We often get asked what The Riz Test is & why we created it, so who better than our man Riz Ahmed to explain it himself. Proper G mA đđ˝
Weâre hard at work behind the scenes on some new research, podcast season 3, and some updated workshops. Hit us up for collabs and events đ¤đ˝
Ramadan: Putting the slim into Muslim since 622AD
Ramadan Mubarak/ Mabrouk/ Kareem everyone đ
Ladies and gentlemen - I present to you 2024 Nobel Prize winner Geoffrey HintonâŚ
(from the excellent AI Snake Oil)
Ramadan: Putting the slim into Muslim since 622AD
Ramadan Mubarak/ Mabrouk/ Kareem everyone
Rogue AI from the future, Flat Earther conspiracies and gigantic plot holes.
Reminder to watch Moonfall tonight on Channel 4 - categorically the most outrageous storyline in cinema history, resulting in a movie so awful that Iâve seen it three times with other people to watch their reactions. Iâm a big fan. 5âď¸
Meta has engaged in a âsystemic and globalâ censorship of pro-Palestinian content.
In a scathing 51-page report, Human Rights Watch documented and reviewed more than a thousand reported instances of Meta removing content and suspending or permanently banning accounts on Facebook and Instagram that were supportive of Palestinians https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/dec/21/meta-facebook-instagram-pro-palestine-censorship-human-rights-watch-report
âThe slowly emerging picture of how Israelâs military is harnessing AI comes against a backdrop of growing concerns about the risks posed to civilians as advanced militaries around the world expand the use of complex and opaque automated systems on the battlefieldâŚ. The Israel-Hamas war, they said, would be an âimportant moment if the IDF is using AI in a significant way to make targeting choices with life-and-death consequencesâ.
Anyone knows anything about
Goethe's Fellowship-programme AI & Ethics? Or do you know anyone who could give more info? đ
Taylor Lorenz
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