bfluzinI’m no longer interested in encouraging the design of more human-centered versions of these murderous technologies.
Destroy AI by @ali https://ali-alkhatib.com/blog/fuck-up-ai
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Can we do something this problem? Is the acceptance of uncaring work environment our only option? Can we change that in the way that our work places become caring and inclusive, that promote work-life balance, collaboration and caring? I am old enough to remember when work places were not perfect but much better than what has been discussed in both articles. “breathe, meditate” or “organize for change” (Michaeli, 2017, p. 53)?
Brenna Clarke GrayIt has been striking to watch the open education community, in particular, actively choose to not embrace disability justice and radical access in the Covid era.
Neil ErnstThe Canadian government research funders are reviewing open access: https://science.gc.ca/site/science/en/interagency-research-funding/policies-and-guidelines/open-access/presidents-canadas-federal-research-granting-agencies-announce-review-tri-agency-open-access-policy.
There is a survey https://ca1se.voxco.com/S2/?st=rp7h1VeIWJ%2FH1L0FkNCGFpRbRMuFgSxvYwSSaqhf6%2FA%3D&lang=en
Please add your comments - you can be sure the forces of Mordor - Springer/Elsevier etc - are lobbying furiously.
The presidents of Canada's federal research granting agencies announce a review of the Tri-Agency Open Access Policy on Publications
Canada's federal research granting agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) ("the agencies") – are announcing a review of the
Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Thank you to getAbstract for this opportunity to do a long-form interview and try to cut through the hype about large language models:
https://journal.getabstract.com/en/2023/08/03/if-it-sounds-like-sci-fi-it-probably-is/
Scott LeslieWe really need to stop with the trope of "the AI is gonna..." and realize that already it's "people are gonna use AI to..." - the latter is just as scary but doesn't require anything unexplainable to believe it
Timnit Gebru (she/her).This whole "this is how humans learn so whats the difference" thing while stealing so much data to make billions for a few dudes is so insidious.
Greg WilsonThe next time I talk about the need to teach researchers how to organize if they want real structural change, I'm going to point at what's happened at NeuroImage. Elsevier wanted to raise the article processing charge to $3450 because its profit margins aren't obscene enough; in response, the entire editorial board resigned. Repeat that half a dozen times and we'll see real progress on open access. https://imaging-neuroscience.org/Announcement.pdf
" AI-art generators are trained on enormous datasets, containing millions upon millions of copyrighted images, harvested without their creator’s knowledge, let alone compensation or consent. This is effectively the greatest art heist in history. Perpetrated by respectable-seeming corporate entities backed by Silicon Valley venture capital. It’s daylight robbery."
https://artisticinquiry.org/AI-Open-Letter
https://artisticinquiry.org/AI-Open-Letter
