Below are posts associated with the “theguardian.com” source.
🔗 linkblog: ‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Horrifying stories like this should be in our minds every time we think about AI.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk worked in US illegally in 1995 after quitting school – report'
Rank hypocrisy. I don’t necessarily think Musk should have been deported way back when, but I think he should be called out on this.
🔗 linkblog: Trump condemned for suggesting ‘one really violent day’ to combat crime'
How is this guy a legitimate candidate?
🔗 linkblog: Haitian immigrants helped revive a struggling Ohio town. Then neo-Nazis turned up'
Taking cues from neo-Nazis is a great look for the GOP ticket.
🔗 linkblog: A day in Elon Musk’s mind: 145 tweets with election conspiracies and emojis'
24 hours on Elon’s Twitter feed is a great idea for a story, and I’m glad someone did it!
🔗 linkblog: Father of Ohio boy, 11, tells Trump and Vance to stop using son’s death for ‘political gain’'
Good for the dad, and shame on the politicians being this terrible.
🔗 linkblog: Elon Musk abruptly cancels Don Lemon’s X talk show hours after interview'
Free speech absolutism wins again.
🔗 linkblog: The job applicants shut out by AI: ‘The interviewer sounded like Siri’'
So, if employers save time from AI, and applicants save time from AI, where’s the net benefit? Or does it become a new burden for everyone?
🔗 linkblog: AI’s craving for data is matched only by a runaway thirst for water and energy | John Naughton'
Bookmarking for future reference. Are the purported benefits of generative AI worth these (and other) costs?
🔗 linkblog: AI hysteria is a distraction: algorithms already sow disinformation in Africa | Odanga Madung | The Guardian'
So many important points in this piece.
🔗 linkblog: Uber paid academics six-figure sums for research to feed to the media'
Disappointing to see academics implicated in the Uber Files. It’s a compelling example of how research funding is contingent on public and private interests. Of course, public interests are generally less worrying than Uber funding research perceived to be positive and profitable, but there are still times I have questions about the NSF’s priorities.
🔗 linkblog: just finished 'Tennessee school board bans Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust novel, Maus | Holocaust | The Guardian'
Maus is one of the most important graphic novels that has ever existed—on one of the most important subjects for our students to learn about. This is a mind-bogglingly dumb decision.
🔗 linkblog: just read 'ICO to step in after schools use facial recognition to speed up lunch queue | Facial recognition | The Guardian'
Why are people still touting facial recognition as a convenience?