Mastodawn

Tracy Pizzo Frey Dec 3, 2022

Kate Starbird Dec 2, 2022

There is an effort underway to reframe work that attempts to address harmful disinformation — even work specifically aimed at mitigating malign foreign disinformation — as "censorship". If we accept that frame, we will enable the dismantling of the very nascent defenses that we've built over the past ~6 years, as our society has begun to realize the vulnerabilities that emerge from the intersection of technology, human behavior, and influence operations.

Tracy Pizzo Frey Dec 3, 2022

Effin' Birds Dec 2, 2022

Tracy Pizzo Frey Dec 3, 2022

Kate Klonick Dec 3, 2022

Fickle me Elmo

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 25, 2022

Duane Aubin

Nov 25, 2022

@mjf_pro @Lady_Star_Gem Nope, disrupting Twitter was a tactical triumph for conservatives. Twitter had long been a tool of community, organization, education and information for marginalized communities. Helped Biden get 82 million votes. Disrupting Twitter is the modern techie bombing of the Black church or opening fire in a gay club. Or burning down Black Wall Street in Tulsa. Disrupting marginalized spaces is terrorism 101 for Christian nationalist white supremacists.

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022

Arvind Narayanan Nov 16, 2022

Come work with me and the unique community at Princeton's Center for Information Technology Policy! Our mission is to understand & improve the relationship between digital technology and society. We do research and build tech in the public interest.

We’re hiring at all career stages: emerging scholars, Master’s, PhD, postdocs, faculty.

Emerging scholars: https://citp.princeton.edu/programs/citp-emerging-scholars-in-information-policy/
Fellows (postdocs, visiting professionals, visiting profs): https://citp.princeton.edu/programs/fellows/
Faculty: https://citp.princeton.edu/job-alert-citp-is-hiring-a-professor/

Emerging Scholars in Information Policy - Center for Information Technology Policy

Center for Information Technology Policy

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022

Michael Klaas Nov 19, 2022

A Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifera) #flower at the Hoyt #Arboretum in #Portland, #Oregon.
I'm still very new to macro #photography, but I bought a lens to help me practice back in 2020. This is one of my early attempts with that new lens.

I wrote a post about this photo which you can read here: https://seeyour.world/2022/11/19/light-remembered-focusing-on-the-small-things-2020/

#photography #MacroPhotography #Blossom #PicOfTheDay

Light Remembered: Focusing on the Small Things (2020)

The Way You See Your World

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022

Allus Miserable Nov 19, 2022

Wally: "Make sure you get my good side, Dad!"

#DogsOfMastodon #Dog

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022

Roxi Horror 💀🌸Nov 19, 2022

If you're not happy single, you won't be happy in a relationship. True happiness comes from making bizarre impulse purchases online, not from another person.

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022

Sayash Kapoor Nov 17, 2022

What makes AI click? In which cases can AI *never* work?

To answer these questions, @randomwalker and I are writing a book on AI Snake Oil. It will be published by @princetonupress We have started a substack to share our thoughts and analysis as we write.

Today, we released a post about how vendors of AI tools do a “bait-and-switch” when they deploy these tools, through 4 case studies: https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/the-bait-and-switch-behind-ai-risk

The bait and switch behind AI risk prediction tools

Toronto recently used an AI tool to predict when a public beach will be safe. It went horribly awry. The developer claimed the tool achieved over 90% accuracy in predicting when beaches would be safe to swim in. But the tool did much worse: on a majority of the days when the water was in fact unsafe, beaches remained open based on the tool’s assessments. It was less accurate than the previous method of simply testing the water for bacteria each day.

AI Snake Oil

Tracy Pizzo Frey Nov 19, 2022