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This isn't exactly a new problem. Reddit (and other message boards) have long had the issue where a paragraph of plausible sounding bs is trusted over shorter but correct comments.
We've just automated "paragraphs of plausible bs," which raises the salience of the problem.
Katya Abazajian retweeted
im sorry but the category of error a lot of people make with chatgpt output—conflating "plausibly formatted" and "correct"—is such a funny way for actual adults to be wrong. real "baffled by peek-a-boo" hours
If you're in the Netherlands, come see my group present the first phase of our cosmic radio project at STRP Festival April 12-16
cosmicradio.nl/
strp.nl/events/strp-festival
Katya Abazajian retweeted
Essential reading for everyone researching AI, especially those of us who like to critique.
Adaptation, Not Abolition: Critical AI Experts and Carceral- Positive Logic by Yarden Katz
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Katya Abazajian retweeted
Great panel on equity & data, incl. data disaggregation; risks/harms of under & _over_ representation of populations in data, resources for community engagement, and how a community’s absence in data is a feedback loop on how that community is not seen/integrated in our society.
Join us TOMORROW for an expert panel of women in research, government & civil society share ✨behind the scenes✨ intel about how #data affects #equity & #representation in gov't systems.
Hosted by @BeeckCenter & @MassiveData_GU
as part of #Tech+Society week on campus!
"Data equity is a movement made up of principles that guide the entire pipeline of data... That's why community participatory methods are essential to data equity" - Rita Ko, Chief Data Officer at the Urban Institute
urban.org/research-methods/c…
Paraphrasing: "My definition of data equity: 1) Are communities represented, 2) Do they have access to the data, 3) Can they actually access or use the data with broadband or tech skills" - Meeta Anand, Senior Director, Census & Data Equity @_meeta_
When collecting data on birth, death, and arrests, the person filling out gov't forms is not the person who's represented. "Understanding caveats like these should always be the first step in analyzing data." Milda Aksamitauskas, Fellow & Director, State CDO Network @BeeckCenter
Katya Abazajian retweeted
SCOOP: I spoke to the guy behind Balenciaga Pope for @BuzzFeedNews, who was (a) tripping on shrooms when he made the image and (b) thinks it means we should regulate AI buzzfeednews.com/article/chr…
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Starting just under 3 hours! We’re hosting a discussion at #MozFest on our inaugural set of pilots of DTPR, an open-source set of communication tools for increasing #transparency of #tech in #publicspaces.
Do you know what that camera is doing? Learn more about how #DTPR (dtpr.io) worked to de-mystify tech in public spaces across the US, France and Canada in 2022 via our #MozFest session this Friday 03/24 at 11am ET: mzf.st/89BFS3-1
Katya Abazajian retweeted
"When writing about artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT, journalists should avoid language that attributes human characteristics to these programs."
The @APStylebook has added more than 20 entries related to climate change and revised its entry on LGBTQ+ to add the + symbol, editor Paula Froke announced Thursday.
poynter.org/reporting-editin…
Spent so much of my career working on / thinking about tech that we do want and need that this recent VC news makes me double angry!!
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Katya Abazajian retweeted
1/ NEW from @ProPublica: We’ve spent the last year studying a trove of data that has never been public: millions of stock trades made by thousands of the wealthiest taxpayers in the U.S.
What we learned was incredibly illuminating 🧵👇
Our friends at @wprdc have really outdone themselves with this Data Literacy for Data Stewards curriculum. It covers all of the topics I would actually put in a Data 101! Register here: wprdc.org/news/data-literacy…
Hi... we're hiring again ☺️ looking for somebody who can turn research into action & manage a curriculum grounded in best practices to help cities navigate a sprint to build open source tech tools! Loving community data/tech projects is definitely a plus. beeckcenter.georgetown.edu/j…
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Storing information and communicating digitally is a crucial part of the work of human rights defenders. But how do you make sure to do it in a secure way? Digital defenders Paola Mosso and Bárbara Paes from @EngnRoom have given us their best tips:
DC-based folks: Come see an expert panel of women in research, government, and civil society share ✨behind the scenes✨ intel about how data affects equity & representation in gov't systems.
Hosted by @BeeckCenter & @MassiveData_GU as part of Tech & Society week on campus!
