https://peertube.dair-institute.org/about/instancehttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/localhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/n83oLuXu5gpaZJ4cfVJHR5https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a8a69d2c-85ac-44e4-b483-eee5d0d656d7.jpgEpisode 1: "Can machines learn how to behave?" (Part 1), 2022.08.31Technology researchers Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna kick off the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 series by reading through "Can machines learn how to behave?" by Blaise Aguera y Arcas, a Google VP who works on artificial intelligence. Listen to this in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/12954384 You can check out future streams at https://twitch.tv/KateSilver538. Follow us! - Emily - https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender - https://dair-community.social/EmilyMBender - Alex - https://twitter.com/alexhanna - https://dair-community.social/alex (Apologies for the sound. This is our first time streaming and we had to figure out some bugs with Twitch and Zoom) ***** You can check out future streams at on [Twitch](http://twitch.tv/dair_institute), and [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/) for future episodes. Our book, 'The AI Con,' comes out in May! [Pre-order your copy now](https://thecon.ai/). Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alexhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ab0b97bb-726a-445f-b2a1-2bff3c1177c2/ef14cd39-c00e-495a-a276-226b442321f3-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/n83oLuXu5gpaZJ4cfVJHR52593012492023-02-17T00:30:50.176Zartificial intelligencegooglelarge language modelsmathy mathYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nS5wAMtYXoCMHibqwwMzRWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d1652e4d-fc2b-4a78-95fe-20edf0bf4ac0.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 2: "Can machines learn how to behave?" (Part 2)Emily and Alex continue their reading of "Can machines learn how to behave?" by Blaise Aguera y Arcas. Listen to this stream in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13066789 Citations: Vibe Check podcast with Saeed Jones, Zach Stafford, and Sam Sanders https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vibe-check/id1637476174 Nathan Ensmenger, "Is chess the drosophila of artificial intelligence? A social history of an algorithm" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22530382/ Janet Abbate, "Recoding Gender" https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262304535/ Abebe Birhane, "Algorithmic injustice: a relational ethics approach" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7892355/ John Levi Martin, "The Explanation of Social Action" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-explanation-of-social-action-9780199773312?cc=us&lang=en& Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Comics on Einstein and Science https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1928 Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Comics on Physicists https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2556 You can check out future streams at https://twitch.tv/KateSilver538 Follow us! - Emily - https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender - https://dair-community.social/EmilyMBender - Alex - https://twitter.com/alexhanna - https://dair-community.social/alexhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b10de3fd-1de1-4e3c-8b8c-0ec4a4f7749c/6bd1f994-7a8a-4761-ace7-64aadc935af8-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/nS5wAMtYXoCMHibqwwMzRW360704032023-02-17T00:46:15.137Zartificial intelligencegooglelarge language modelsmathy mathYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/w4gH9a82imfmJb2o6MAFvLhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/96f17096-95d2-48fa-aa92-f6ecd9dc0065.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 3: "Can machines learn how to behave?" (Part 3)Emily and Alex finally finish their reading of "Can machines learn how to behave?" by Blaise Aguera y Arcas. Listen to the podcast of this video: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13068571 Citations: Inioluwa Deborah Raji, Emily M. Bender, Amandalynne Paullada, Emily Denton, Alex Hanna. "AI and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Benchmark" https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.15366 Janet Abbate. "Recoding Gender" https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262304535/ Mar Hicks. "Programmed Inequality: How Britain Discarded Women Technologists and Lost Its Edge in Computing" https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535182/ Morgan Ames. "The Charisma Machine: A Deep Dive into One Laptop per Child" https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262537445/the-charisma-machine/ Marvin Minsky. "Society of the Mind" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Mind Joanna J. Bryson. "Robots Should Be Slaves" https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/robots-should-be-slaves Aylin Caliskan, Joanna J. Bryson, and Arvind Narayanan. "Semantics derived automatically from language corpora contain human-like biases" https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aal4230?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed Nancy Fraser. "Rethinking the Public Sphere: A Contribution to the Critique of Actually Existing Democracy" https://www.jstor.org/stable/466240 Emily M. Bender and Alexander Koller. "Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data" https://aclanthology.org/2020.acl-main.463.pdf Emily M. Bender, Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Shmargaret Shmitchell. "On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜" https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3442188.3445922 Anna Lauren Hoffmann (keep your eyes open for the book) http://annaeveryday.com/ Claire Stapleton. "The Harassment Parade" (where she says "That's colonialism, sweetie") https://techsupport.substack.com/p/the-har...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/f3671283-c248-4256-97bc-512a53729a7a/7500a24a-f055-4922-b420-0a72a1f5ed24-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/w4gH9a82imfmJb2o6MAFvL370802822023-02-17T01:10:24.513Zartificial intelligencegooglelarge language modelsmathy mathYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qEBMMV6kbJ8G2VnbxHNSJLhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e48362f2-f5cf-4a2c-bbc0-bf1ae4d3941a.jpgIntroducing DAIRThe Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) is an interdisciplinary and global research institute rooted in the belief that AI is not inevitable, its harms are preventable, and when its production and deployment include diverse perspectives and deliberate processes it can be beneficial. Our research reflects our lived experiences and centers our communities. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c7bfa5ac-e88e-421a-a642-bd55c328e5d8/efa17315-e7d0-4d75-a33e-afcb132361a1-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qEBMMV6kbJ8G2VnbxHNSJL17451282023-02-17T01:13:05.318Zartificial intelligencecomputer scienceresearchtechnologyYESIntroducing DAIRNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/pwe85EkXXU6ADq9QPkhNiThttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/ff5c294f-33e2-41d0-acca-69fe01e9f693.jpgIntroducing DAIR | Imagining a different set of technologiesOne of DAIR's pillars is to imagine new and different technologies, especially those that enable marginalized communities. In this video, our researchers discuss what it means to develop for our communities instead of for profit and power. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/be7a96cb-b6fd-483a-b6b6-34d6eef05d95/cfcc36ab-c922-4f35-ba08-429309cbd3c0-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/pwe85EkXXU6ADq9QPkhNiT1600562023-02-17T01:15:38.933Zartificial intelligencecomputer scienceresearchtechnologyYESIntroducing DAIRNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gWfe2wNDX32JCHXZ9LNZwMhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/40f2b17a-906f-4394-86e7-74e35633df95.jpgIntroducing DAIR | Mitigating HarmsOne of DAIR's pillars is to mitigate harms stemming from the development of artificial intelligence and technology. In this video, our researchers discuss our approaches for assessing and calling out the harms of these technologies. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/810c027b-7cfe-409c-ba70-c7de368939ad/31238f5f-4d34-49e5-9355-08ad6968ae53-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/gWfe2wNDX32JCHXZ9LNZwM1690262023-02-17T01:18:16.130Zartificial intelligencecomputer scienceresearchtechnologyYESIntroducing DAIRNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/7La1qsDxFZNRV67RQ1M3P3https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/49dc4a90-39f5-4b6a-9192-b6171bc59251.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3k Ep. 4 - Is AI Art Actually "Art"? (ft. Johnathan Flowers, Jennifer Len...Emily and Alex are joined this week by Drs. Johnathan Flowers, Negar Rostamzedah, and Jennifer Lena to discuss the hype around AI Art. Dr. Johnathan Flowers is an assistant professor in the department of philosophy at California State University, Northridge. His research interest is at the intersection of American Pragmatism, Philosophy of Disability, and Philosophy of Race, Gender and Sexuality as they apply to socio-technical systems. Flowers also explores the impacts of cultural narratives on the perception and development of sociotechnical systems. Dr. Jennifer Lena is a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, where she runs the Arts Administration program. She’s published books on music genres, the legitimation of art, and the measurement of culture. Dr. Negar Rostamzadeh is a Senior Research Scientist at Google Responsible AI team. Her recent research is at the intersection of computer vision and sociotechnical research. She studies creative computer vision technologies and the broader social impact of them. She is also substantially engaged with the creative ML community and organized a series of workshops with artists on creative computer vision technologies and their broader impact at computer vision venues. You can listen to the podcast version of this, too: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13147638 References: Kevin Roose, "An A.I.-Generated Picture Won an Art Prize. Artists Aren’t Happy." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/02/technology/ai-artificial-intelligence-artists.html Jo Lawson-Tancred, "Robot Artist Ai-Da Just Addressed U.K. Parliament About the Future of A.I. and ‘Terrified’ the House of Lords" https://news.artnet.com/art-world/ai-da-robot-artist-parliament-2190611 Marco Donnarumma, "AI Art Is Soft Propaganda for the Global North" https://hyperallergic.com/772848/ai-art-is-soft-propaganda-for-the-global-north/ Jane Recker, "U.S. Copyright Office Rules A.I. Art Can’t Be Copyrighted" https://w...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/36c11bd8-3611-467d-8037-4660f12da838/d320f9ef-bc9e-4211-8643-205f77161e1a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/7La1qsDxFZNRV67RQ1M3P3369654262023-02-17T01:41:33.583Zartartificial intelligenceresearchtechnologyYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/bMWS4kiCT4dzBRTNxLTA8Mhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/0bf6e3b9-5f1a-47a0-99dd-783d790dd48e.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 5 - Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund and Fresh AI HellEmily and Alex discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund and their essay contest. Also, we introduce our "What in the Fresh AI Hell?" segment! Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13199202 Citations: Super Forecasting https://goodjudgment.com/about/ Bill Howe - Applied AI in High-Expertise Settings or Curation as Programming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmeLQiO_P1M Samir Passi and Solon Barocos - "Problem Formulation in Fairness" https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3287560.3287567 Vinod Prabharakan, William Isaac, Donald Martin Jr https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.07572 David Ribes, Andrew S Hoffman, Steven C Slota and Geoffrey C Bowker The Logic of Domains https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312719849709 Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism https://www.publicaffairsbooks.com/titles/shoshana-zuboff/the-age-of-surveillance-capitalism/9781610395694/ Lee Vinsel on Criti-hype: https://sts-news.medium.com/youre-doing-it-wrong-notes-on-criticism-and-technology-hype-18b08b4307e5 You can check out future streams at https://twitch.tv/KateSilver538. