Just read the term “Proof of Personhood” and it made me retch.
“Proof of Personhood” is how you destroy personhood by tying it to some arbitrary constraint controlled by some asshole; by making it, and therefore by extension, people themselves, a commodity.
So fuck Worldcoin, fuck Sam Altman, fuck scanning people’s eyeballs for profit, fuck cryptobros and their cultists, and fuck Silicon Valley very much.
Sam Altman’s vision for AI proliferation will require a lot more computation and the energy to power it.
He admitted it at Davos, but he said we shouldn’t worry: an energy breakthrough was coming, and in the meantime we could just use “geoengineering as a stopgap.” That should set off alarm bells.
We’re over a year into this cycle of AI hype, but how does the real impact of the technology compare to what tech CEOs have spent all their time warning us about?
On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @timnitGebru about how they distracted us from the real problems with AI to shape regulation and serve themselves.
“The AI faith has many popes—an almost exclusively white male cohort of thirtysomething executives and programmers who genuinely believe they are working on the most important thing in the world.”
After a weekend of boardroom drama, Microsoft won by hiring Sam Altman to spin up a new AI division.
But we shouldn’t let that distract us from the company’s grander ambitions: to use AI to pave the way for a massive expansion of its cloud business. Do we really need all those data centers and their additional computer power to make people’s lives better?
"Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its ability to exercise its responsibilities. The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI."
Weil #Worldcoin gerade in aller Munde ist, ist mir dieser Bericht wieder eingefallen. Solche Blockchain-Technik wird häufig an Geflüchteten und Menschen mit wenig Geld getestet. Das ist riskant:
Eine Forscherin findet wenig Gutes an Feldversuchen in aller Welt, bei denen #Blockchain-Technik die Lage von Geflüchteten verbessern soll. Sie fordert ein Ende.
Sam Altman has been ousted at OpenAI, the company announced in a statement that says he was "not consistently candid in his communications with the board," and that "the board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI." CTO Mira Murati will be interim CEO. @verge has more details.
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data collection activities in the country, citing complaints about the unauthorized collection of data from minors, inadequate communications regarding their iris-scanning Orb program...
De l’argent contre des données biométriques: la start-up américaine qui profite de la misère
Fondée par #SamAltman, le patron d’#OpenAI, l’entreprise distribue sa nouvelle cryptomonnaie à toutes les personnes ayant «prouvé leur humanité». Pour ce faire, elle a déjà scanné les iris de 4,5 millions de personnes sur la planète. Dont un million en #Argentine.
BREAKING: Hundreds of OpenAI employees threaten to quit the company.
Nearly 500 employees of OpenAI have signed a letter saying they may quit and join Sam Altman at Microsoft unless the startup's board resigns and reappoints the ousted CEO.
In just five days, we've witnessed an attempted coup by OpenAI's board, Microsoft sweeping up ousted Sam Altman, most of OpenAI's staff revolting in protest and now, (we think) everything is as it was again, with the exception of the company's board members. The Verge explains the details of Altman's return.
#ScarlettJohansson is threatening #legal action against #OpenAI for copying her #voice for its latest #AI model, GPT-4o, which will be accessible through #ChatGPT.
In a statement provided to The Washington Post by Johansson’s publicist, she claimed that she received an offer from OpenAI CEO #SamAltman in Sept to be the voice of its AI system. Johansson… declined….
Portugal orders Worldcoin to stop collecting iris biometrics for 90 days (www.biometricupdate.com)
Portugal’s data regulator, the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD), has imposed a 90-day suspension on Worldcoin’s biometric data collection activities in the country, citing complaints about the unauthorized collection of data from minors, inadequate communications regarding their iris-scanning Orb program...