Turns out these guys are real

My man ended USAID, condemning millions to death

two things can be true, imo 1/ using abusive language may be a proxy for other harmful behaviors, more easily lead models astray, make for lousy training data) 2/ there are legit people at the big AI labs in a para-religious trance who think their cool toys are conscious

my US-EN keyboard autocorrects that for me, no risk

TFW the sentence you added at the last minute to your newsletter has a typo

Guess what? I had some *thoughts* on Michael Shellenberger & the State Dept's Sarah Rogers losing their minds about a disinfo conference in Lithuania having a panel exploring if the US interferes in foreign information systems... and then interfering to get the conference sponsors to pull out.

New on @indicator.media: There's a whole lot of online manipulation on Wikipedia that's just sitting there ready to be explored. With much help from journalists, researchers, and Wikipedians, I put together a guide on how to dig into the data.

I agree on your second sentence, not your first. No one policed speech, the offense was a panel on whether the US govt should be considered a hostile actor in other countries' information ecosystems. And given that it's apparently pressuring other governments about what conferences to attend...

Showing my age, one acronym at a time

Is this enough free speech for everyone

I got the same questions from Shellenberger but do not have Ben’s patience and did not respond

oh woof

I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:

I'm looking to chat to people who know a lot about Wikipedia manipulation for a piece on @indicator.media. Who should I speak to?

Another week, another “we’re vaguely familiar with the basic premise of the story while at the same time wilfully missing the entire point” moment