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Timnit Gebru (she/her). · 7w
I don't think people understand the extent to which this has been a decade plus long billionaire funded campaign (obviously Thiel is involved). We've tried to ring the alarm about these eugenicists bu...
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@nprofile1q... Note in the UK, it is known as EDI - if you use the US term DEI, you are likely revealing a lack of knowledge of how UK (Universities) operate, and bringing doubt about the accuracy/relevance of your article in other regards. e.g. see https://www.equality.admin.cam.ac.uk/
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Timnit Gebru (she/her). · 7w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq057cxmvvdzenhv3k5dfv3hsem8jc49r37fm6xmvmmldj5ey69ffsrjg264 Blocking you because you're here doing this to try and discredit me talking about the racists and eugenicists in the UK by saying I don't know what I'm talking about. Bye.
David Chisnall (*Now with 50% more sarcasm!*) · 17w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq057cxmvvdzenhv3k5dfv3hsem8jc49r37fm6xmvmmldj5ey69ffsrjg264 nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqyhj4ua6580h3w0kucwwrtwl4uv9pg7m2drxzplq5x3364jczp36sl7u7p7 As I've said elsewhere today: There are strict legal limits on where ...
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somehow AI has become nearly as toxic and stupid as cryptocurrencies. I wonder if some folks in governments (US, China, Russia etc) are using it to distract us from something actually important (climate/environment catastrophe?)????
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the true existential threat from AI isn't because skynet. its because human stupidity will crash the entire world economy rather than admit that they were conned out of 100s billions.
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when not using overleaf (e.g when working on my own) i use TeXShop very happily on my mac. however, every day (pretty much) when i run it, i have to do an update. its almost as bad as signal (closely followed by Chrome) - i mean don't people realize these rates of upgrades do not actually inspire confidence....????