Arcane Sciences

@arcanesciences
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degrowth, permacomputing, ponies.

she/her

Arcane SciencesJun 12, 2023
CassandrichJun 11, 2023
AI is a lot like fossil fuel industry. Seizing and burning something (in this case, the internet, and more broadly, written-down human knowledge) that was built up over a long time much faster than it could ever be replenished.
Arcane SciencesJun 8, 2023
Timnit Gebru (she/her).Jun 8, 2023
"The court heard testimony of the traumatic nature of the moderators’ work on a day-to-day basis. “I remember my first experience witnessing manslaughter on a live video … I unconsciously stood up and screamed. For a minute, I almost forgot where I was and who I was. Everything went blank,” read one of the written testimonies."
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/07/a-watershed-meta-ordered-to-offer-mental-health-care-to-moderators-in-kenya
‘A watershed’: Meta ordered to offer mental health care to moderators in Kenya

Trauma experienced by staff at Nairobi Facebook hub recognised in legal ruling that may have global implications

The Guardian
Arcane SciencesJun 1, 2023
Show threadSasha Costanza-ChockMay 30, 2023

@timnitGebru maybe we should start a catchy label abbreviation to change the frame?

They are x-risk, we are

A-risk (actual risk?)
R-squared (real risk?)
R-harm (real harms?)
X-harms (eXisting harms?)

Arcane SciencesMay 22, 2023
Show threadTracy HallMay 21, 2023
@emilymbender
These are the same chuds who would see a tray of "FREE APPLES" , take the entire tray, and sell the apples.
Arcane SciencesMay 21, 2023
Alison CreeksideMay 20, 2023
Prof. Julia Steinberger reports
that for 3 full days the EU parliament hosted thousands of scientists, activists and policy-makers charting a future beyond growth, but says every single journalist there she spoke to said, "my editor refuses to print any story critical of economic growth."
She is asking people to spread the word about this.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1659429887751405569.html
#beyondgrowth #beyondgrowth2023
Thread by @JKSteinberger on Thread Reader App

@JKSteinberger: As floods & fires rise, oceans boil & ice melts, and "safe" temperatures are breached, something momentous just happened in the heart of the EU. No one has heard about it: journalists were present, b...…

Arcane SciencesMay 20, 2023
requiem 🦫May 19, 2023
Rip the system
Arcane SciencesMay 10, 2023
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)May 10, 2023

I really enjoyed talking with the crew at 'The Politics of Everything' for this podcast. Had no idea until it posted today that Ted Chiang was also interviewed!

https://newrepublic.com/article/172454/great-ai-hallucination-chatgpt

The Great A.I. Hallucination

Is the hype (and doomsaying) around generative A.I. programs like ChatGPT obscuring what the technology actually does—and its genuine limitations and dangers?

The New Republic
Arcane SciencesMay 6, 2023
Bad AI Takes Bingo: Born out of some very frustrating conversations. #ai
Arcane SciencesMay 4, 2023

Me and some other cool people worked on an open letter about #AI, #permacomputing, and #degrowth - feel free to sign on Gopher or Gemini if you agree with it!

gopher://perma.computer
gemini://perma.computer

Arcane SciencesMay 3, 2023
Ian RoseMay 2, 2023

Writers in every industry are facing a wave of declining salaries, job cuts and algorithms replacing human writers and editors. The WGA may represent one kind of writer, but they are fighting for all of us. I support the WGA strike, and whether you write for a living or just care about your content coming from humans making a living wage, you should too.

Learn about the strike, why it matters and what you can do to help:
https://www.wgacontract2023.org/

#UnionStrong #WGAStrike #SupportTheStrike

WGA Contract 2023

The WGA reached a tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on a new three-year Minimum Basic Agreement.