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alexhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5765aab4-2c83-4068-9b87-4b3a98c7bda3/cabe3e44-126a-4b6b-8a41-7ac20ac4b6ae-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/bMWS4kiCT4dzBRTNxLTA8M345401942023-02-17T01:44:57.420Zartificial intelligencefresh ai helllongtermismresearchYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/bsAcW2KDcU7MKCcyGXUFsWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/6592b949-bb65-4d6b-a311-a912c0b8302b.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 6 - Stochastic Parrot GalacticaEmily and Alex discuss MetaAI's bullshit science paper generator, Galactica, along with its defenders. Also, more fresh AI hell. Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13237698 References: Imre Lakatos on research programs https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lakatos/ Shah, Chirag and Emily M. Bender. 2022. Situating Search. Proceedings of the 2022 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR ’22). https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3498366.3505816 UW RAISE: https://www.raise.uw.edu/ Stochastic Parrots: Bender, Emily M., Timnit Gebru, Angelina McMillan-Major, and Shmargaret Shmitchell. 2021. On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? 🦜. In Proceedings of FAccT 2021, pp.610-623. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922 The Octopus Paper: Bender Emily M. and Alexander Koller. 2020. Climbing towards NLU: On Meaning, Form, and Understanding in the Age of Data. ACL 2020 https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2020.acl-main.463/ Palestinian man arrested because of bad MT: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/24/facebook-palestine-israel-translates-good-morning-attack-them-arrest Katherine McKittrick - _Dear Science and Other Stories_ https://www.dukeupress.edu/dear-science-and-other-stories Sokal Hoax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokal_affair Safiya Noble - _Algorithms of Oppression_ https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/ Latanya Sweeney "Discrimination in Online Ad Delivery" https://dataprivacylab.org/projects/onlineads/index.html Michelle Dion The Subjects and Stages of AI Dataset Development: A Framework for Dataset Accountability Mehtab Khan and Alex Hanna https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4217148 Sealioning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning http://wondermark.com/1k62/ Grover: Raji, Inioluwa Deborah, Emily M. Bender, Amandalynne Paullada, Emily Denton...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/54b1cdfc-fec7-4509-8930-a07348dd47a6/62f88c86-f669-493b-b63a-82b47ad5ac14-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/bsAcW2KDcU7MKCcyGXUFsW368803472023-02-17T01:48:04.923Zartificial intelligencelanguage modelsresearchtechnologyYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/oAWnan9PXTvS3CyutatQcghttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/30d58314-bc2c-4ae5-b583-52286f435d8e.jpgDAIR's First Anniversary - Adrienne Williams, Surveillance Nation: The Real Cost of Amazon's Cust...Research Fellow Adrienne Williams discusses massive amounts of wage theft committed by Amazon against its delivery drivers. She demonstrates how extra standup meetings, time taken for remedial actions by Amazon’s “Mentor” application, and AI-powered cameras in trucks penalized drivers, and quantifies the scale of wage theft, which is at the levels of upwards of thousands of dollars in stolen wages per year, per worker. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/ https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b709d79c-6df0-48dd-b332-a373e6a08ff5/c55a8a2a-382a-4996-a276-27e82eaec28c-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/oAWnan9PXTvS3CyutatQcg97802722023-02-17T01:54:27.404Zamazonbetter have my moneygig workerslaborwage theftYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2QwrxLSwyW7VVWZqD1zxG3https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/f19eeef0-9f66-49b0-92fe-5f14530ab7df.jpgDAIR's First Anniversary - Raesetje Sefala, Constructing Datasets to Study the Effects of Spatial...Research Fellow Raesetje Sefala on her work on using computer vision to detect the persistence of spatial apartheid in South Africa. Although Apartheid legally ended in 1991, the difference between townships, where non-white people were forced to live in, and suburbs is still clear. Those who grow up in townships, like Raesetje, know that the services they receive are much worse than those in the suburbs. Raesetje here shows her dataset, in which she and others raised in townships annotated geo-located satellite images with their neighborhood types, including townships and suburbs. She also demonstrats her computer vision tool, which labels different neighborhood types. These tools will allow those who live in townships to advocate for better resources, including better government service allocation. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0edf9967-46c7-4b91-a721-46cebad72836/fb0cd547-a5d7-44d7-b0c9-5a38625618be-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2QwrxLSwyW7VVWZqD1zxG38520162023-02-17T02:00:43.921Zapartheidartificial intelligencecomputer visionsouth africaYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/5ZjPYekUdyhQfadiGvUXbvhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/5c6b7cee-b3d4-4ac1-b138-0c2009d63037.jpgDAIR's First Anniversary - Asmelash Teka, Language Tech for Ge'ez-based LanguagesResearch Fellow Dr. Asmelash Teka discusses his work with Lesan.ai, a startup focused on providing a broad range of technology for languages used in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He presents here machine translation and automated speech recognition for Ge’ez based languages, and the need to keep data fuelling these technologies in the hands of people who speak these languages rather than a few multinational corporations. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/28658d57-9a3d-46fe-ad3b-60107f60be4d/520a745e-916d-4de7-b1cc-f2f14e934292-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/5ZjPYekUdyhQfadiGvUXbv5430272023-02-17T02:04:44.114Zafrica-based languagesartificial intelligenceautomatic speech recognitionmachine translationnlpYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/iRTqFhJHvcf5JXFTPGsNs5https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/593c54a0-aed6-4755-8971-1ead624311ae.jpgDAIR's First Anniversary - Dylan Baker, Nobody Owns Our Technological FutureResearch engineer Dylan Baker talks about how billionaires have taken over the imaginary of technological futures, and how we need to take back that imaginary. Instead of continually playing on the back foot, what would it mean to build something new? He concludes by introducing our forthcoming Possible Futures series where we will further explore this question. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/90a27e78-4c5a-4b86-8268-671cc0b8b090/95fcf33f-6d80-4cad-b3d0-52e71fe00226-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/iRTqFhJHvcf5JXFTPGsNs55935622023-02-17T02:21:43.560Zartificial intelligencetech futuresYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/42Yo7ah38YmKpK5BzfzSruhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/963393b1-adb3-4377-b286-c3f5e6cea588.jpgDAIR's First Anniversary - Q&A with Meron EstefanosDAIR Executive Director Timnit Gebru holds a conversation with Research Fellow Meron Estefanos, in which they talked about Meron’s activism as a refugee advocate who has rescued more than 16,000 victims of trafficking. Meron discusses the extent to which she has faced transnational repression in the course of her work, and how calls to attack her on social media result in violence: for example, after calls to injure her circulated on Facebook and Twitter, she was attacked eight times in a single evening. Timnit concludes with a discussion of how refugees are the first to experience the harms of experimental AI technology on the ground. You can learn more about Meron’s work in the 2013 documentary [Sound of Torture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Torture) and this [episode](https://www.thisamericanlife.org/502/this-call-may-be-recorded-to-save-your-life) of the podcast _This American Life_. Learn more about DAIR at https://dair-institute.org and follow us on social media: https://twitter.com/DAIRInstitute https://dair-community.social/@DAIR https://www.linkedin.com/company/dair-institute/ https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/1891e7e6-a27f-4dd9-8202-f01dd3fe2836/0985b994-baec-4547-beb6-b3b610d4b518-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/42Yo7ah38YmKpK5BzfzSru12825432023-02-17T02:22:52.260ZEritreahuman rightsrefugeestransnational repressionYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cqpbTBwRbfv2mtmc48seXVhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/cf5d366a-1315-4c28-b94b-ced3bcc7c587.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3k, Episode 7 - There Are Now 15 Competing Evaluation Metrics (feat. Jere...Emily and Alex are joined this week by Dr. Jeremy G. Kahn to discuss evaluation metrics and some new AI hell. Jeremy G. Kahn has a PhD in computational linguistics, with a focus on information-theoretic and empirical engineering approaches to dealing with natural language (in text and speech). He’s gregarious, polyglot, a semi-auto-didact, and occasionally prolix. He also likes comic books, coffee, progressive politics, information theory, lateral thinking, science fiction, science fact, linear thinking, bicycles, beer, meditation, love, play, and inquiry. He lives in Seattle with his wife Dorothy and son Elliott. Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13283050 References: XKCD: Standards https://xkcd.com/927/ WikidataCon https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2021 Gish Gallop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gish_gallop The Bender Rule: https://thegradient.pub/the-benderrule-on-naming-the-languages-we-study-and-why-it-matters/ DJ Khaled - You Played Yourself: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/congratulations-you-played-yourself Jeff Kao's interrogation of public comment periods: https://hackernoon.com/more-than-a-million-pro-repeal-net-neutrality-comments-were-likely-faked-e9f0e3ed36a6 Emily's blog post response to NYT piece: https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/on-nyt-magazine-on-ai-resist-the-urge-to-be-impressed-3d92fd9a0edd Follow Jeremy: https://dair-community.social/@trochee/ You can check out future streams at https://twitch.tv/KateSilver538. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alexhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5c7caa6b-7abe-4694-bca5-46d7860e819f/52dd7bfb-78bf-460e-9cfa-379bd4128a90-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/cqpbTBwRbfv2mtmc48seXV367602332023-02-17T02:46:01.825Zartificial intelligencehypelanguage modelstechnologyYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4ZH8grz4rJR5tGkAKEaV7Lhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/050160f8-be67-4a1e-8aac-81128fbe559d.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 8 - The ChatGPT AwakensEmily and Alex discuss ChatGPT and all the surrounding hype. Also, more fresh AI hell. Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13347091 References: Situating Search (Shah & Bender 2022): https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3498366.3505816 Related op-ed: https://iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fantasy-auid-2334 Piantadosi's thread showing ChatGPT writing a program to classify white males as good scientists: https://twitter.com/spiantado/status/1599462375887114240 Find Anna Lauren Hoffman's publications (though not yet the one we were referring to) here: https://www.annaeveryday.com/publications Sarah T. Roberts _Behind the Screen_: https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300261479/behind-the-screen/ Karen Hao's AI Colonialism series: https://www.technologyreview.com/supertopic/ai-colonialism-supertopic/ Milagros Miceli: https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/spezialseiten/persons-details/p/milagros-miceli/ Julian Posada: https://posada.website/ “This Isn’t Your Data, Friend”: Black Twitter as a Case Study on Research Ethics for Public Data (Klassen & Fiesler 2022) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051221144317 No Humans Here: Ethical Speculation on Public Data, Unintended Consequences, and the Limits of Institutional Review (Pater, Fiesler & Zimmer 2022) https://cmci.colorado.edu/~cafi5706/GROUP2022_DesignFiction.pdf Casey Fiesler's publications: https://caseyfiesler.com/publications/ And TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@professorcasey Where are human subjects in Big Data research? The emerging ethics divide (Metcalf & Crawford 2016) https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2053951716650211 You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alexhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/205a27bc-c3aa-4a4d-93af-a7ec88a7b1a4/2aa3631f-89ed-4824-b9ce-328dc663ec94-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/4ZH8grz4rJR5tGkAKEaV7L376857052023-03-28T21:15:02.219Zartificial intelligencechatgptgenerative aiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/vW2AoH552jgH7Swh8ePjQVhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e75e65c2-99aa-442f-b99f-bec1a4a0c548.jpgStochastic Parrots Day: A Retrospective With 'Stochastic Parrots' AuthorsFor Stochastic Parrots Day 2023, Angelina McMillan-Taylor, Timnit Gebru, and Emily M. Bender discuss their 2021 paper, '[On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big?](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3442188.3445922)' With moderation by Margaret Mitchell. [Angelina McMillan-Major](https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelina-mcmillan-major-535188b5/) is a computational linguist working on her PhD at the University of Washington, with her dissertation focusing on collaboratively planning language datasets with language communities. Dr. Emily M. Bender is a Professor in the [Department of Linguistics](https://linguistics.uw.edu) at the University of Washington, the faculty director of the [CLMS program](https://www.compling.uw.edu/) and the director of the [Computational Linguistics Laboratory](https://depts.washington.edu/uwcl/twiki/bin/view.cgi/Main/WebHome). [Dr. Timnit Gebru](https://www.dair-institute.org/about) is the founder and executive director of the Distributed AI Research Institute, which focuses on independent community rooted AI research free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence. [Dr. Margaret Mitchell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mitchell_(scientist)) is a computer scientist and chief ethics researcher at Hugging Face, where she focuses on machine learning and ethics-informed AI development in tech.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/f2642a9a-2322-4486-a6e0-997037562f25/7d8beb5c-17de-4372-9b8a-3643361729fb-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/vW2AoH552jgH7Swh8ePjQV305658912023-04-05T16:16:53.072Zartificial intelligencelanguage modelsresearchtechnologyYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/a2KCCzj2nyfrq5FvJbL9jYhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9d1fc8f9-2bd1-439c-ac21-4c74c8228099.jpgStochastic Parrots Day: What's Next? A Call To ActionFor Stochastic Parrots Day 2023, Sarah Andrew, Steven Zapata, and Nanjala Nyabola discuss what actions might be taken to combat the harms of misapplied large language models and other generative AI. With moderation by Angelina McMillan-Major. [Steven Zapata](https://www.stevenzapata.com) is a professional designer, illustrator, and educator who has over a decade of experience, and has been [raising awareness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjSxFAGP9Ss) about the impacts of generative systems. [Nanjala Nyabola](https://www.nanjalawrites.com/) is a writer, political analyst, and activist based in [Nairobi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nairobi), [Kenya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya), who writes extensively about African society and politics, in particular Kenya, alongside discussions of technology, international law, and feminism. [Sarah Andrew](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-andrew-034b4b77/?originalSubdomain=uk) is the legal director of [Avaas](https://secure.avaaz.org/page/en/), a nonprofit organization that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/4920e170-0174-47e3-b1a9-1c37269ad1ec/09068114-d25b-4544-b0e1-b71eba5bac02-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/a2KCCzj2nyfrq5FvJbL9jY337401642023-04-05T17:53:43.242Zartificial intelligencelanguage modelsresearcharttechnologyYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cjAgnrda87vuUQCyMZKVJthttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d66f9e9e-923e-4b9d-80de-2d70f7144de9.jpgStochastic Parrots Day: AI Hype vs. RealityFor Stochastic Parrots Day 2023, Asmelash Teka Hadgu, Mark Riedl, and Belzie Mont-Louis discuss the hype surrounding applications for AI and how it is affecting their work as educators, translators, and researchers. With moderation by Emily Bender. [Belzie Mont-Louis](https://www.linkedin.com/in/belzie-mont-louis-54a89069/) is a 7-12 instructional coach at Boston Latin Academy and has been an educator for almost two decades, serving as a teacher, teacher leader, and instructional coach. Asmelash Teka Hadgu is the co-founder and CTO of [Lesan AI](https://lesan.ai/), where he has built [state-of-the-art machine translation systems](https://proceedings.mlr.press/v176/hadgu22a.html) to and from Amharic, Tigrinya and English. [Dr. Mark Riedl](https://www.cc.gatech.edu/people/mark-riedl) is a professor at Georgia Tech and the associate director of the Georgia Tech Machine Learning Center, performing research that focuses on human-centered artificial intelligence.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5bad0798-91ad-4b06-949b-1c4cbc99ee7b/3a917759-308e-412d-829b-95e33d82a1d2-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/cjAgnrda87vuUQCyMZKVJt330003862023-04-05T21:00:35.566Zartificial intelligencelanguage modelseducationtranslationtechnologyYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qBgQLX5DgMgHNF5NMo7886https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/8a35ae1e-b555-4112-b607-705d8ebdf286.jpgStochastic Parrots Day: On Worker Exploitation, Data Theft, and the Centralization of PowerFor Stochastic Parrots Day 2023, an anonymous data worker from Kenya shares his experience in the labor of training AI language models, and Milagros Miceli and Safiya Noble share their research about exploited data workers. Moderated by Timnit Gebru. [Dr. Milagros Miceli](https://milamiceli.com/) leads the [Data, Algorithmic Systems, and Ethics](https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/research/digitale-technologien-in-der-gesellschaft/daten-algorithmische-systeme-und-ethik/) research group at [Weizenbaum-Institut](https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en) and is a research fellow at DAIR, where she investigates how ground-truth data for machine learning is produced. Richard (who only wants to use his first name) is an entrepreneur and data worker who has worked on data labeling and content moderation for different types of models including ChatGPT and DALL-E (see [this article](https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/)). [Dr. Safiya Noble](https://safiyaunoble.com/) is a professor at UCLA, the co-founder and co-director of the UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and the author of *[Algorithms of Oppression](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms_of_Oppression)*. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c7481f43-50dd-432e-b726-f6e9a7968f87/9f83623d-c004-4aa3-a2c7-eebe2277913d-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qBgQLX5DgMgHNF5NMo7886329856742023-04-05T23:33:53.796Zartificial intelligenceworkerslanguage modelstechnologyresearchYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/o6sb7f7RwapWBJd9VC61t4https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9b479ae5-b9a7-48f3-a0e4-1a53474386b8.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater, Episode 10 - Don't Be A Lawyer, ChatGPTAlex and Emily are joined by law and technology scholar [Kendra Albert](https://kendraalbert.com/) for a conversation about ChatGPT, legal expertise, and how we do and don't measure someone's ability to practice law. Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13414023 References: Social Science Research Network paper “written” by ChatGPT: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4294197 Joe Wanzala, “ChatGPT is ideal for eDiscovery”: https://nlsblog.org/2023/02/21/chatgpt-implications-for-criminal-defense-litigation-practice/ Legal applications for ChatGPT: Shot: https://the-decoder.com/gpt-4-could-pass-bar-exam-ai-researchers-say/ Chaser: https://www.theonion.com/chatgpt-forced-to-take-bar-exam-even-though-dream-was-t-1850036337 AI for law: https://www.dailyjournal.com/articles/370354-the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-in-law-firms “AI can legally run a company”: https://twitter.com/johnjnay/status/1622319172955901952 Generative AI Is Coming for the Lawyers: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/generative-ai-is-coming-for-the-lawyers “This is a decision by a Colombian court in Cartagena (dated January, 30, 2023). As far as we know, it is the first time that a judicial decision has been taken by explicitly resorting to #ChatGPT @sama @OpenAI. The Court poses a series of specific questions to #ChatGPT": https://twitter.com/ethics_law/status/1628793562698510344 "Don't Be A Lawyer" song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-UEqJ85KE Rep. Ted Lieu introduces legislation written by https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-lieu-introduces-first-federal-legislation-ever-written-artificial DoNotPay offers money to anyone willing to use their AI to argue in court: https://twitter.com/jbrowder1/status/1612312707398795264?s=20&t=g6_oG7cPzEVX5H36DoHtNQ Vanderbilt University responds to MSU shooting with e-mail written using ChatGPT: https://vanderbilthustler.com/2...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b2ebe65b-b14b-49c8-9f1d-ada4ebb66149/0ad84f3e-3218-435e-8ec9-97f0c2a75f9a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/o6sb7f7RwapWBJd9VC61t43894510872023-04-23T01:43:29.972Zartificial intelligencegenerative ailawbar examYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cDct9r1KJX7KgpnV8o71R2https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/0e4db919-8a61-4f45-be78-46fbccac754f.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 9 - Call The AI Quack DoctorAlex and Emily discuss the not-so-real medical and healthcare applications of ChatGPT and other large language models. Plus another round of fresh AI hell. And introducing our new theme song, by composer Toby Menon! Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13365502 References: Glass.ai makes “diagnosis machine”: https://twitter.com/AiBreakfast/status/1620128621821317125?t=Q6tTAOcGAoFJ3Ko9m4EC9g&s=19 Percy Liang claims 'PubMedGPT' can pass medical exams: https://crfm.stanford.edu/2022/12/15/pubmedgpt.html https://twitter.com/percyliang/status/1603469265583353856?s=20&t=SdWeINzUw92pbkTO8OAVqQ Emily's reaction to the above: https://twitter.com/emilymbender/status/1603766381807570944?s=20&t=SdWeINzUw92pbkTO8OAVqQ ChatGPT gets 60 percent of questions right in US Medical Licensing Exam: https://healthitanalytics.com/news/chatgpt-passes-us-medical-licensing-exam-without-clinician-input An Apple Watch error is clogging up 911 lines: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/03/health/apple-watch-911-emergency-call.html ChatGPT-assisted diagnosis: Is the future suddenly here? https://www.statnews.com/2023/02/13/chatgpt-assisted-diagnosis/ NVIDIA “eye contact” demo: https://twitter.com/Jousefm2/status/1616878021280993284 “Theory of the mind": https://twitter.com/LChoshen/status/1623575423652139015?t=Ohc9tzB09pAEddAReLc6mA&s=09 Preprint on "theory of the mind" by Michael Kosinski: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.02083 You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5e461cb7-34c6-474a-b83a-e28d82f8af8b/9e089980-a86a-4fa1-82e9-fa359805056c-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/cDct9r1KJX7KgpnV8o71R2367303952023-04-24T03:29:55.697Zartificial intelligencegenerative aimedicinehealthcarechatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gn7Lycfbm684NEi7xok2gfhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/ccd3992e-54e8-422b-a9aa-3c4cf61c7050.