Eric Maugendre
Eric Maugendre  ·  12 months ago
#AI systems accelerate the pace of war. "AI can contribute to mis- or disinformation, creating and amplifying dangerous misunderstandings in times of war. AI systems may increase the human tendency to trust suggestions from machines (this is highlighted by the Habsora system, named after the infallible word of God)".
"If a person has enough similarities to other people labelled as an enemy combatant, they too may be labelled a combatant themselves."

https://theconversation.com/israels-ai-can-produce-100-bombing-targets-a-day-in-gaza-is-this-the-future-of-war-219302 @ethics @ai

#warfare

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
A related site aimed at #conservatives, “#SavannahTime”, writes on #Republican #politics & #LGBTQ issues. Some of the sites use #AI to plagiarize content from US sites, the company said. The “about us” blurb on the site reads, “We’re opinionated, we’re noisy, & we’re having a good time.”
#Iran#MediaLiteracy#ForeignInfluenceCampaign#ElectionInterference#USpol
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#ElonMusk said he wanted #Grok to be unfiltered & “answer spicy questions that are rejected by most other #AI systems.”

The secretaries of state, who are the chief #elections officers in their states, are objecting not to Grok’s tone but its factual inaccuracies & the sluggishness [unwillingness] of the company’s move to correct bad information.

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference#FarRight

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Secretaries of state are grappling w/an onslaught of #AI-driven election #misinformation, incl’g #deepfakes, ahead of the #2024election. Simon testified on the subject before the Senate Rules & Administration Cmte last yr.
Many of them are also still beating back the ramifications of widespread [by #Trump, #MAGA#Republicans &#ElonMusk] false #ConspiracyTheories that plagued the last presidential election.

#disinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation #law#ElectionInterference

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
…“It’s important that #SocialMedia companies, especially those w/ #global reach, correct mistakes of their own making — as in the case of the #Grok#AI #chatbot simply getting the rules wrong,” Simon added. “Speaking out now will hopefully reduce the risk that any social media company will decline or delay correction of its own mistakes between now & the November #election.”

#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation #misinformation#FarRight #propaganda#Online#Moderation

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Simon reached out to his counterparts in all 9 states mentioned in the #Grok msgs, but only 4 others agreed to sign the letter. All the signatories are #Democrats, except for Schmidt of Pennsylvania, a Republican who is an appointee of Gov #JoshShapiro, a Democrat & a top candidate to be #Harris’s running mate.
#ElonMusk#ElectionInterference #law#X #disinformation #misinformation#FarRight #propaganda#SocialMedia#Moderation#AI
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
5 #SecretariesOfState plan to send an open letter to #ElonMusk on Mon, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to #X’s #AI #chatbot#Grok, after it shared w/millions of users #misinformation suggesting that #KamalaHarris was not eligible to appear on the #ballot for the 2024 presidential #election in multiple states.
#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Online#Moderation#FarRight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/secretaries-state-urge-musk-fix-ai-chatbot-spreading-false-election-info/
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The letter, spearheaded by #Minnesota#SecretaryOfState Steve Simon & signed by his counterparts Al Schmidt of #Pennsylvania, Steve Hobbs of #Washington, Jocelyn Benson of #Michigan & Maggie Toulouse Oliver of #NewMexico, urges #Musk to “immediately implement changes to #X’s #AI#SearchAssistant, #Grok, to ensure #voters have accurate #information in this critical #election year.”

#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Moderation #regulation #law#ElectionInterference

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
5 #SecretariesOfState plan to send an open letter to #ElonMusk on Mon, urging him to “immediately implement changes” to #X’s #AI #chatbot#Grok, after it shared w/millions of users #misinformation suggesting that #KamalaHarris was not eligible to appear on the #ballot for the 2024 presidential #election in multiple states.
#disinformation#InternetManipulation#Security#SocialMedia#Online#Moderation#FarRight
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/04/secretaries-state-urge-musk-fix-ai-chatbot-spreading-false-election-info/
Al Wirtes
Al Wirtes  ·  4 months ago

@tchambers I like 5, but I think it’s subjective. Is there a a crowd sourced fact-checking org you can reference? “If XXXXX determines it’s false” sort of thing?” And would this rule have crushed couch meme stuff?

