Scott Anderson

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Show threadScott AndersonMay 1, 2023
@mgs
Scott AndersonApr 19, 2023
Show threadWill OremusApr 19, 2023

So why aren't the big AI companies more transparent about what's in the data that they use to train their models?

One reason, experts say, is because they're afraid they'd get in trouble if people found out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2023/ai-chatbot-learning/

See the websites that make AI bots like ChatGPT sound so smart

An analysis of a chatbot data set by The Washington Post reveals the proprietary, personal, and often offensive websites that go into an AI’s training data.

The Washington Post
Show threadScott AndersonApr 17, 2023
@evan @chrismessina
Elon doesn't like hashtags.
Scott AndersonApr 15, 2023
Brian DearApr 15, 2023
Here’s an #AI question I’ve been wondering about. Where’s the tool/system that ingests the text of all bills, draft bills, amendments, etc., in all state legislatures and in Congress, instantly understanding the subtleties, inferring the implications, and catching any sneaky language, strange provisions, pork additions, gotchas, or other unusual text, and within seconds can alert the public as to what’s in the bill? Does such exist? Wouldn’t that be a useful tool nationwide?
Show threadScott AndersonMar 12, 2023
@adam It tried to form right before Apple announced support for podcasts and imploded immediately after. I learned about it from hearing you talk about it on Daily Source Code.
Show threadScott AndersonMar 12, 2023
@adam Do you remember the Podcast Specification Working Group (PSWG)?
Scott AndersonMar 6, 2023
Brent SimmonsMar 6, 2023
Nice article in The Atlantic about RSS: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/social-media-algorithms-twitter-meta-rss-reader/673282/
It's time to take back control of what we read on the internet

Social-media algorithms show us what they want us to see, not what we want to see. But there is an alternative.

The Atlantic
Show threadScott AndersonFeb 22, 2023
@jfrazier Everyone should probably be working less but even robots building robot factories and AI everywhere don't have to eliminate rewards for being productive and creative.
Scott AndersonFeb 22, 2023
Robots should be building, cleaning, repairing, and upgrading tiny homes for the homeless.
https://sfstandard.com/housing-development/building-tiny-homes-a-gigantic-task-in-broken-san-francisco/
Building Tiny Homes a Gigantic Task in Broken San Francisco

City officials are all over the map on the costs of a new tiny homes project.

The San Francisco Standard
Scott AndersonFeb 19, 2023
Thomas BaekdalFeb 19, 2023

Right now, the entire country of Denmark is using 4245MW of electricity.

Windmills are producing: 3442 MW
Solar is producing: 746 MW

So if we do the math, wind + solar = 98.7% of our energy use right now is 100% renewable

Just a reminder that not only can we fix climate change, we are fixing it.