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 11 - A GPT-4 Fanfiction NovellaAfter a hype-y few weeks of AI happenings, Alex and Emily shovel the BS on GPT-4’s “system card,” its alleged “sparks of Artificial General Intelligence,” and a criti-hype heavy "AI pause" letter. Hint: for a good time, check the citations. This episode originally aired on Friday, April 7, 2023. Listen to this episode in podcast form: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13460873 References: GPT-4 system card: https://cdn.openai.com/papers/gpt-4-system-card.pdf “Sparks of AGI” hype: https://twitter.com/SebastienBubeck/status/1638704164770332674 And the preprint from Bubeck et al.: https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.12712 “Pause AI” letter: https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/ The “Sparks” paper points to this 1997 editorial in their definition of “intelligence”: https://www1.udel.edu/educ/gottfredson/reprints/1997mainstream.pdf Radiolab's miniseries, 'G': https://radiolab.org/series/radiolab-presents-g Baria and Cross, "The brain is a computer is a brain.": https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14042 Senator Chris Murphy buys the hype: https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1640186536825061376 Generative “AI” is making “police sketches”: https://twitter.com/Wolven/status/1624299508371804161?t=DXyucCPYPAKNn8TtAo0xeg&s=19 More mathy math in policing: https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/aurora-police-new-ai-system-bodycam-footage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter User Research without the Users: https://twitter.com/schock/status/1643392611560878086 DoNotPay is here to cancel your gym membership: https://twitter.com/BrianBrackeen/status/1644193519496511488?s=20 --- You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/7c6bdebf-e5ac-4c70-a0e4-f2b966665d50/8f99572a-8d2c-4c06-ad95-338ff4f8fd50-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/gn7Lycfbm684NEi7xok2gf373509042023-05-04T00:49:49.034Zgenerative aiartificial intelligencegpt-4chatgptlarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/3R2hSuhjD4hy3WWGXifw4Zhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/b977063f-38f3-4ed4-bcbd-2ca449b6d2d1.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 12 - It's All HellTake a deep breath and join Alex and Emily in hell itself, as they take down a month's worth of hype in a mere 60 minutes. This episode aired on Friday, May 5, 2023. ---------- References: Terrifying NEJM article on GPT-4 in medicine: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsr2214184 “Healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT 79% of the time”: https://twitter.com/mdredze/status/1652025887355723776 Good thoughts from various experts in response: https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-comparing-physician-and-ai-chatbot-responses-to-patient-questions/ ChatGPT supposedly reading dental x-rays: https://www.cureus.com/articles/154683-chatgpt-in-dentistry-a-comprehensive-review?score_article=true#!/ Chatbots “need” therapists: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.00416 CEO proposes AI therapist, removes proposal upon realizing there’s regulation: https://twitter.com/BEASTMODE/status/1650013819693944833 (deleted) https://twitter.com/NecroKuma3/status/1650713432369315840 https://twitter.com/NecroKuma3/status/1650708989196337152 ChatGPT is more carbon efficient than human writers: https://assets.researchsquare.com/files/rs-2724922/v1_covered.pdf?c=1680083818 Asking the disinformation machine for confirmation bias: https://twitter.com/drmistercody/status/1646965265857671168?s=20 GPT-4 glasses to tell you what to say on dates, "Charisma as a Service": https://futurism.com/the-byte/smart-glasses-gpt-4?fbclid=IwAR0s8miqhKqg0eIoYmR5zZc2g-zLh8DJ0hKFzMkS7Hs1lypEn5kWCNWosGA Context-aware fill for missing data: https://twitter.com/jmeickle/status/1649419835980251141?s=20 “Overemployed” with help from ChatGPT: https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7begx/overemployed-hustlers-exploit-chatgpt-to-take-on-even-more-full-time-jobs Pakistani court uses GPT-4 in bail decision: https://interestingengineering.com/culture/pakistani-court-utilizes-chatgpt-4-to-grant-bail ChaGPT in Peruvian and Mexican courts: https://techpo...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/170a847f-edd8-4402-920b-cb85cb80e7bf/c27185e9-6d79-4d5f-90c8-7bc9b5700f40-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/3R2hSuhjD4hy3WWGXifw4Z3668512642023-05-10T02:38:38.293Zgenerative aiartificial intelligencechatgptfresh ai helllarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/eDHqTpyi7FMouHebiX8bFDhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/81f54f3b-0b5a-4f1b-b8f3-04a2e2e57a0a.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 13 - Beware the Robo-TherapistEmily and Alex talk to UC Berkeley scholar Hannah Zeavin about the case of the National Eating Disorders Association helpline, which tried to replace human volunteers with a chatbot--and why the datafication and automation of mental health services are an injustice that will disproportionately affect the already vulnerable. Content note: This is a conversation that touches on mental health, people in crisis, and exploitation. [Listen to this conversation](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13544940-episode-13-beware-the-robo-therapist-feat-hannah-zeavin-june-8-2023) in podcast form. [Hannah Zeavin](https://www.zeavin.org/) is a scholar, writer, and editor whose work centers on the history of human sciences (psychoanalysis, psychology, and psychiatry), the history of technology and media, feminist science and technology studies, and media theory. Zeavin is an Assistant Professor of the History of Science in the Department of History and The Berkeley Center for New Media at UC Berkeley. She is the author of, "The Distance Cure: A History of Teletherapy." References: VICE: [Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization](https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezkm/eating-disorder-helpline-fires-staff-transitions-to-chatbot-after-unionization) … [and then pulls the chatbot.](https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvk97/eating-disorder-helpline-disables-chatbot-for-harmful-responses-after-firing-human-staff) NPR: [Can an AI chatbot help people with eating disorders as well as another human?](https://www.npr.org/2023/05/24/1177847298/can-a-chatbot-help-people-with-eating-disorders-as-well-as-another-human) Psychiatrist.com: [NEDA suspends AI chatbot for giving harmful eating disorder advice](https://www.psychiatrist.com/news/neda-suspends-ai-chatbot-for-giving-harmful-eating-disorder-advice/) Politico: [Suicide hotline shares data with for-profit spinoff, raising ethical questions](https://www.politico.com/news/...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/6e8ada88-6b26-4475-80d2-ba29b9caf98b/ecf5411a-0c95-47cc-9e39-01bb3c87fbf7-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/eDHqTpyi7FMouHebiX8bFD362954562023-06-20T02:39:25.875Zartificial intelligencechatgptcrisis hotlinesmental healthlarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/h33StnpVknj2wJhrthS2kShttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9aadf71a-4d7f-4f8c-8cd6-94162686d08b.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 14 - Henry Kissinger, Machines of War, and the Age of Milit...Emily and Alex are joined by technology scholar Dr. Lucy Suchman to scrutinize a new book from Henry Kissinger and coauthors Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher that declares a new 'Age of AI,' with abundant hype about the capacity of large language models for warmaking. Plus close scrutiny of Palantir's debut of an artificial intelligence platform for combat, and why the company is promising more than the mathy-maths can provide. [Dr. Lucy Suchman](https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/sociology/people/lucy-suchman) is a professor emerita of sociology at Lancaster University in the UK. She works at the intersections of anthropology and the field of feminist science and technology studies, focused on cultural imaginaries and material practices of technology design. Her current research extends her longstanding critical engagement with the fields of artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction to the domain of contemporary militarism. She is concerned with the question of whose bodies are incorporated into military systems, how and with what consequences for social justice and the possibility for a less violent world. References: OpEd derived from 'The Age of AI' (Kissinger, Schmidt & Huttenlocher) in the Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/chatgpt-heralds-an-intellectual-revolution-enlightenment-artificial-intelligence-homo-technicus-technology-cognition-morality-philosophy-774331c6 Meredith Whittaker & Lucy Suchman’s review of Kissinger et al’s book: https://prospect.org/culture/books/myth-of-artificial-intelligence-kissinger-schmidt-huttenlocher/ VICE: Palantir Demos AI To Fight Wars But Says It Will Be Totally Ethical About It Don't Worry About It https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvb4x/palantir-demos-ai-to-fight-wars-but-says-it-will-be-totally-ethical-dont-worry-about-it Fresh AI Hell: American Psychological Association: how to cite ChatGPT https://apastyle.apa.org/blog/how-to-cite-chatgpt Spam reviews & children’s boo...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/81db7994-c738-4c13-a8b7-824c640ee494/48fbeaa0-1861-462e-880c-44718a2c5a5a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/h33StnpVknj2wJhrthS2kS3665513762023-08-02T01:30:32.278Zartificial intelligencemilitarywarhenry kissingercombatYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/hFiGUgkUe27cvoEeW79xgEhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/30b57589-316d-4b0d-9c27-5dd4ff1e5b86.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 15 - The White House and Big Tech Dance the Self-Regulation...Emily and Alex tackle the White House hype about the 'voluntary commitments' of companies to limit the harms of their large language models -- but only some large language models, and only some, over-hyped kinds of harms. Plus a full portion of Fresh Hell...and a little bit of good news. References: [AI Causes Real Harm. Let’s Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-need-to-focus-on-ais-real-harms-not-imaginary-existential-risks/), Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Scientific American, August 11, 2023. [“AI” Hurts Consumers and Workers — and Isn’t Intelligent](https://techpolicy.press/ai-hurts-consumers-and-workers-and-isnt-intelligent/), Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender, Tech Policy Press, August 4, 2023. [Emily’s blog post critiquing the “voluntary commitments”](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/ensuring-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-ai-what-those-seven-companies-avoided-committing-to-8c297f9d71a) Main course: “Voluntary commitments” [White House press release](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/07/21/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-secures-voluntary-commitments-from-leading-artificial-intelligence-companies-to-manage-the-risks-posed-by-ai/) [The specific commitments](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Ensuring-Safe-Secure-and-Trustworthy-AI.pdf) [An “AI safety” infused take on regulation](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23775650/ai-regulation-openai-gpt-anthropic-midjourney-stable) Fresh AI Hell [Nate Silver, AI doomer](https://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1674080823778091009?s=20) [Future of Life Institute hijacks SEO for EU's Artificial Intelligence Act](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/) [LLMs for denying health insurance claims (start-up idea)](https://mastodon.roundpond.net/@arthegall/110174924084754328) NHS using “AI” as receptionist: https://twitter.com/PolitlcsUK/status/167346921828347904...