Posts by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
(DIR) Post #AW0vP2DqQ65szPpGtM by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-05-25T06:54:41Z
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For their 50th anniversary, European trade unions chose a venue owned by a US corporate behemoth, located in one of Berlin's most controversial developments at "Mercedes-Benz-Platz", where the Berlin Walls no-man-land used to be. A perfect symbol.
(DIR) Post #AW11rCr15H5znSxsRM by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-05-25T13:10:58Z
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@amerika I'm a happy union member. I just wish they'd do more fighting and less schmoozing with powerful people in fancy concrete congress centers.
(DIR) Post #AWGxwbM9eHEQpw7J0i by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-06-02T06:00:37Z
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This "AI drone kills operator" story is so much like the "Target knew woman was pregnant before she did" story from 2012 it's uncanny.Tells more about (most) media outlets' competency that about the state of AI.If you missed it, here's a good summary: https://techcrunch.com/2023/06/01/turncoat-drone-story-shows-why-we-should-fear-people-not-ais/
(DIR) Post #AarqvCDDB46RA5pc4u by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-10-17T07:16:59Z
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Two questions after reading Marc Andreessen's manshitfesto:- Did any Silicon Valley billionaire attend university beyond a bachelor's program?- Has another cluster of entrepreneurs shown such disdain for university before?(Based on very preliminary research, I come up with two nos)
(DIR) Post #Ab3pUyPSxxeHpCm33Q by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-10-23T07:50:43Z
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Best use of generative AI yet.https://dutchcyclinglifestyle.com/
(DIR) Post #AbQcncO0g5QZTE5pM8 by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-11-02T14:00:34Z
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We looked at 3 image generators and can now say what many users know: MidJourney is the most anti-feminist and US-centered of all.https://algorithmwatch.org/en/some-image-generators-produce-more-problematic-stereotypes-than-others-but-all-fail-at-diversity/
(DIR) Post #AbQcnf8sQo6a1A2HgW by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-11-02T14:04:52Z
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Something we couldn't explain is why each generator has its own "default scene" for each prompt.Such homogeneity can't come from the training dataset: Is it possible that they made editorial/scenographic decisions for each type of scenes?
(DIR) Post #Abf6J6BvWxH1loFALw by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-11-10T09:54:18Z
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🇪🇺 Art 22 GDPR: You can't be subjected to an automated decision with legal effects.🇫🇷 French authorities: We processed your personal data through Google Bard and denied your asylum claim.https://pastebin.com/ENFGeErT
(DIR) Post #AcEUZ0a2c8yI4Nh8Jk by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-11-27T13:05:03Z
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🇫🇷 The French welfare agency uses an algorithm to detect potential fraudsters. Every month, it ranks the households of 32 million people, including 13 million children, with a "risk score". For the first time, @LaQuadrature obtained its source code and could run it.The criteria that increase the risk score are - being poor, - living in a poor neighborhood, - being a single mother, - being unemployed, - having a disability.https://www.laquadrature.net/2023/11/27/notation-des-allocataires-lindecence-des-pratiques-de-la-caf-desormais-indeniable/
(DIR) Post #AcKsboc77qsdfnIMMq by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-11-30T09:19:55Z
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🇩🇪 In February, Germany's highest court ruled the use of Palantir software by the police illegal.In March, Bavaria doubled down and started using a new Palantir tool.https://www.tagesschau.de/investigativ/br-recherche/palantir-software-polizei-100.htmlWatching the rule of law crumble in real time...
(DIR) Post #AcN18Oy8gHhXdvZB20 by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-12-01T09:44:13Z
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel uses an automated system to generate targets to bomb. "In the past there were times in Gaza when we would create 50 targets per year. And here the machine produced 100 targets in one day," according to an Israeli general.https://www.972mag.com/mass-assassination-factory-israel-calculated-bombing-gaza/via @oliviertesquet
(DIR) Post #AcN18W8g1VI1sdYBvc by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-12-01T09:49:57Z
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While the consequences are vastly different, the logic of that system is not unlike that of the Top400 in Amsterdam, which generates a list of the most dangerous youth to surveil.These systems are not meant to identify and redress a particular problem, but to keep pressure on a given population by regularly skimming off those who displease the ruling authority.The goal is discipline and obedience, not military (in Gaza) or police (in A'dam) work.(About the Top400: https://datajusticelab.org/2022/12/08/new-research-report-top400-a-top-down-crime-prevention-strategy-in-amsterdam/ )
(DIR) Post #Accz62sjdGDRmYO4ga by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2023-12-09T06:19:54Z
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🇪🇺 The #AIAct has been agreed upon (in secret, last night). The text is not public yet, only the PR spin. But it's already clear that blanket face recognition is coming for us, Europeans, too, as it's allowed for "specific and present terrorist threat" which is police-speak for demonstrating peacefully or hearing something in Arabic.https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20231206IPR15699/artificial-intelligence-act-deal-on-comprehensive-rules-for-trustworthy-ai
(DIR) Post #AdX0KrhnqZAyrV7LVI by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-01-05T07:50:11Z
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Someone on LinkedIn just pitched me this new "AI fact-checker". Works as intended.
(DIR) Post #Ahs1NsmqluDvCtssbo by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-04-11T08:08:18Z
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🇫🇷 The National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) built a tool to automatically identify illegal buildings in private gardens.https://www.connectbycnes.fr/suivi-de-cabanisationIf you think it's to find rich folks who built an extra swimming pool, think again. It's used to detect shacks and tents.https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/070424/la-cabanisation-du-territoire-nouvelle-cible-des-prefectures
(DIR) Post #Ahs1NumZLvBfOblgRs by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-04-11T08:10:59Z
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There's even a presentation video https://youtu.be/8iGUxwJimLU?si=47bv1pX9qa4XlbF2&t=458
(DIR) Post #AhsKkt8lWPls5oongW by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-04-17T08:42:19Z
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"Adebara spent years curating a 42-gigabyte training data set for 517 African languages, the largest and most comprehensive to date. Her data set is 0.4 percent of the size of the largest publicly available English training data set."– The AI Revolution Is Crushing Thousands of Languageshttps://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/04/generative-ai-low-resource-languages/678042/
(DIR) Post #AhtggVhx5rS6PSYPy4 by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-03-06T07:41:14Z
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No words are strong enough to condemn this irresponsible attack that will prevent the production of thousands of the thing we need most in these time: more cars!Leftwing group claim responsibility for Tesla factory arson attack in Berlinhttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/mar/05/leftwing-vulkan-group-claim-responsibility-tesla-factory-pylon-arson-attack-berlin
(DIR) Post #AhzQK8jFPqieS6EMLY by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-03-30T16:02:47Z
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#BahnBubble #FediHelp Does anyone know why the #Oebb #Nightjet shows "kein Angebot verfügbar" from May 17 onwards on the Berlin-Brussels service?
(DIR) Post #Ai0lUC5M5Eh5xCAOJs by algowatching@social.nkb.fr
2024-05-06T07:29:09Z
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🇨🇿 In Czechia, a new algorithm will match pupils with secondary schools. There's no doubt that the current system can be improved, but the new one was not designed by the education ministry but by economists, who want to prevent "lost Einsteins" so that the potential value of everyone can be maximized.https://idea.cerge-ei.cz/files/IDEA_Studie_14_2023_Prijimacky_1016_abstracts.pdf