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Political Disinformation and AI(schneier.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|1 comments
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by gigama 3y ago
tl;dr Delayism, deflection and doomerism are some of the tactics that have replaced outright denial of climate change, says high-profile climate scientist Michael Mann. Carbon polluters delay action — either by suggesting that there’s still
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How to recognize the new climate change denial, explained by a climate scientist(vox.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|3 comments
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by gigama 3y ago
“GAMECHANGER is an ironic name: They’re patting themselves on the back for, in the best case, figuring out what they’ve said in the past, which is pretty modest.” Maybe a better name would be "GIGO"
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Pentagon Built AI Program to Navigate Its Bloated Budget(theintercept.com)
1 points by gigama 3y ago|2 comments
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The beautiful complexity of the US radio spectrum(technologyreview.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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The man leading the front-line effort in Ukraine's cyber war with Russia(npr.org)
4 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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How to Prevent an AI Catastrophe(foreignaffairs.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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by gigama 3y ago
"...communicating with people who are no longer with us? That is the aim of TeleAbsence, our speculative design project. We attempt to bridge the vast emotional distance caused by bereavement. To create the illusion that we are communi
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Communicating Across Time(news.mit.edu)
1 points by gigama 3y ago|1 comments
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Climate scientists need access to supercomputers to build better Earth models(nature.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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by gigama 3y ago
I don't accept the premise of the headline. The migration hasn't failed, it's still in progress. Also, it's not just Mastodon, it's the entire Fediverse. I bailed on the twit site when Muskrat's purchase agre
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Phishing Scammer or One of Your Parents?(newyorker.com)
2 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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by gigama 3y ago
We are at a pivotal moment in the development of A.I. What began as a fun way to generate beautiful images and engage in entertaining conversations with hallucinating chatbots has ballooned in potential in mere months, resulting in a techno
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Another Warning Letter from A.I. Researchers and Executives(newyorker.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|3 comments
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Tennis stars block social media abuse with AI(npr.org)
2 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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How to talk about AI – even if you don’t know much about AI(technologyreview.com)
2 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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Dear Ubuntu(hackaday.com)
3 points by gigama 3y ago|0 comments
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How to participate in Monday’s oral arguments re: Internet Archive(blog.archive.org)
221 points by gigama 4y ago|82 comments
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by gigama 4y ago
Tregoning makes some good points: "This made me reflect: if there is a section in a grant application that can be written by an AI, does that section really serve any purpose? If a computer can churn out something deeply generic that s
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AI writing tools could hand scientists the ‘gift of time’(nature.com)
1 points by gigama 4y ago|1 comments
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The ChatGPT-fueled battle for search is bigger than Microsoft or Google(technologyreview.com)
3 points by gigama 4y ago|0 comments
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by gigama 4y ago
"Rent-seeking [behavior] is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth. Rent-seeking activities have negative effects on the rest of society. They resu
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EFF Podcast: Don't Be Afraid to Poke the Tigers(eff.org)
1 points by gigama 4y ago|1 comments
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by gigama 4y ago
Thanks for these helpful links and tweaks. Customization and code sharing -- both in keeping with true hacker ethos. Got a good chuckle from the Stylus plugin privacy policy: "Unlike other similar extensions, we don't find you to
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Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus(pbs.org)
14 points by gigama 4y ago|0 comments
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Global Spyware Scandal: Exposing Pegasus(pbs.org)
3 points by gigama 4y ago|0 comments
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Starting off the new year without a smartphone(slate.com)
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New device can control light at unprecedented speeds(news.mit.edu)
3 points by gigama 4y ago|0 comments
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A Secured Half-Duplex Bidirectional Quantum Key Distribution Protocol(mdpi.com)
1 points by gigama 4y ago|0 comments

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