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/870f2305-71c5-456c-8739-76bc3d1a5e88/f9ad2a73-9d41-44a2-a8bb-4abf882e4863-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/hFiGUgkUe27cvoEeW79xgE3835010022023-08-14T17:10:30.137Zartificial intelligencelarge language modelspolicychatgptethicsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2hrc8RNfmY5bL2q5bxezQVhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/cbae3c51-0a28-43bb-ab35-c4d4635da8a8.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 16 - Med-PaLM or Facepalm? A Second Opinion On LLMs In Heal...Alex and Emily are taking another stab at Google and other companies' aspirations to be part of the healthcare system - this time with the expertise of Stanford incoming assistant professor of dermatology and biomedical data science [Roxana Daneshjou](https://profiles.stanford.edu/roxana-daneshjou). A look at the gap between medical licensing examination questions and real life, and the inherently two-tiered system that might emerge if LLMs are brought into the diagnostic process. References: Google blog post describing Med-PaLM: https://sites.research.google/med-palm/ Nature: Large language models encode clinical knowledge: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06291-2 Politico: Microsoft teaming up with Epic Systems to integrate generative AI into electronic medical records software https://www.politico.com/newsletters/future-pulse/2023/08/24/a-health-care-ai-pact-that-matters-00112463 MedRXiv: Beyond the hype: large language models propagate race-based medicine (Omiye, Daneshjou, et al) https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.07.03.23292192v1.full.pdf Fresh AI hell: Fake summaries of fake reviews: https://bsky.app/profile/hypervisible.bsky.social/post/3k4wouet3pg2u https://www.engadget.com/amazon-begins-rolling-out-ai-generated-review-summaries-164510165.html School administrators asking ChatGPT which books they have to remove from school libraries, given Iowa’s book ban: https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/ “Each of these texts was reviewed using AI software to determine if it contains a depiction of a sex act. Based on this review, there are 19 texts that will be removed from our 7-12 school library collections and stored in the Administrative Center while we await further guidance or clarity.” https://globegazette.com/news/local/book-ban-implemented-in-mason-city-school-library/article_1e45064a-386a-11ee-82f7-c3e222c4871a.html Loquacity and Visible Emotion: ChatGPT as a Policy Advisor Writte...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0a649068-9c05-47b8-ba8b-089d126833f1/c369f5b3-4147-4b32-9ecd-c7a83632f2e9-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2hrc8RNfmY5bL2q5bxezQV371055642023-09-01T16:51:45.826Zhealthcaremedicinemed-palmgenerative ailarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/rsaifcumwR4ihSieW8kfr8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d8ef7f5e-cf62-4ab0-a185-aa0ab431e448.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 17 - Back to School with AI Hype in EducationEmily and Alex are joined by Stanford PhD student Haley Lepp to examine the increasing hype around LLMs in education spaces - whether they're pitched as ways to reduce teacher workloads, increase accessibility, or simply "democratize learning and knowing" in the Global South. Plus a double dose of devaluating educator expertise and fatalism about the 'inevitability' of LLMs in the classroom. Haley Lepp is a Ph.D. student in the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. She draws on critical data studies, computational social science, and qualitative methods to understand the rise of language technologies and their use for educational purposes. Haley has worked in many roles in the education technology sector, including curriculum design and NLP engineering. She holds an M.S. in Computational Linguistics from the University of Washington and B.S. in Science, Technology, and International Affairs from Georgetown University. References: [University of Michigan debuts 'customized AI services'](https://record.umich.edu/articles/its-debuts-customized-ai-services-to-u-m-community/) Al Jazeera: [An AI classroom revolution is coming](https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/5/24/ai-wont-replace-teachers-classroom-revolution-coming) California Teachers Association: [The Future of Education?](https://www.cta.org/educator/posts/the-future-of-education) Politico: [AI is not just for cheating](https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2023/09/18/ai-is-not-just-for-cheating-00116634) Extra credit: ["Teaching Machines: The History of Personalized Learning" by Audrey Watters](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546065/teaching-machines/) Fresh AI Hell: [AI generated travel article for Ottawa](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/artificial-intelligence-microsoft-travel-ottawa-food-bank-1.6940356) -- visit the food bank! “Consider going into it on an empty stomach.” [Microsoft Copilot is “usefully wrong”](https://blogs.microsoft.com...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ce1b88c1-4827-4741-9843-1cb040addb91/3494a3a0-bc96-4f7d-92fa-d8ceadf145e0-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/rsaifcumwR4ihSieW8kfr8369853832023-09-25T20:29:31.334Zartificial intelligencegenerative aichatgpteducationlarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/3YNMU7Muy9qt4BqGY3wC45https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/4317a6d7-98e1-44c6-8c5b-e2afb918bd5f.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 18 - Rumors of Artificial General Intelligence Have Been Gr...Emily and Alex read through Google vice president Blaise Aguera y Arcas' recent proclamation that ["artificial general intelligence is already here."](https://www.noemamag.com/artificial-general-intelligence-is-already-here/) Why this claim is a maze of hype and moving goalposts. References: Noema Magazine: ["Artificial General Intelligence Is Already Here."](https://www.noemamag.com/artificial-general-intelligence-is-already-here/) Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Peter Norvig. ["AI and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Benchmark"](https://datasets-benchmarks-proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2021/hash/084b6fbb10729ed4da8c3d3f5a3ae7c9-Abstract-round2.html) (Emily M. Bender, Alex Hanna, et al, 2021) ["Targeting the Benchmark: On Methodology and Current Natural Language Processing Research"](https://aclanthology.org/2021.acl-short.85/) (David Schlangen, 2021) ["Recoding Gender: Women's Changing Participation in Computing"](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262534536/recoding-gender/#:~:text=In%20Recoding%20Gender%2C%20Janet%20Abbate,to%20the%20late%20twentieth%20century.) (Janet Abbate, 2017) ["The Computer Boys Take Over: Computers, Programmers, and the Politics of Technical Expertise"](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262517966/the-computer-boys-take-over/) (Nathan Ensenmenger, 2012) ["Is chess the drosophila of artificial intelligence? A social history of an algorithm"](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22530382/) (Nathan Ensmenger, 2012) ["The logic of domains"](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0306312719849709) (David Ribes, et al, 2019) ["Reckoning and Judgment"](https://direct.mit.edu/books/book/4564/The-Promise-of-Artificial-IntelligenceReckoning) (Brian Cantwell Smith, 2019) Fresh AI Hell: Apparently modeling agencies, which rely almost entirely on independent contractors, have been using AI modeling deepfakes to meet “diversity goals” instead of just actually paying real models https://twitter.com/lukewgoldstein/status/170...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/1820c3bf-3d36-4c47-b879-7be1979bb292/2affef0d-07c3-4768-b3b5-bdbc47e5ceb5-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/3YNMU7Muy9qt4BqGY3wC45359053052023-10-26T20:30:52.812Zartificial intelligencechatgptagilarge language modelsai hypeYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qpKuiNLTuHHMnvWGjnA2D8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/7e664534-5583-4a4a-b163-2b06372f74fa.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 19 - The Murky Climate and Environmental Impact of Large La...Drs. Emma Strubell and Sasha Luccioni join Emily and Alex for an environment-focused hour of AI hype. How much carbon does a single use of ChatGPT emit? What about the water or energy consumption of manufacturing the graphics processing units that train various large language models? Why even catastrophic estimates from well-meaning researchers may not tell the full story. [Dr. Emma Strubell](https://strubell.github.io/#:~:text=Emma%20Strubell%20she%2Fher,Allen%20Institute%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence.) is an assistant professor in the Language Technologies Institute in Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science. Her research sits at the intersection of machine learning and natural language processing, with a focus on providing pragmatic solutions to practitioners who wish to gain insights from natural language text via computation- and data-efficient AI. [Dr. Sasha Luccioni](https://www.sashaluccioni.com/) is a researcher in ethical and sustainable artificial intelligence and climate lead at the company HuggingFace. Her work focuses on having a better understanding of both the societal and environmental impacts of AI models, datasets, and systems. She’s also a founding member of [Climate Change AI](https://www.climatechange.ai/). References: ["The Carbon Footprint of Machine Learning Training Will Plateau, Then Shrink"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.05149) David Patterson, Jeff Dean, et al, 2022. ["The Carbon Emissions of Writing and Illustrating Are Lower for AI than for Humans"](https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.06219) Bill Tomlinson, Andrew W. Torrence, et al, 2023. [The growing energy footprint of artificial intelligence](https://www.cell.com/joule/fulltext/S2542-4351(23)00365-3). Alex de Vries, 2023. New York Times coverage: ["AI Could Soon Need as Much Electricity as an Entire Country"](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/climate/ai-could-soon-need-as-much-electricity-as-an-entire-country.html) ["On the Dangers of Stochas...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c5ac3c29-df80-45c7-95aa-447f1f56826d/0b56cec5-b072-4cb4-a6fa-65c55d1b9755-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qpKuiNLTuHHMnvWGjnA2D8367554042023-11-05T02:24:04.397Zcarbon footprintartificial intelligencechatgptenvironmental impactlarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/8emJezj8JLBCXAphYQcJoKhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/80275b4f-1320-477f-bd19-b2c1ba97cc3e.