Is the Engineer Checking the Work, or Renting the Signature?
An engineer's signature carries personal legal liability. You can be jailed for negligence, even if AI did the drawing.
#CivilEngineering #Liability #TheInferencePodcast
AI designs the bridge. The engineer goes to jail. Dr Michael Rustell on who really carries the risk. Full episode tomorrow on YouTube. #TheInferencePodcast #AI #Engineering
Behind the scenes with Dr Michael Rustell. Who goes to jail when AI designs the bridge? Full episode Sunday on YouTube. #TheInferencePodcast #AI #Engineering
Why AI Labs Want Open Models Banned
A competitor giving it away for free. "I need a moat."
#OpenSource #OpenWeights #TheInferencePodcast
Pausing AI: Real Fear or IPO Strategy?
The cynical view of why AI labs want to slow the frontier.
#Anthropic #OpenAI #TheInferencePodcast
Is There an AI Bubble?
Real technology, disproportionate speculation. Just like the railways and the internet.
#AIBubble #Investing #TheInferencePodcast
Gig Work Flexibility Is a Myth
Always online, chasing the next big job that never comes. It's a bit like gambling.
#GigEconomy #Uber #TheInferencePodcast
AI Sacked Him. Who's Responsible?
The boss and the AI pointing at each other like the Spider-Man meme.
#AIAccountability #FutureOfWork #TheInferencePodcast
Is All Wage Labour Exploitation?
The gap between what you produce and what you're paid.
#Capitalism #Work #TheInferencePodcast
Big Tech Plus the State Is the Real Danger
IBM and Nazi Germany showed what surveillance and power can do together.
#BigTech #Surveillance #TheInferencePodcast
If a Human Boss Did This, It Would Be Illegal
Pay-setting algorithms can learn to collude with each other.
#Competition #AlgorithmicCollusion #TheInferencePodcast
Every ChatGPT Answer Is a Hallucination
Right or wrong, the model is doing exactly the same thing.
#ChatGPT #LLM #TheInferencePodcast
Uber Takes 5% on One Trip and 50% on the Next
How variable commission quietly raised Uber's cut.
#Uber #DynamicPricing #TheInferencePodcast
The Human in the Loophole
Sometimes the human in the loop is only there to absorb the blame.
#HumanInTheLoop #AIGovernance #TheInferencePodcast
Did Uber Design It, or Did AI Find It?
Set the objective to maximise profit and the algorithm works out the rest.
#ReinforcementLearning #Uber #TheInferencePodcast
The Only Way to Fight the Algorithm
Platforms isolate workers. The answer is strength in numbers.
#Unions #WorkerRights #TheInferencePodcast
