Mindy McAdams

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Digital journalism professor, University of Florida. Loves to code. Travels everywhere. She/her. Trying to keep up with news about AI/ML now.
GitHubhttps://github.com/macloo
Websitehttps://mindymcadams.com/
@acookiecrumbles please share your slides from AI 202: Cooking with generative AI - cannot read them in the back of the room
“It will always be possible to build A.I. that pursues shareholder value above all else, and most companies will prefer to use that A.I. instead of one constrained by your principles.”
https://www.newyorker.com/science/annals-of-artificial-intelligence/will-ai-become-the-new-mckinsey

@jeffjarvis A key message I've been trying to get across to people is that, while this stuff looks trivially easy to use, it really isn't - it takes a great deal of experience and knowledge to use it in a way that avoids the many, many traps and pitfalls

Once you climb that steep and invisible learning curve it's one of the most powerful new tools I've ever encountered - but figuring out how to help guide people there is proving really difficult

@simon @jeffjarvis I'm fond of this one (NYT July 8, 1958)
‘The Godfather of AI’ Quits Google and Warns of Danger Ahead

For half a century, Geoffrey Hinton nurtured the technology at the heart of chatbots like ChatGPT. Now he worries it will cause serious harm.

The New York Times

While people were handwringing over the Stanford Law debacle, TN is about to extinguish academic freedom in TN law schools.

How do you teach con law without teaching “divisive concepts?”

How do we teach about slavery, the Black Codes, and segregation in an "impartial" way?

https://www.wbir.com/article/news/education/new-bill-would-strengthen-rules-over-what-can-be-taught-in-classrooms/51-ddd267e4-3d98-4de0-bb2e-3284740b4cb7

@ReginaldOhLaw @JoeGermuska At what point do academic and professional accrediting bodies take note and start pulling accreditation from colleges, schools and departments where academic freedom is threatened by political forces?
Let's be real: none of us authors could even get away with naming a shady billionaire "Harlan Crow," much less him tampering with elections, building a Garden of Evil, and owning Hitler's teapot.
Inside every older person is a younger person wondering wtf happened.
It's been a while ... New AI blog post: What is a stop sign? What is a person? https://www.macloo.com/ai/2023/04/16/what-is-a-stop-sign-what-is-a-person/
What is a stop sign? What is a person? – AI in Media and Society