“That the wealthy states and individuals funding the replication of human brains might also want to replicate and entrench their own power—deploying exponential rates of technological advance to achieve an exponential expansion of social control—does not much concern him.” #singularity https://newrepublic.com/article/185490/ray-kurzweil-ai-machines-proving-right
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“..It is important not to present this as a technical problem that exists only because of AI text generators but to relate it to the wider concerns in which it is embedded. These range from a largely dysfunctional scholarly publishing system (Haider & Åström, 2017) and academia’s “publish or perish” paradigm to Google’s near-monopoly and ideological battles over the control of information and ultimately knowledge.” #ai #misinformation #academia https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/gpt-fabricated-scientific-papers-on-google-scholar-key-features-spread-and-implications-for-preempting-evidence-manipulation/
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“This ruling may benefit the bottom line of the largest publishers and most prominent authors, but for most it will end up harming more than it will help.” #libraries #copyright .. The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case https://archive.ph/9irhZ
“One of the main developers of the software used by YieldStar told ProPublica that landlords had “too much empathy” compared to the algorithmic pricing software.” #canada #housing #ai https://breachmedia.ca/canadian-mega-landlord-ai-pricing-scheme-hikes-rents/