brianpeiris
@brianpeiris@lemmy.ca
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
The steam/itch situation is a bit complicated. I think the organization behind that action has bad motivations, so it’s not the best example for the long term. My guess is that itch will update their NSFW policy to allow for some NSFW content, but not content that depicts truly heinous material.
The reason I would support that type of activism, to an extent, is that it was effective against Musk when he started turning twitter into a hellscape: freepress.net/…/stop_toxic_twitter_coalition_open…
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I pointed to an actual thing that already happened. How is that fear mongering?
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
What are your thoughts on this? Is this not an effect on open-source due to regulation? home-assistant.io/…/removal-of-mazda-connected-se…
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
When I mentioned the TAKE IT DOWN act, we were talking about regulations in general. I did not equivocate laws to EOs. That said, this EO will have effects on regulatory agencies. Therefore, it will have an effect on software as we discussed, open source or not.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
When you say that Trump’s EO’s only affects the executive branch, it sounds like you’re trying to say the EO doesn’t matter. My point is that it does matter.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I know this. Are you saying that it doesn’t matter that dozens of government agencies will now have reduced AI regulation? Have you read how many agencies and departments will be affected? www.whitehouse.gov/…/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Sure. My understanding of your original comment was that Trump’s EO won’t matter to open source AI because regulations, or lack of regulations, won’t affect open source AI. My point is that regulations do affect open source AI in some significant way.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I agree with this, mostly. The tech is real – The blockchain has solid math behind it. I don’t know if I agree with its value though. The viable usecases are significantly limited compared to the hype behind them. Bitcoin for example is still inherently inefficient compared to conventional payment systems. AI feels a lot like that – lots of hype with very little substance at its core.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure if this has happened yet, but in theory the TAKE IT DOWN act could be used to shutdown an open source deepfake code or model repository. In that case you’re right that there will be copies that spring up, but I think it is significant that popular projects could be taken down like that.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
You’re saying that EO’s are not policy?
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I was giving an example of regulation that has an effect on open source AI
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Okay. My argument is that the semantics don’t matter because what matters is policy.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I think the bipartisan TAKE IT DOWN bill has and will have a substantial effect on the proliferation of open source deepfake models. Sure, a tech savvy individual will still be able to download a model themselves and do whatever, but it significantly different from having deepfake services readily available for millions to use. Is it absolute enforcement, no, but it has a substantial effect on the world.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Based on your post history, I think we’re on the same side. I understand that this administration does not represent all of America. Unfortunately though, the semantics of it all don’t really matter. Trump got the majority vote, and that’s what matters. The effects of his policies matter. From the perspective of the rest of the world, this is what (the majority of) America has chosen. I don’t like it either.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Do you think that regulations have no affect on open source AI?
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I did not use the phrase “the American people”.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
Very similar to crypto, the AI hype is sustained by some future promise that never comes true.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
You’re missing the point if you’re arguing about my phrasing.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
I did not use the word “law”. So you’re arguing that EO’s have no actual effect? That is blatantly false: scientificamerican.com/…/trumps-dei-purge-is-hitt…
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
What matters more? What AMERICA wants, or what the administration enacts in to policy? You’re missing the point if you’re arguing about my phrasing.
- Comment on America wants AI that doesn't care about misinformation, DEI, and climate change 4 weeks ago:
The only solace I find in this is that AI, and AGI specifically, is probably a massive grift that will crash spectacularly at some point.
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- Comment on White House unveils sweeping plan to “win” global AI race through deregulation 4 weeks ago:
The first item in the document basically says that if existing regulations stand in the way of AI supremacy, they must go. Boil the oceans.
- Comment on Scientists create world-first touchable 3D holograms that float in air 4 months ago:
Here’s a video explainer about the research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=trQWfmH2OO4
- Comment on Scientists create world-first touchable 3D holograms that float in air 4 months ago:
That research was more about the haptics. This new research is more about projecting a volumetric hologram that can also be interacted with directly.
- Comment on An unreleased version of a Waymo privacy policy found by Jane Manchun Wong says it may use interior camera data to train AI models and sell ads. 4 months ago:
Man, Waymo was one of the more exciting things I was looking forward to, but I guess I should have waited for the other shoe to drop. Disappointing.
