Hey, I just launched a gofundme for the short film I'm directing, about a little monster afraid of the human under their bed! Please help out if you can. Boosts appreciated!

https://gofund.me/c72d8403

I'm copying here a tweet by the brilliant physicist, professor Chanda Prescod-Weinstein who is no longer active on Mastodon because she was immediately met with a barrage of racist and antisemetic attacks on this platform.

"Last night I helped report a Google spreadsheet that exclusively listed Black and Brown college students who had spoken up in support of Palestinian liberation. It included personal information about them as part of an effort to doxx them.

The Crimson reported on it today.

There is now A TRUCK DRIVING AROUND HARVARD with the names and faces of people they think were involved in writing this statement???? Is this happening????

A message "My friend told me that anyone wearing a hijab on campus needs to temporarily exchange it for a hoodie or beanie or else they'd be targeted - & to remove any & all Palestinian flags because they're threatening dorm rooms with molotov cocktails"

Speaking of Shane Legg, co-founder & "chief AGI scientist" 🙄 of Deepmind, here is this gem he co-authored in 2007 titled "Universal Intelligence" where he wonders, as one does,

"Are men on average more intelligent than women? Are white people smarter than black people?" 🤔 Questions white men like to "ask"

https://arxiv.org/pdf/0712.3329.pdf

We can be irreverent in deflating #AIhype, but we do it because the harms are real and present. Especially when LLMs are presented as useful to vulnerable populations. @alex l and I were fortunate to discuss with Hannah Zeavin on #MAIHT3k episode 13:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/13544940-episode-13-beware-the-robo-therapist-feat-hannah-zeavin-june-8-2023

Thx to Christie Taylor for production!