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Meredith Whittaker

@mer__edith

President of @signalapp, Chief Advisor to @ainowinstitute (Also on Mastodon @[email protected], also on bsky @meredithmeredith.bsky.social)

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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveillance business model.

But it's rarely put as plainly as this!

wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…

Persistent surveillance sold as a cure for loneliness (alienation, isolation, etc) is, IMO, one of the central marketing narratives of the surveillance business model. But it's rarely put as plainly as this! wsj.com/tech/ai/sam-al…
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@emilymbender@dair-community.social on Mastodon(@emilymbender) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meredith Whittaker is on point, as always!

For #4, I'd add complete accounting of environmental costs (carbon, water, rare earth mining) for all @openai projects, including both research, training & deployed use.

Y'all wanna call yourselves 'open'? Earn it.

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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Partial list:
1. Transparency about what is actually in OAI models/datasets (ht Stella Biderman)
2. Azure cloud contract transparency--who's licensing GPT, for what use, how much $
3. Transparency on training/calibration (RLHF etc) costs, w details on labor process + worker pay

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Dr Syed Mustafa Ali(@DrSyedMustafaA1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Honoured and humbled to be among the authors (Steph Dick, Sarah Dillon, Matthew L. Jones, Jonnie Penn & Richard Staley) of this introductory essay exploring 'Histories of artificial intelligence: a genealogy of power' | BJHS Themes | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/3GSnK3R

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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Even 15yrs ago the quantity and granularity of surveillance data collected by dominant messaging apps would have been unthinkable (certainly unthinkable when wiretap laws were being fiercely negotiated) 1/

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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Follow Namrata Maheshwari and keep an eye on this space in the new year. Disturbing anti-privacy legislation has not, sadly, slowed down. 👇

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AI Now Institute(@AINowInstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Strong, much-needed statement from House Science Committee to National Institute of Standards and Technology on the lack of rigor surrounding many recent claims about ‘AI safety’, and the danger of basing policy and standards on research that is speculative and methodologically unsound: science.house.gov/press-releases…

Strong, much-needed statement from @housescience to @NIST on the lack of rigor surrounding many recent claims about ‘AI safety’, and the danger of basing policy and standards on research that is speculative and methodologically unsound: science.house.gov/press-releases…
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Meredith Whittaker(@mer__edith) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When, would you guess, was this written?

(Or, in the changing world, nothing is more consistent than the form, content, and tenor of tech hype)

When, would you guess, was this written? (Or, in the changing world, nothing is more consistent than the form, content, and tenor of tech hype)
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AI Now Institute(@AINowInstitute) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The FTC just banned RiteAid, a major retailer, from using facial recognition for five years based on its harmful and irresponsible use of a system that was set up to fail, and likely to fail Black, Asian, Latino, and women consumers the most.

🧵1/5
ftc.gov/business-guida…

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Ramona Pierce(@ramonaaapierce) 's Twitter Profile Photo

So excited to have written my first article for The Nation. Reporting on book bans’ impact in my local area of Kentucky & the incredible student organizing efforts pushing back against them has been so meaningful. I’m so grateful. Check it out:

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Signal(@signalapp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We’ve still got a few shirts and totes left in stock for you and your friends!

(We’ll restock in the new year, too, in case we’re out of your size)

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We’ve still got a few shirts and totes left in stock for you and your friends! (We’ll restock in the new year, too, in case we’re out of your size) shop.signal.org
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Minnambalam(@Minnambalamnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

மின்னம்பலம் இணையதளம் மற்றும் பெருமைமிகு கொலம்பியா பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் ’லாஜிக்ஸ்’ பத்திரிக்கை இணைந்து வழங்கும், உலகப் புகழ்பெற்ற Signal செயலியின் தலைவர், மெரிடித் விட்டேக்கர் எழுதும் சிறப்புத் தொடர்!

சிறப்புத்தொடரின் முதல் பாகம்: bit.ly/3tsk7P2

மின்னம்பலம் இணையதளம் மற்றும் பெருமைமிகு கொலம்பியா பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் ’லாஜிக்ஸ்’ பத்திரிக்கை இணைந்து வழங்கும், உலகப் புகழ்பெற்ற Signal செயலியின் தலைவர், மெரிடித் விட்டேக்கர் எழுதும் சிறப்புத் தொடர்! சிறப்புத்தொடரின் முதல் பாகம்: bit.ly/3tsk7P2 #Minnambalam #Logics…
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