Alessandro N. Tirapani

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@lucianofloridi: "The article criticises the neutrality thesis (all technology, AI included is neutral and can be used for good and evil purposes). It argues that it must be replaced by the value double-charge thesis, according to which the design of any technologic is a moral act, no technology is ever neutral, and every technology can have a more or less “static equilibrium” of values".

#AugmentedLiteracies

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4551487

Universities: We're investing in growth and have built loads of new buildings. Also Universities: Academics, you no longer have an office - it's hot-desking now!
Assembled a tiny tv to watch 20th century cartoons
Baltimore's Abandoned Power House: The Story of Gould Street Generating Station

Once the pinnacle of Baltimore's electrical might, Gould Street wound up abandoned. Here's the story!

A nightmare scenario for generative AI: images of child sex abuse. Disturbing, fast-multiplying, hard to trace and a major hindrance to real-world investigations of heinous crimes:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/19/artificial-intelligence-child-sex-abuse-images/

AI-generated child sex images spawn new nightmare for the web

Investigators say AI-generated child sexual abuse images are simple to create, difficult to track and take time away from finding victims of real-world abuse.

The Washington Post

The shot tower at the abandoned Remington Arms factory

Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/remington-arms-munition-factory

Bridgeport's Abandoned Remington Arms Munition Factory

Once one of the world's main manufacturers of guns and ammunition, the Remington Arms Factory in Bridgeport is no more.

"Adapting College Writing for the Age of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT: Some Next Steps for Educators"

https://criticalai.org/2023/01/17/critical-ai-adapting-college-writing-for-the-age-of-large-language-models-such-as-chatgpt-some-next-steps-for-educators/

CRITICAL AI: Adapting College Writing for the Age of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT: Some Next Steps for Educators

Angel McNall photography Adapting College Writing for the Age of Large Language Models such as ChatGPT: Some Next Steps for Educators  By Anna Mills and Lauren M. E. Goodlad (licensed CC BY NC…

Critical AI

Did you know that 88.95% of possible unix time values (signed int32) are already in the past? It's only 15 years to the #Epochalypse, make them count!

I created a small countdown website for the nerds among us.

https://epochalypse.today/

#epoch #unixtime #y2k38

How much time until the Epochalypse?

A countdown to the end of 32-bit unix time

Thrilled to announce that @KiaNobre and I will join @Yale as of next academic year. I will be the Founding Director of the Yale Digital Ethics Center. What an exciting opportunity and challenge! I can't wait to start working and collaborating with so many great colleagues!
Here’s a fun #maths problem: if a country’s imports from a £14.5tr trading bloc comprised of 27 sovereign states decrease by 29% while exports to that bloc decrease by 41%, which country is worse off as a result of #Brexit#ToryMaths #BrexitReality