Daniel Susser

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ethics, politics, and policy in tech // faculty, Information Sciences & Technology + Rock Ethics Institute @ Penn State
About Mehttp://www.danielsusser.info
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Daniel SusserApr 6, 2023

Lots of people are worried about the privacy implications of new brain technologies. In this new paper, neuroethics scholar Laura Cabrera and I argue the privacy threats are real but *not novel—*

In fact, they're exactly the same privacy problems other data-driven tech creates

https://philpapers.org/rec/SUSBDI

Daniel Susser & Laura Y. Cabrera, Brain Data in Context: Are New Rights the Way to Mental and Brain Privacy? - PhilPapers

The potential to collect brain data more directly, with higher resolution, and in greater amounts has heightened worries about mental and brain privacy. In order to manage the risks to individuals ...

Daniel SusserApr 5, 2023
claudiakincaidApr 5, 2023

Huge win for platform workers' rights here. Essentially, platforms (Uber/Ola) cannot hide behind "trade secret" arguments and must disclose how automated decision making is used to determine pay and allocation of work. Also establishes that personal data is being used to profile, manage and robo-fire workers:

https://www.workerinfoexchange.org/post/historic-digital-rights-win-for-wie-and-the-adcu-over-uber-and-ola-at-amsterdam-court-of-appeal

Historic digital rights win for WIE and the ADCU over Uber and Ola at Amsterdam Court of Appeal

Uber and Ola found to violate driver rights in robo-firing of workers. Court REJECTS Uber and Ola arguments that disclosure of information about fraud allegations made against the workers would undermine platform security & expose trade secrets. Uber and Ola Cabs ordered to provide information to workers on automated decision making relating to work allocation and fares including dynamic pay & pricing. Court rules that secret worker profiling and management assessments are personal data and must

Worker Info Exchange
Daniel SusserMar 28, 2023
Woodrow HartzogMar 28, 2023
I'm thrilled that my latest article with @[email protected] and Evan Selinger, "Privacy Nicks: How the Law Normalizes Surveillance" is forthcoming in the Washington University Law Review. We argue that by ignoring de minimis privacy harms the law is complicit in normalizing surveillance. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4384541
Daniel SusserMar 25, 2023
Shannon MatternMar 25, 2023

I realize the Hachette v. Internet Archive case is complicated -- but I'm absolutely on the side of publicly accessible knowledge, esp in emergency situations.

Another take-away for me is: academic journals really need to move away from Wiley. If individual authors want to publish books with HarperCollins (NewsCorp!!🤢), Penguin Random House (Bertelsmann), Hachette (Lagardère), and rapacious Wiley, fine -- but journals obligate 1000s of authors, editors, reviewers to feed these machines

Daniel SusserMar 23, 2023
Sean KellyMar 22, 2023
Tons of names in my phone are "Kenny Landlord" or "Mike Electric" or "Pete Do Not Answer" and just realized this is how anglo surnames have always worked
Daniel SusserMar 23, 2023
Amy Diehl, Ph.D.Mar 23, 2023
Women own only 30% of electric cars. One reason is safety. Unlike gas stations, charging stations do not have employees on site and are more out of the way. It takes 5 min to fill up a car with gas, but 30 minutes to recharge an electric car. https://19thnews.org/2023/03/electric-vehicles-gender-gap/
Daniel SusserMar 21, 2023
Arvind NarayananMar 21, 2023

OpenAI touted GPT-4's scores on professional exams and other standardized tests. But they may have tested on the training data: we found slam-dunk evidence that GPT-4 memorizes coding problems that it's seen. Besides, exams don't tell us about real-world utility: It’s not like a lawyer’s job is to answer bar exam questions all day.

The latest in the AI Snake Oil book blog by @sayashk and me: "GPT-4 and professional benchmarks: the wrong answer to the wrong question" https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/gpt-4-and-professional-benchmarks

GPT-4 and professional benchmarks: the wrong answer to the wrong question

OpenAI may have tested on the training data. Besides, human benchmarks are meaningless for bots.

AI Snake Oil
Daniel SusserMar 15, 2023
U.S. Politics in Real TimeMar 15, 2023

Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill

https://apnews.com/article/filibuster-transgender-gender-affirming-therapy-bill-nebraska-cavanaugh-b9018fd1bf72112ca984ff58679eda6d

Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill

Nebraska state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh is three weeks into a pledge to filibuster every bill that comes before the Legislature — even the ones she supports. The Omaha lawmaker is pontificating on the Senate floor about everything from her favorite Girl Scout cookies to the plot of the animated movie “Madagascar” in protest against conservatives' advancement of a bill that would outlaw gender-affirming therapy for those 18 and younger. Cavanaugh declared she would “burn the session to the ground” in an effort to stymie the bill. And so far, she has, slowing the Legislature's business to a crawl. Wednesday marks the halfway point of this year’s 90-day session, and not a single bill will have passed thanks to the filibuster.

AP News
Daniel SusserMar 15, 2023
Kasper Gossink-MelenhorstMar 15, 2023

Post by Leiden Madtricks on the birdsite: 'Narrative CVs allow researchers to contextualize their career. In a 5-day workshop, a collective of researchers, funders, policy makers and administrators reflected on this type of CV, including open questions, but also opportunities of the format. Now they report on the workshop in a joint blog post' https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/narrative-cvs-a-new-challenge-and-research-agenda

Original post: https://twitter.com/LeidenMadtrics/status/1635949878911066116?t=LXOduy9MaphKTfe51COLyA&s=19

Narrative CVs: a new challenge and research agenda

Narrative CVs allow researchers to offer contextual accounts of their career. Ideally, they bring about more inclusive forms of research evaluation. In this collective blog post, we report on a 5-day workshop organized to reflect on narrative CVs and the many questions and opportunities they raise.

Daniel SusserMar 14, 2023
Mark RiedlMar 14, 2023
"Open" AI