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 20 - Let's Do the Time Warp! (to the "Founding" of "Artific...Emily and Alex time travel back to a conference of men who gathered at Dartmouth College in the summer of 1956 to examine problems relating to computation and "thinking machines," an event [commonly mythologized](https://home.dartmouth.edu/about/artificial-intelligence-ai-coined-dartmouth) as the founding of the field of artificial intelligence. But our crack team of AI hype detectives is on the case with a close reading of the grant proposal that started it all. References: ["A Proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence"](https://raysolomonoff.com/dartmouth/boxa/dart564props.pdf) (1955) Re: methodological individualism, ["The Role of General Theory in Comparative-historical Sociology,"](https://www.jstor.org/stable/2781636) American Journal of Sociology, 1991 Fresh AI Hell: [Silly made-up graph about “intelligence” of AI vs. “intelligence” of AI criticism](https://twitter.com/Plinz/status/1717718465937834414?s=20) How AI is perpetuating racism and other bias against Palestinians: [The UN hired an AI company with "realistic virtual simulations" of Israel and Palestine](https://www.wired.com/story/culturepulse-ai-israeli-palestinian-crisis/) [WhatsApp's AI sticker generator is feeding users images of Palestinian children holding guns](https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/5/23946732/whatsapp-ai-sticker-guns-palestine-israel) [The Guardian on the same issue](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/02/whatsapps-ai-palestine-kids-gun-gaza-bias-israel) [Instagram 'Sincerely Apologizes' For Inserting 'Terrorist' Into Palestinian Bio Translations](https://www.404media.co/instagram-palestinian-arabic-bio-translation/) Palette cleanser: [An AI-powered smoothie shop shut down almost immediately after opening.](https://futurism.com/ai-powered-smoothie-shop) [OpenAI chief scientist: Humans could become 'part AI' in the future](https://www.businessinsider.com/humans-could-merge-with-ai-in-future-openai-cofoun...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/3a8d69f0-2390-4a10-b104-c4cfce10b047/10738b66-300c-4e43-b71a-a9f90c704394-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/8emJezj8JLBCXAphYQcJoK388203192023-11-16T00:52:21.241Zartificial intelligencecomputer sciencegenerative ailarge language modelshistory of techYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qY28VQhQToTA6e2JcBXK6rhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/75f9bca0-3b9c-4678-a63c-42dcae7e3a0d.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 21 - The True Meaning of 'Open Source'Researchers Sarah West (AI Now Institute) and Andreas Liesenfeld (Radboud University) join Alex and Emily to examine what software companies really mean when they say their work is 'open source,' and call for greater transparency. This episode was recorded on November 20, 2023. [Dr. Sarah West](https://ainowinstitute.org/author/sarah-myers-west) is the managing director of the AI Now Institute. Her award-winning research and writing blends social science, policy, and historical methods to address the intersection of technology, labor, antitrust, and platform accountability. And she’s the author of the forthcoming book, "Tracing Code." [Dr. Andreas Liesenfeld](https://www.ru.nl/en/people/liesenfeld-a) is assistant professor in both the Centre for Language Studies and department of language and communication at Radboud University in the Netherlands. He’s a co-author on research from this summer critically examining the true “open source” nature of models like LLaMA and ChatGPT – concluding, based on rigorous application of detailed criteria, that neither lives up to the label. References: [Yann LeCun testifies on 'open source' work at Meta](https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-ylecun-091923.pdf) [Meta launches LLaMA 2](https://about.fb.com/news/2023/07/llama-2/) [Stanford Human-Centered AI's new transparency index](​​https://hai.stanford.edu/news/introducing-foundation-model-transparency-index) - [Coverage in The Atlantic](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/10/ai-technology-secrecy-transparency-index/675699/) - [Eleuther critique](https://blog.eleuther.ai/fmti-critique/) - [Margaret Mitchell critique](https://twitter.com/mmitchell_ai/status/1717668308496121983) [Opening up ChatGPT (Andreas Liesenfeld's work)](https://opening-up-chatgpt.github.io/) - [Webinar](https://opensource.org/deepdive/webinars/opening-up-chatgpt-a-case-study-in-operationalizing-openness-in-ai/) Fresh AI Hell: ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ca2dadf1-d2ff-4330-957b-3a0b4c3d6bef/e7a06aeb-65f3-4ec3-85ab-95365537c64a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qY28VQhQToTA6e2JcBXK6r381503202023-11-27T17:46:51.798Zopen sourceartificial intelligencelarge language modelschatgptfresh ai hellYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/9rVJB7nRsKd8Gq3ZzuYsDBhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/146b63cb-116d-4baf-9ffe-883212e49472.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 22 - Congressional 'AI' Hearings Say More about Lawmakers (...The United States Congress spent 2023 busy with hearings to investigate the capabilities, risks and potential uses of large language models and other 'artificial intelligence' systems -- and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer led an entire series of such forums, inviting heads of companies, experts, and others to speak from their experience. Alex and Emily are joined by journalist Justin Hendrix to talk about the limitations of these hearings, from the alarmist fixation on so-called 'p(doom)' to the languishing legislation on data privacy that could make a meaningful difference in peoples' lives. Justin Hendrix is the editor of [Tech Policy Press](https://www.techpolicy.press/), a nonprofit media outlet that focuses on how tech intersects with power, ethics, racism, and democracy. References: [Tech Policy Press tracker for the US Senate 'AI Insight Forum' hearings](https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-ai-insight-forum-tracker/) [Joint Oversight & Investigations and Research & Technology Subcommittee Hearing - Balancing Knowledge and Governance: Foundations for Effective Risk Management of Artificial Intelligence](https://science.house.gov/2023/10/joint-oversight-investigations-and-research-technology-subcommittee-hearing-balancing-knowledge-and-governance-foundations-for-effective-risk-management-of-artificial-intelligence) (featuring Dr. Emily M. Bender) [Charter for the above hearing](https://republicans-science.house.gov/_cache/files/6/2/62beb7bf-0a1e-45d1-be3f-9735bb992b5d/78C980B22030E727E358E0DECFBE2545.2023-10-18-balancing-knowledge-and-governance-foundations-for-effective-risk-management-of-artificial-intelligence-hearing-charter.pdf) Opening remarks of Dr. Emily M. Bender [at Rep. Bobby Scott’s virtual roundtable on AI](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/opening-remarks-on-ai-in-the-workplace-new-crisis-or-longstanding-challenge-eb81d1bee9f) [Transcript: Senate hearing addressing the national security implications of AI](https:...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/4467d192-4768-43b2-a062-e3b5ac22fb8d/d0d1ac53-d1c3-43d3-a3e0-6cec004227f1-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/9rVJB7nRsKd8Gq3ZzuYsDB347051102024-01-01T18:22:34.844Zartificial intelligenceunited states congresstechnology policydata privacyp(doom)YESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/jzC2D3EGWj7amGyavddjVxhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/76e4ffc1-f456-449f-bdba-e147e5dafd36.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 23 - AI Hell Freezes OverIt's a winter miracle! Thanks to an erratic burst of polar air, AI Hell has frozen over for a single hour. Alex and Emily visit all seven circles in a whirlwind tour of the worst in bite-sized BS. References: Business Insider: [The Pentagon is moving toward letting AI weapons autonomously decide to kill humans](https://www.businessinsider.com/us-closer-ai-drones-autonomously-decide-kill-humans-artifical-intelligence-2023-11) The Verge: [NYC Mayor Eric Adams uses AI to make robocalls in languages he doesn’t speak](https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/17/23920733/nyc-mayor-eric-adams-ai-robocalls-spanish-mandarin) Fortune: [University of Michigan investing in OpenAI](https://fortune.com/2023/12/19/sam-altman-university-michigan-venture-fund/) Gizmodo: [Tesla argues that false claims of “full self-driving” are protected under the 1st Amendment](https://gizmodo.com/tesla-elon-musk-claims-false-advertising-free-speech-1851093603) Via: https://bsky.app/profile/hypervisible.bsky.social/post/3kghcxxu27o2t Breaking research news: [LLMs may not "understand" their output](https://x.com/arankomatsuzaki/status/1719892732175659379?s=20) ['Maths-ticated' data in AI art](https://twitter.com/MissIG_Geek/status/1725458300714553734?s=20) CNBC: [LLMs can’t analyze an SEC filing](https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/19/gpt-and-other-ai-models-cant-analyze-an-sec-filing-researchers-find.html) Nature: [Demonstrating how GPT-4 can be used to create fake datasets](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03635-w) ArXiv: [Paper thanking GPT-4 concludes LLMs are good for science](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.07361.pdf) Forbes: [Will AI Improve Healthcare? Consumers Think So, New Surveys Show](https://www.forbes.com/sites/debgordon/2023/11/22/will-ai-improve-healthcare-consumers-think-so-new-surveys-show/?sh=41728e5749ee) Politico: [“AI has arrived in your doctor’s office. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it.”](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/28/...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/96763e55-5e9b-43f9-91e3-b4adb464cea9/28b95abb-c8e3-4f3f-8bc9-b89893fcfaef-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/jzC2D3EGWj7amGyavddjVx387452142024-01-08T21:02:26.056Zartificial intelligencegenerative AIchatgptAI hellAI hypeYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/pBe1AS73aVyVwdW1pbuqXVhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/069be9e9-8625-41e7-9fd8-a4bf684396cf.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 24 - AI Won't Solve Structural Inequality (feat. Kerry McIn...New year, same Bullshit Mountain. Alex and Emily are joined by feminist technosolutionism critics Eleanor Drage and Kerry McInerney to tear down the ways AI is proposed as a solution to structural inequality, including racism, ableism, and sexism -- and why this hype can occlude the need for more meaningful changes in institutions. [Dr. Eleanor Drage](https://www.eleanordrage.com/) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. [Dr. Kerry McInerney](https://www.kerrymcinerney.co.uk/) is a Research Fellow at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence and a Research Fellow at the AI Now Institute. Together they host [The Good Robot](https://www.gender.cam.ac.uk/technology-gender-and-intersectionality-research-project/the-good-robot-podcast), a podcast about gender, feminism, and whether technology can be "good" in either outcomes or processes. References: HireVue promo: [How Innovative Hiring Technology Nurtures Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion](https://www.hirevue.com/blog/hiring/how-innovative-hiring-technology-nurtures-diversity-equity-inclusion) Algorithm Watch: [The [German Federal Asylum Agency]'s controversial dialect recognition software: new languages and an EU pilot project](https://algorithmwatch.org/en/bamf-dialect-recognition/) Want to see how AI might be processing video of your face during a job interview? Play with [React App](https://personal-ambiguator-frontend.vercel.app/), a tool that Eleanor helped develop to critique AI-powered video interview tools and the 'personality insights' they offer. Academic works from Eleanor and Kerry: Philosophy & Technology: [Does AI Debias Recruitment? Race, Gender, and AI’s “Eradication of Difference”](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13347-022-00543-1) (Drage & McInerney, 2022) Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies: [Copies without an original: the performativity of biometric bordering technologies](https://www.tandfonline...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/bf2d3d32-77be-4196-ba9a-daab80af6b6b/59672194-8fd4-43b7-9365-9e030c50a129-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/pBe1AS73aVyVwdW1pbuqXV360852162024-01-15T16:53:04.921Zartificial intelligencegenerative aimachine translationdeaiai hypeYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2unhKYQvY8pzPcoaFK5KyChttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a23de45d-c20e-42b3-aa5b-d3fc1cabae59.