Difficult to take the Big Tech's concerns about "AI disinfo" seriously when...
...behold, Google Gemini!
(the non answer re Palestine would need to be intentionally built into the system, as would the "double checked" cert-via-highlighting of the text that de-maps Palestine.)
If I wanted court drama I'd read Stendhal, who understood how power works and spent hundreds of pages illuminating characters whose desire for it blinded them to this reality.
Or, it was Microsoft all along...
Someone shared a writing contract where the outlet says they can detect AI generated writing. Ofc there's no reliable way to do this.
Bespoke AI guardrails amounting to a parent telling a kid "I can always tell when you lie" hoping credulity & fear lead them never to test it.
📢NEW PAPER!
Where @davidthewid, @sarahbmyers & I unpack what Open Source AI even is.
We find that the terms ‘open’ & ‘open source’ are often more marketing than technical descriptor, and that even the most 'open' systems don't alone democratize AI 1/
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Ordinary harms (like replicating and naturalizing structures of marginalization that entrench historical inequality) can be outweighed by ordinary benefits (like tech guys getting rich). What Hinton is worried about is existential risk (ghost stories).
This is such a powerful example. And TBH one of the best ways to "regulate" AI: organized workers demanding dignified and safe working conditions, rejecting the idea that AI-enabled degradation of work is inevitable!
