Mastodawn

Stefka X Nov 27, 2023

Stefka X Dec 18, 2022

My article on photographic truth, dark rooms and AI is now live. #medialiteracy
#darkroom #believeinfilm #aiethics @communicationscholars #media. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01973762.2022.2149299

Stefka X Aug 4, 2023

Josh Braun Aug 3, 2023

The video of my panel from the #CambridgeDisinformationSummit is now live. I was very privileged to be on a panel with some incomparable scholars — @emmalbriant and R. Marie Santini, with Henry Friedman chairing — to discuss the spread of #disinformation for profit. https://youtu.be/cLLuxs9WxjA

#commodon

Profiteering, 28 July 2023, with Henry Friedman, Emma Briant, Joshua Braun, and Marie Santini

YouTube

Stefka X Mar 24, 2023

danmcquillan Mar 24, 2023

RT https://twitter.com/neumarcx good interview with Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan about Resisting AI by @MLStreetTalk: There is no intelligence in Large Language Models. But they do help to dramatically accelerate stratification of society. AI might bring back eugenics in a new coat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1j3VoKBxbc

Twitter

Stefka X Mar 24, 2023

Puff the Magic Hater Mar 23, 2023

Most folks I know who are worried about AI aren’t worried about these programs becoming self aware and oppressing us. That’s not a thing. We’re worried about all the ways these systems will ramp up existing inequalities and further obliterate our shared reality as human beings. That’s already happening.

Stefka X Mar 22, 2023

internetarchive Mar 19, 2023

We’re going to court TOMORROW to defend the digital rights of all libraries! Library Futures will be hosting a live blog during oral argument and a live discussion afterwards. Here's how to participate: http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/heres-how-to-participate-in-mondays-oral-arguments/

Here’s how to participate in Monday’s oral arguments - Internet Archive Blogs

We’re standing up for the digital rights of all libraries in court! On Monday at 1pm ET, the Southern District of New York will hear oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the lawsuit against our library and the longstanding library practice of controlled digital lending, brought by 4 of the world’s largest publishers. Here’s […]

Internet Archive Blogs

Stefka X Mar 22, 2023

TWiT Podcasts Mar 17, 2023

OpenAI announces #GPT-4, and Google releases its AI language model #PaLM. TikTok now offers a feed dedicated to science and tech, a look inside Elon Musk's $50,000 #prefab Tiny House and more on TWiG with @leo, @jeffjarvis, Stacey Higginbotham, and @MikeElgan. Listen here: https://twit.tv/shows/this-week-in-google/episodes/707?autostart=false

Heartlessness As a Service | TWiT.TV

OpenAI announces GPT-4 AI language model.Silicon Valley Bank is imploding, prompting bank run.T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal.OpenAI announce…

TWiT.tv

Stefka X Mar 15, 2023

Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Mar 14, 2023

Feeling exhausted by the #AIhype press cycles? Finding yourself hiding from GPT-4 discourse? Longing for a dose of reality?

Join us on Friday for Stochastic Parrots Day!

https://bit.ly/ParrotsDay23

Stochastic Parrots Day

A virtual event to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the paper, On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?

Eventbrite

Stefka X Mar 12, 2023

Dr. Emma L Briant🐕🇬🇧in🇦🇺Mar 12, 2023

#Disinformation for hire isn’t a niche industry separate from wider industry… it’s mainstream practice. Are the media/experts just happier not rockin the boat? Don’t question PR! Call it ‘dark PR!’ Only #Facebook and #socialmedia matters! The only people you’re protecting are #PR firms doing this. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/mar/12/revealed-experts-who-praised-new-skinny-jab-received-payments-from-drug-maker @potemkinvillage #commodon #media #stratcom #propaganda

Revealed: experts who praised new ‘skinny jab’ received payments from drug maker

Novo Nordisk gave millions to obesity charities and healthcare professionals, including expert who advised Nice

The Guardian

Stefka X Mar 11, 2023

Electronic Frontier Foundation Mar 11, 2023

Utah's S.B. 152 would require a social media company to stop a resident teen from creating an account unless they have the express consent of a parent or guardian. We requested that the governor veto the bill. Read more here: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/03/utahs-governor-should-veto-social-media-regulations-bill-sb-152

Utah's Governor Should Veto "Social Media Regulations" Bill S.B. 152

This week, EFF asked Utah’s Governor Cox to veto a dangerous “social media regulations” bill, S.B. 152 (McKell). Utah’s bill is part of a wave of age verification laws that would make users less secure, and make internet access less private overall. EFF opposes laws that mandate age verification...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

Stefka X Mar 10, 2023

monkeytime Mar 10, 2023

Excellent, detailed article about a new much more inclusive Skin Tone scale developed by Dr. Ellis Monk working with Google to provide "a fuller range of darker skin tones than the cruder tools currently used" to train AI data sets in medical situations, and, more urgently, to fix pulse oximeters that don't work as well on people of color. Very sharp read:
https://www.statnews.com/2022/12/05/unbiased-pulse-oximeters-researchers-need-better-way-to-measure-skin-tone/
#BlackMastodon #BlackFriday #medicine #Black #health #race #diversity #inclusion #PulseOximeter #oxygen

Before making unbiased pulse oximeters, researchers need a better way to measure skin tone

Much of the research to understand pulse oximeters’ shortcomings and devise solutions is focused on race. But the problem is not one of race — it’s very clearly one of skin tone.

STAT