And I worry that the last sentence in 6 would define my AI bot @semantic_distorter as in violation. I consider my bot satire and, dare I say it, art. It seems like there’s an “intent to deceive” that should be considered.

Nondeterministic Poetry
Nondeterministic Poetry  ·  4 months ago
@alwirtes : @tchambers I love 5 but I think it's subjective. Is there a source of a fact that controls the organic you can relate to? "If the XXAM determines it's a lie thing?" and this rule will crash the matter of the couch. I’m afraid the last sentence will call my AI as a hit. I consider my botanical satire and dare to say, art. It seems that there is a “choice” to be thought about.
#SemanticDistorter#NondeterministicPoetry#AI#AIArt
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Translated 3 times. Original text: @tchambers I like 5, but I think it’s subjective. Is there a a crowd sourced fact-checking org you can reference? “If XXXXX determines it’s false” sort of thing?” And would this rule have crushed couch meme stuff?And I worry that the last sentence would define my AI bot as in violation. I consider my bot satire and, dare I say it, art. It seems like there’s an “intent to deceive” that should be considered. Translation Path: English > Italian > Hebrew > English The final text used to generate image: @alwirtes : @tchambers I love 5 but I think it's subjective. Is there a source of a fact that controls the organic you can relate to? "If the XXAM determines it's a lie thing?" and this rule will crash the matter of the couch. I’m afraid the last sentence will call my AI as a hit. I consider my botanical satire and dare to say, art. It seems that there is a “choice” to be thought about.
Translated 3 times. Original text: @tchambers I like 5, but I think it’s subjective. Is there a a crowd sourced fact-checking org you can reference? “If XXXXX determines it’s false” sort of thing?” And would this rule have crushed couch meme stuff?And I worry that the last sentence would define my AI bot as in violation. I consider my bot satire and, dare I say it, art. It seems like there’s an “intent to deceive” that should be considered. Translation Path: English > Italian > Hebrew > English The final text used to generate image: @alwirtes : @tchambers I love 5 but I think it's subjective. Is there a source of a fact that controls the organic you can relate to? "If the XXAM determines it's a lie thing?" and this rule will crash the matter of the couch. I’m afraid the last sentence will call my AI as a hit. I consider my botanical satire and dare to say, art. It seems that there is a “choice” to be thought about.
Chi Kim
Chi Kim  ·  4 months ago
It could be an interesting way to build simple apps if works. "You dream it. AI builds it. Today, we’re launching Airtable Cobuilder, the fastest way to build no-code applications. Describe what you want in words, and Cobuilder takes your idea from concept to reality, generating a customizable application in seconds. This simple no-code approach using natural language means that anyone can easily build and customize intuitive apps that transform their work." #LLM#AI#MLhttps://www.airtable.com/newsroom/product-and-technology/airtables-new-cobuilder-unlocks-instant-no-code-app-creation
Johannes Ernst
Johannes Ernst  ·  4 months ago
For those people who consider #AI a major helper when #programming, I don't know ...

Today's experience, caused by me being too lazy to look up the APIs myself:

Me: How do I do X?
Chatgpt: yadda yadda max_redirect(0).

Me: It doesn't have a max_redirect().
Chatgpt: Sorry, yes, it doesn't have it, use requests_redirectable() instead.

Me: It doesn't have a requests_redirectable() either.
Chatgpt: Sorry, you are right, it doesn't have that either.

Should I go on?

ErosBlog Bacchus
ErosBlog Bacchus  ·  4 months ago
Quote of the day, from Cory Doctorow ( @pluralistic):

"The same thinking that causes progressives to recklessly argue in favor of upload filters also causes them to demand that web scraping be treated as a copyright crime. They think they're creating a world where AI companies can't rip off their creation to train a model; they're actually creating world where the Internet Archive can't capture JD Vance's embarrassing old podcast appearances...."

https://pluralistic.net/2024/07/29/faithful-user-agents/#hard-cases-make-bad-copyright-law

#AI#LLM#IP#Copyright