Michael Zimmer

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Privacy & data ethics scholar. Associate Professor of Computer Science at Marquette University.
WWWhttps://michaelzimmer.org
Workhttps://www.marquette.edu/computer-science/directory/michael-zimmer.php
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Zuckhttps://zuckerbergfiles.org
Michael ZimmerApr 5, 2023
“As powerful and wealthy men in Silicon Valley pontificate about the future existential risks of AI, while simultaneously profiting from AI wars, many women and others from marginalized communities around the world are fighting an uphill battle to keep humanity safe from the harms of recklessly developed and deployed AI.”
https://link.medium.com/4qAYllWDKyb
Michael ZimmerApr 5, 2023

MSFT's $1 billion at work.

https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-free-windows-keys-95-old-youtube-enderman-1850298614

YouTuber Proves ChatGPT Can Manufacture Free Windows Keys

Sure, Windows 95 is easy to spoof, but OpenAI’s ChatGPT is already proving a pretty handy tool for generating fake and potentially malicious content.

Gizmodo
Michael ZimmerApr 4, 2023
#NeverForget
Michael ZimmerApr 4, 2023
Taylor LorenzApr 4, 2023
Google contractors say they don't have enough time to verify correct answers from the company's AI chatbot and end up guessing https://www.businessinsider.com/google-search-contractors-testing-chatbot-ai-race-chatgpt-2023-3
Google search contractors move to testing chatbot in AI race

Google search contractors have moved over to rating the accuracy of its AI chatbot's answers as the company races with OpenAI's ChatGPT.

Insider
Michael ZimmerApr 4, 2023
I'm embedding "author_is_elon" in all my manuscript submissions from now on.
Michael ZimmerApr 2, 2023
So, @ICAHDQ, it seems odd (and quite unsafe) that I can enter any attendee's email address and view the itinerary they've built for themselves. #ICA23
Michael ZimmerMar 28, 2023

"There’s cause for alarm with TikTok — but is it enough to justify building America’s own Great Firewall?"

https://www.theverge.com/23653141/tiktok-ban-bytedance-congress-hearing-first-amendment-open-internet

The TikTok ban is a betrayal of the open internet

Congress seems closer than ever to banning ByteDance-owned social media app TikTok over its ties to China, mirroring the Chinese Great Firewall in the process.

The Verge
Michael ZimmerMar 24, 2023

This right here.

"The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation."
https://www.wired.com/story/tiktok-hearing-congress-us-privacy-law/

The TikTok Hearing Revealed That Congress Is the Problem

The interrogation of CEO Shou Zi Chew highlighted US lawmakers’ own failure to pass privacy legislation.

WIRED
Michael ZimmerMar 24, 2023
That look on a local reporter’s face when you point out TikTok’s data collection is fundamentally the same as every other social app, and they they can collect user data via web tracking (again, like every other platform does) even without the app on your phone.
Michael ZimmerMar 24, 2023

I share a few thoughts at the end of this story about people getting help from an AI when faced with challenging situations in parenting, romance or work.

We Need to Talk (Just as Soon as I Consult ChatGPT)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/24/style/ai-chatgpt-advice-relationships.html?smid=tw-share

How AI Chatbots Are Helping Some People Have Hard Conversations

Faced with challenging situations in parenting, romance or work, some are getting by with a little help from their A.I. friends.

The New York Times