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 25 - An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your JobIs ChatGPT really going to take your job? Emily and Alex unpack two hype-tastic papers that make implausible claims about the number of workforce tasks LLMs might make cheaper, faster or easier. And why bad methodology may still trick companies into trying to replace human workers with mathy-math. OpenAI: [GPTs are GPTs](https://openai.com/research/gpts-are-gpts) Goldman Sachs: [The Potentially Large Effects of Artificial Intelligence on Economic Growth](https://www.key4biz.it/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Global-Economics-Analyst_-The-Potentially-Large-Effects-of-Artificial-Intelligence-on-Economic-Growth-Briggs_Kodnani.pdf) FYI: [Over the last 60 years, automation has totally eliminated just one US occupation.](https://qz.com/932516/over-the-last-60-years-automation-has-totally-eliminated-just-one-us-occupation) Fresh AI Hell: [Microsoft adding a dedicated "AI" key to PC keyboards.](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/) Dr. Damien P Williams: ["Yikes."](https://bsky.app/profile/wolvendamien.bsky.social/post/3kiapu6qky72h) The AI-led enshittification at Duolingo Shot: https://twitter.com/Rahll/status/1744234385891594380 Chaser: https://twitter.com/Maccadaynu/status/1744342930150560056 [University of Washington Provost highlighting “AI”](https://we.explore.uw.edu/index.php/email/emailWebview?md_id=17465&email=NTI3LUFIUi0yNjUAAAGQUJBy8xnnZQBBJF0cQ55Cg-kbmCQxHVX_s1A6_6AeamllsXwLp_4pHG-W_-6VUvk0AQ0I0vQShQiLZDjkKpZzBFV-Xlt-xhLEYg) [“Using ChatGPT, My AI eBook Creation Pro helps you write an entire e-book with just three clicks -- no writing or technical experience required.”](https://www.zdnet.com/article/create-an-e-book-using-ai-for-just-35-right-now/) ["Can you add artificial intelligence to the hydraulics?"](https://www.tumblr.com/dduane/737900044438667264/half-rant-half-story-im-a-physicist-i-work-for) *** You can check out future streams at http://twitch.t...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0c0f1580-8d7c-44fb-b6a7-51718b8a1e60/0a1a917e-6936-4e09-a0f7-02f96a46035b-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2unhKYQvY8pzPcoaFK5KyC338502672024-01-29T22:30:06.127Zemploymentworkplaceartificial intelligencelarge language modelschatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/hcYgUjQExZUPQTzpHHNF8zhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/62b5761d-fa07-4bfb-ba25-fb9927489d93.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 26 - Universities Anxiously Buy in to the Hype (feat. Chris...Just Tech Fellow [Dr. Chris Gilliard](https://just-tech.ssrc.org/our-network/chris-gilliard/) aka "Hypervisible" joins Emily and Alex to talk about the wave of universities adopting AI-driven educational technologies, and the lack of protections they offer students in terms of data privacy or even emotional safety. References: Inside Higher Ed: [Arizona State Joins ChatGPT in First Higher Ed Partnership](https://www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-takes/2024/01/19/arizona-state-joins-chatgpt-first-higher-ed-partnership) ASU press release version: [New Collaboration with OpenAI Charts theFuture of AI in Higher Education](https://news.asu.edu/20240118-university-news-new-collaboration-openai-charts-future-ai-higher-education) MLive: [Your Classmate Could Be an AI Student at this Michigan University](https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2024/01/your-classmate-could-be-an-ai-student-at-this-michigan-university.html) Chris Gilliard: [How Ed Tech Is Exploiting Students](https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-ed-tech-is-exploiting-students/) Fresh AI Hell: Various: “AI learns just like a kid” [Infants' gaze teaches AI the nuances of language acquisition](https://innovationorigins.com/en/infants-gaze-teaches-ai-the-nuances-of-language-acquisition/) [Similar from NeuroscienceNews](https://x.com/NeuroscienceNew/status/1753169576634834962?s=20) Politico: [Psychologist apparently happy with fake version of himself](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/12/30/ai-psychologist-chatbot-00132682) WSJ: [Employers Are Offering a New Worker Benefit: Wellness Chatbots](https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/employers-are-offering-a-new-worker-benefit-wellness-chatbots-cc298b20) NPR: [Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy expert](https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1219984002/artificial-intelligence-can-find-your-location-in-photos-worrying-privacy-experts) Palette cleanser: [Goodbye to NYC's useless robocop.](https://www....https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/833e1489-7487-4461-9b46-587ea4264cd3/baa10b3c-35ab-4690-b08a-a2c48ec13289-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/hcYgUjQExZUPQTzpHHNF8z358152922024-02-08T20:44:39.728Zartificial intelligencechatgpteducational technologyhigher educationdata privacyYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/aRkjEy2Vu3F4igXewrC7mZhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/0c7ca795-5b10-4d4a-ba85-f1d753c69870.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 27 - Asimov's Laws vs. 'AI' Death-Making (w/ Annalee Newitz...Science fiction authors and all-around tech thinkers [Annalee Newitz](https://www.techsploitation.com/) and [Charlie Jane Anders](https://www.charliejaneanders.com/) join this week to talk about Isaac Asimov's oft-cited and equally often misunderstood [laws of robotics](https://webhome.auburn.edu/~vestmon/robotics.html), as debuted in his short story collection, 'I, Robot.' Meanwhile, both global and US military institutions are declaring interest in 'ethical' frameworks for autonomous weaponry. Plus, in AI Hell, a ballsy scientific diagram heard 'round the world -- and a proposal for the end of books as we know it, from someone who clearly hates reading. Charlie Jane Anders is a science fiction author. Her recent and forthcoming books include *Promises Stronger Than Darkness* in the ‘Unstoppable’ trilogy, the graphic novel *New Mutants: Lethal Legion*, and the forthcoming adult novel *Prodigal Mother*. Annalee Newitz is a science journalist who also writes science fiction. Their most recent novel is *The Terraformers*, and in June you can look forward to their nonfiction book, *Stories Are Weapons: Psychological Warfare and the American Mind*. They both co-host the podcast, '[Our Opinions Are Correct](https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2023/3/8/episode-125-silicon-valley-vs-science-fiction-part-i)', which explores how science fiction is relevant to real life and our present society. Also, some fun news: Emily and Alex are writing a book! Look forward (in spring 2025) to *The AI Con*, a narrative takedown of the AI bubble and its megaphone-wielding boosters that exposes how tech’s greedy prophets aim to reap windfall profits from the promise of replacing workers with machines. *References*: International declaration on "Responsible Military Use of Artificial Intelligence and Autonomy" provides ["a normative framework addressing the use of these capabilities in the military domain."](https://www.state.gov/political-declaration-on...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/4fc599a3-c80c-467d-87c4-512a8aec3049/c41bd7dc-bb00-4e12-8d9c-964bf2aae9aa-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/aRkjEy2Vu3F4igXewrC7mZ388251622024-02-27T03:22:38.959Zartificial intelligencemilitaryisaac asimovautonomous weaponsscience fictionYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/eWG2Me6QABWHbXjfKhGyYchttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/538b91d8-5965-4e3a-b42d-885c88300d85.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 28 - LLMs Are Not Human SubjectsAlex and Emily put on their social scientist hats and take on the churn of research papers suggesting that LLMs could be used to replace human labor in social science research -- or even human subjects. Why these writings are essentially calls to fabricate data. *References:* PNAS: [ChatGPT outperforms crowd workers for text-annotation tasks](https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2305016120) * [Beware the Hype: ChatGPT Didn't Replace Human Data Annotators](https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2023/04/04/issue-5/) * [ChatGPT Can Replace the Underpaid Workers Who Train AI, Researchers Say](https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3dwk/chatgpt-can-replace-the-underpaid-workers-who-train-ai-researchers-say) Political Analysis: [Out of One, Many: Using Language Models to Simulate Human Samples](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/political-analysis/article/abs/out-of-one-many-using-language-models-to-simulate-human-samples/035D7C8A55B237942FB6DBAD7CAA4E49) Behavioral Research Methods: [Can large language models help augment English psycholinguistic datasets?](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38261264/) Information Systems Journal: [Editorial: The ethics of using generative AI for qualitative data analysis](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/isj.12504) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Advertising vs. reality, synthetic Willy Wonka edition](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czrlr3dw2x3o) * https://x.com/AlsikkanTV/status/1762235022851948668?s=20 * https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1762739767471714379 * https://twitter.com/xriskology/status/1762891492476006491?t=bNQ1AQlju36tQYxnm8BPVQ&s=19 [A news outlet used an LLM to generate a story...and it falsely quoted Emily](https://x.com/emilymbender/status/1760312419942043918?s=20) * [AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article by Bihar News Site: A Wake-Up Call?](https://www.thequint.com/explainers/ai-generated-article-published-by-bihar-news-site-fake-quote-a-wake-up-call) [Trump supporters targ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/70e9a2cd-605e-4fce-8472-9df66376addb/38cdaa22-2a59-47f6-be01-bd40bbe81a12-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/eWG2Me6QABWHbXjfKhGyYc367252172024-03-11T01:47:56.090Zsocial science researchartificial intelligencellmschatgptaiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4h9s6GXxyTMszoBLUm6QCuhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d028014d-f19d-4d74-bfe2-4d50a6316b38.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 29 - How LLMS Are Breaking the News (feat. Karen Hao)Award-winning AI journalist [Karen Hao](https://karendhao.com/) joins Alex and Emily to talk about why LLMs can't possibly replace the work of reporters -- and why the hype is damaging to already-struggling and necessary publications. *References:* Adweek: [Google Is Paying Publishers to Test an Unreleased Gen AI Platform](https://www.adweek.com/media/google-paying-publishers-unreleased-gen-ai/) The Quint: [AI Invents Quote From Real Person in Article by Bihar News Site: A Wake-Up Call?](https://www.thequint.com/explainers/ai-generated-article-published-by-bihar-news-site-fake-quote-a-wake-up-call) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Alliance for the Future](https://www.affuture.org/) VentureBeat: [Google researchers unveil ‘VLOGGER’, an AI that can bring still photos to life](https://venturebeat.com/ai/google-researchers-unveil-vlogger-an-ai-that-can-bring-still-photos-to-life/) Business Insider: [A car dealership added an AI chatbot to its site. Then all hell broke loose.](https://www.businessinsider.com/car-dealership-chevrolet-chatbot-chatgpt-pranks-chevy-2023-12) - [More pranks on chatbots](https://twitter.com/ashbeauchamp/status/1748034519104450874?t=ZQRbBrm9r2tGxNy7rvHSQQ&s=19) ***** You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/1a8c8616-773d-490a-99e1-8902aab75e0c/cc3b6a1e-b1d8-4a35-a04a-6a0e0976462d-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/4h9s6GXxyTMszoBLUm6QCu374053472024-03-31T19:27:07.978Zjournalismmediaartificial intelligencellmschatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nfzPjaf1VrWRpc4t5em325https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/dd27ada7-87d3-4714-93de-d5e915a569cd.