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I’m sorry for the YouTube link but watch this, write down every word that comes out of @Mer__edith’s mouth, frame it, hang it on your wall, and read it every morning until it really sinks in.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzQXWq_…

#ai #SiliconValley #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #bullshit

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in reply to Meredith Whittaker

@Mer__edith: "we have a little bit of trash that makes a trashy model, let's put a bunch more trash on that because that's going to clean it up.
There's a magical thinking... almost emotional desire by a lot of the true believers to avoid the fact that some of these problems are intractable... Data is always reflecting the perspective of its creators, and that is always biased."

'Magical thinking by true believers' is a great by-line for our current "AI" landscape. Cheers for sharing @aral!

in reply to Aral Balkan

Great conversation and gives me a lot of renewed hope in @signalapp to see these perspectives - hyping railroad strikers and all - from a head of the foundation.
in reply to Aral Balkan

If you don't like YouTube links, you could post an Invidious link, either to the redirector, like redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=… or to a specific instance, like yewtu.be/watch?v=iLzQXWq_Sp0
Both show the option to view it on YouTube anyway.
in reply to Aral Balkan

Wow, that was fantastic. Thanks a lot - will definitely be sharing this with my overly AI-enthusiastic colleagues.