🌶 David Gray Widder

@davidthewid.bsky.social

Assistant Prof at UT Austin's iSchool.

Big Tech, political economy, AI hype, AI in War

trying to help computer ppl think more critically about computer, including me

exCornell/CMU/NASA/MSR/IntelLabs.

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@blairaf.comReposted by @davidthewid.bsky.social

Why would you want to put a human in the loop when you can put a loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of the loop in the loop of

@noagarciad.bsky.socialReposted by @davidthewid.bsky.social

I am running a study on how computer vision researchers perceive dual-use risks of the field. If you work in CV, and would like to help us, the survey takes less than 3min. Reply or DM me for the link. You will be helping us a lot! Reposts are much appreciated 🙏

@davidthewid.bsky.social

"We analyze 550 recipients of four globally prestigious STEM awards… We find that nearly half of U.S. awardees are foreign-born—and that most first arrived as students, postdoctoral researchers…" "These pathways [are] critical to U.S. scientific leadership." Damn right!

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