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Finally got around to reading about the recording of Justice Alito in #RollingStone and the #NYTimes . PolicySphere on Twitter had the right reaction: -
Finally got around to reading about the recording of Justice Alito in #RollingStone and the #NYTimes . PolicySphere on Twitter had the right reaction:Finally got around to reading about the recording of Justice Alito in #RollingStone and the #NYTimes . PolicySphere on Twitter had the right reaction:
"Terrifying: in public, Alito poses as a normal American conservative, but private recordings expose him as a normal American conservative."
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Via #MarginalRevolution, an #AI risk that I hadn't considered:Another recent possibly insightful comment on #AI from *MR*:
But there are other AI dangers that are less grave and already occurring. People rely on AI results that look right, but lack fundamental understanding. The results will include misdiagnosed patients, collapsed buildings, and the unjustly convicted. Obviously all those occur already due to human error, but AI adds new sources of error. -
Via #MarginalRevolution, an #AI risk that I hadn't considered:Via #MarginalRevolution, an #AI risk that I hadn't considered:
"When a lot of people think about AI, they think, “Oh, it’s going to fool people into believing stuff that’s not true.” But what it’s really doing is giving people permission to not believe stuff that is true. Because they can say, “Oh, that’s an AI-generated image. AI can generate anything now: video, audio, the entire war zone re-created.” They will use it as an excuse."
They link to a Canadian example.
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Once again, the one-sided #politics of Mastodon means we're not exposed to other points of view.@mick I feel increasing need to read the arguments for and against the legitimacy of the charges... I'll report back if I come to a conclusion.
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Once again, the one-sided #politics of Mastodon means we're not exposed to other points of view.Once again, the one-sided #politics of Mastodon means we're not exposed to other points of view. Here I see nothing but delight that Mr. Trump was convicted; on Twitter I *also* read people arguing that the prosecutor's case was bad law, that Mr. Trump's slimy behaviour wasn't felonious and people are right to be outraged by a politically-motivated prosecution.
(E.g., here's an argument from a lawyer who opposes Mr. Trump and his conviction: https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/the-ridiculousness-of-the-trump-indictment-part-two-the-federal-felony-hook-problem/ )
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I predict that Mr. Trump's polling will go up in the next week, alas.I predict that Mr. Trump's polling will go up in the next week, alas.
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BOOST CHALLENGE!
Ok #Fediverse and #Mastodon. If I tell my Canadian Member of Parliament, Gord Johns, that he will get 2000 followers within one week of creating a Mastodon account, will you make that happen?I want him to be able to say when he st...