all non-EU users to sharing their content with OpenAI, but as far as I can see in settings, it doesn't have any opt-out. https://help.dropbox.com/view-edit/privacy-settings-dropbox-ai

FAQs about Dropbox AI and your privacy

Learn more about Dropbox AI principles and privacy settings. Manage AI privacy controls for individual and shared accounts.

Veena Calambur (she/her)Aug 16, 2023

Julian Fietkau Aug 15, 2023

PSA: I've been working on a small new web app to host an opt-in public list of #HCI researcher accounts on the fediverse. I got together with the https://hci.social team and set it up here: https://directory.hci.social

Please check it out and, if you do #HCI, #CSCW or anything along those lines, you're invited to add yourself! 😀 And to follow @directory_bot too.

It's the first public stress test and I kinda expect some breakage. Please contact me if anything doesn't work like it should!

🌱 hci.social

A social platform for Human-computer Interaction researchers and practitioners. Hosted by Princeton HCI. Managed by a group of volunteers.

Mastodon hosted on hci.social

Veena Calambur (she/her)Aug 4, 2023

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Aug 4, 2023

Episode 8 of Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 (podcast form) is up!

"The ChatGPT Awakens"

When @alex and I started this show to dismantle #AIhype in August 2022 little did we know just how high bullshit mountain was going to get...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/13347091-episode-8-the-chatgpt-awakens-january-20-2023

w/ thanks to Christie Taylor for production!

#MAIHT3k

Episode 8: The ChatGPT Awakens, January 20, 2023 - Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000

New year, new hype? As the world gets swept up in the fervor over ChatGPT of late 2022, Emily and Alex give a deep sigh and begin to unpack the wave of fresh enthusiasm over large language models and the "chat" format specifically.Plus, more fresh...

Buzzsprout

Veena Calambur (she/her)Jul 21, 2023

Meredith Whittaker Jul 21, 2023

This is the real, human cost of mass surveillance of everyone's private digital communications.

If we actually care about keeping people safe, we need more end-to-end encryption not less.

Veena Calambur (she/her)Jul 16, 2023

Kevin Collier Jul 15, 2023

This is truly jaw-dropping. Absolutely no one's doubting her credentials. A young Black woman already doing the job of acting National Cyber Director can't get formally Senate confirmed in that role because she has debt?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/07/15/kemba-walden-nomination-cyber-director/

Personal debts said to scuttle nomination of Biden’s acting cyber director

The White House has said it won't nominate Kemba Walden to be national cyber director over personal debts. The rationale has stunned colleagues.

The Washington Post

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