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 30 - Marc's Miserable ManifestoDr. Timnit Gebru guest-hosts with Alex in a deep dive into Marc Andreessen's 2023 manifesto, which argues, loftily, in favor of maximizing the use of 'AI' in all possible spheres of life. Timnit Gebru is the founder and executive director of [the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (DAIR)](https://www.dair-institute.org/). Prior to that she was fired by Google, where she was serving as co-lead of the Ethical AI research team, in December 2020 for raising issues of discrimination in the workplace. Timnit also co-founded Black in AI, a nonprofit that works to increase the presence, inclusion, visibility and health of Black people in the field of AI, and is on the board of AddisCoder, a nonprofit dedicated to teaching algorithms and computer programming to Ethiopian highschool students, free of charge. *References:* Marc Andreessen: ["The Techno-Optimism Manifesto"](https://a16z.com/the-techno-optimist-manifesto/) First Monday: [The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence](https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/13636) (Timnit Gebru & Émile Torres) Business Insider: [Explaining 'Pronatalism' in Silicon Valley](https://www.businessinsider.com/pronatalism-elon-musk-population-tech-2022-11#:~:text=In%20many%20ways%2C%20pronatalism%20appeals,could%20help%20them%20defy%20death.) *Fresh AI Hell:* CBS New York: [NYC subway testing out weapons detection technology, Mayor Adams says.](https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/nyc-subway-crime-weapons-detection-technology-mayor-eric-adams/#:~:text=NYC%20subway%20testing%20out%20weapons%20detection%20technology%2C%20Mayor%20Adams%20says,-By%20Marcia%20Kramer&text=NEW%20YORK%20%2D%2D%20New%20York,for%20the%20transit%20system%20Thursday.) The Markup: [NYC's AI chatbot tells businesses to break the law](https://themarkup.org/news/2024/03/29/nycs-ai-chatbot-tells-businesses-to-break-the-law) * Read Emily's [Twitter](https://twitter....https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ac192a11-a679-4941-bea9-71a93240b336/cf0d8310-ad35-4a35-89dc-6307d21790d7-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/nfzPjaf1VrWRpc4t5em325364152892024-04-18T01:19:24.897Zartificial intelligencetescreallarge language modelsaccelerationismchatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nrjPApZ1pvhh59Ja31wP6phttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d392c8b1-4d2b-47ff-83d3-8bee15d56993.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 31 - Science Is a Human EndeavorWill AI someday do all our scientific research for us? Not likely. Drs. Molly Crockett and Lisa Messeri join for a takedown of the hype of "self-driving labs" and why such misrepresentations also harm the humans who are vital to scientific research. [Dr. Molly Crockett](https://psychology.princeton.edu/people/molly-crockett) is an associate professor of psychology at Princeton University. [Dr. Lisa Messeri](https://www.lisamesseri.com/) is an associate professor of anthropology at Yale University, and author of the new book, [*In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles.*](https://www.dukeupress.edu/in-the-land-of-the-unreal) *References:* [AI For Scientific Discovery - A Workshop](https://www.nationalacademies.org/event/40455_10-2023_ai-for-scientific-discovery-a-workshop) Nature: [The Nobel Turing Challenge](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41540-021-00189-3) * [Nobel Turing Challenge website](https://www.nobelturingchallenge.org/home) [Eric Schmidt: AI Will Transform Science](https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/05/1075865/eric-schmidt-ai-will-transform-science/) Molly Crockett & Lisa Messeri in *Nature*: [Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research](https://t.co/3iU4ZJiL5s) 404 Media: [Is Google's AI actually discovering 'millions of new materials?'](https://www.404media.co/google-says-it-discovered-millions-of-new-materials-with-ai-human-researchers/) *Fresh Hell*: [Yann LeCun realizes generative AI sucks, suggests shift to objective-driven AI](https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2024/04/12/generative-ai-sucks-metas-chief-ai-scientist-calls-for-a-shift-to-objective-driven-ai/?sh=42480bfb82be) Contrast to other things he's said: https://x.com/ylecun/status/1592619400024428544 https://x.com/ylecun/status/1594348928853483520 https://x.com/ylecun/status/1617910073870934019 CBS News: [Upselling “AI” mammograms](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mammogram-ai-c...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ad991acd-b07d-48ea-92b7-7c6160ecd805/cfc0ed62-3422-410c-96a9-856d56b84501-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/nrjPApZ1pvhh59Ja31wP6p378602322024-05-06T19:13:10.061Zartificial intelligencescientific researchchatgptlarge language modelsgenerative aiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/kwJH8zfnLR4uowPQCigMCehttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/70552e67-2ab1-46af-b515-80b61253fd0c.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 32 - A Flood of AI HellAI Hell froze over earlier this year, and now a flood of meltwater threatens to drown Alex and Emily. Armed with raincoats and a hastily-written sea shanty*, they tour the various realms -- from spills of synthetic information, to the special corner reserved specifically for ShotSpotter. *Song for the Hype Flood* Now gather up, lads And ye lasses alike And all genderfuck pirates who aim thee to fight [rest] Come for a tale of Remarkable fright Whence we delve into floods of Unbearable hype Frozen ice melt-ed from ye bullshit mountain Surveillance bots sproutin’ From manure fountains Intelligent ma-chines are Ne’er to be found They really are spyin’ on Kids who are brown Info polluted And facts are deluded Whilst language and pixels are roundly extruded Fake headlines, articles Bouncing around With journalists, fact-checkers Run through the ground We ride through the flood of such Refuse and water The Hype Theater Boat Where we take on such slaughter Slogging through bullshit We’ll never relax -- as Shit talking AI Is ridicule as praxis *Surveillance hell:* [Surely carrying a smartphone means you consent](https://gizmodo.com/digital-kiosks-snatch-your-phones-data-when-you-walk-by-1851368948) [Workplace surveillance, fast food style](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/kfc-taco-bell-other-fast-212353879.html) [Surveillance by your bathroom mirror, with fake therapy on the side](https://baracoda.com/resources/press/baracoda-unveils-bmind-smart-mirror-for-mental-wellness) [Surveillance-as-a-service --- for paranoid partners](https://www.biometricupdate.com/202402/facial-recognition-service-says-it-is-for-suspicious-lovers-not-stalking) [Normalizing surveillance (tobacco age verification edition)](https://www.dutchnews.nl/2024/04/smokers-face-scan-estimates-age-of-buyer-at-cigarette-stores/) [Cops are tapping in to everyone’s surveillance videos + ShotSpotter, of course](https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/9e2844a1-5ebb-4067-8213-edd0c2a013f1/9a4c3eeb-c603-4749-a021-ad280c36bf21-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/kwJH8zfnLR4uowPQCigMCe350651702024-05-22T01:59:40.232Zartificial intelligencesurveillancesynthetic textai hellchatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/tYM69gHkQsoFiKyhQfWEVEhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/c450f01f-c4dc-41ac-b80f-7b8acd97b449.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 33 - Much Ado About 'AI' 'Deception'Will the LLMs somehow become so advanced that they learn to lie to us in order to achieve their own ends? It's the stuff of science fiction, and in science fiction these claims should remain. Emily and guest host [Margaret Mitchell](https://www.m-mitchell.com/), machine learning researcher and chief ethics scientist at HuggingFace, break down why 'AI deception' is firmly a feature of human hype. *Reference:* Patterns: ["AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions"](https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00103-X) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Adobe's 'ethical' image generator is still pulling from copyrighted material](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-12/adobe-s-ai-firefly-used-ai-generated-images-from-rivals-for-training) [Apple advertising hell: vivid depiction of tech crushing creativity, as if it were good](https://twitter.com/harikunzru/status/1788045740012450019) ["AI is more creative than 99% of people"](https://mobinetai.com/ai-more-creative-than-99-people/) [AI generated employee handbooks causing chaos](https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishrivastava/2024/05/08/ai-generated-employee-handbooks-are-causing-mayhem-at-the-companies-that-use-them/?sh=6dab18a012c3) [Bumble CEO: Let AI 'concierge' do your dating for you.](https://fortune.com/2024/05/10/bumbles-whitney-wolfe-herd-dating-concierge-artificial-intelligence/) - [Some critique](https://bsky.app/profile/karlbode.bsky.social/post/3ks5opstmec2x) ***** You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/e2942e8b-9142-4361-a68c-47eae94c6dd0/d77cf415-04f6-47e6-885b-362c8dba5c45-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/tYM69gHkQsoFiKyhQfWEVE364301882024-06-02T18:30:11.539Zartificial intelligencedeceptionlarge language modelsaichatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/rgT6Bq7VhLUR4VFdaZLnArhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/02e74ac5-0491-482d-9cef-437ce7e92ac8.jpgLife of a Latin American Data Worker*Irregular working hours, uncertainty, meager wages, and unpaid time are daily realities for platform data workers. This animation video highlights the profession's structural issues, which are exacerbated by economic and political crises in Latin America.* By Oskarina Veronica Fuentes Anaya ***Recommended citation***: *Fuentes, O. V. (2024). Life of a Latin American Data Worker [Animation by V. L. Ochoa-Andrade. Coordination by M. Miceli, A. Dinika, K. Kauffman, C. Salim Wagner & L. Sachenbacher]. Retrieved from https://data-workers.org/oskarina* My name is Oskarina Veronica Fuentes Anaya, and I am a data worker. I have been doing data work on multiple platforms, mainly Appen, for over ten years. With this animated production, I aim to shed light on life as a data worker in Latin America, highlighting the adversity we face in this uncertain job. This is my story, but it's also the story of many other workers. I also show some of the many tasks we perform with varying wages: some with meager pay and others with slightly more motivating but inconsistent pay. I hope this production helps highlight what it means to work for these platforms. I speak for myself and all the data workers I know and communicate with daily. Everyone agrees with me that working for these platforms brings about psychological and physical exhaustion, mainly due to inadequate compensation. In order to generate sufficient resources to cover healthcare, housing, food, and equipment maintenance necessary to perform this work, we need to be available full-time, waiting for tasks that arrive at random intervals and sometimes don't arrive for weeks. As workers, we economically depend solely on these platforms, so we commit ourselves full-time. It is important for us to make visible the problems affecting those who give their all to these platforms. From afar, we serve with dedication to making artificial intelligence better and more accessible every day. But we want our efforts to ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ccac1cce-db63-41d3-bd9e-8f3d4a039151/8e8e2b73-e6ac-4a5b-b63e-699bfd7bdff7-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/rgT6Bq7VhLUR4VFdaZLnAr440511252024-06-10T16:27:26.219Zdataworkersresearchartificial intelligencelaborYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/jqppykvcrDTbABqyF78AFKhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/ba7a974c-3ece-4495-a057-a55f7b459a2e.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 34 - Senate Dot Roadmap Dot Final Dot No Really Dot DocxThe politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws. _References:_ [Driving US Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United States](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/3tzzh18d/production/f8329e56072d547dc061060f367ae7cabd0d0e8a.pdf) Tech Policy Press: [US Senate AI Insight Forum Tracker](https://www.techpolicy.press/us-senate-ai-insight-forum-tracker/) [Put the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy Roadmap](https://senateshadowreport.com/) [Emily's opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge” virtual roundtable](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/opening-remarks-on-ai-in-the-workplace-new-crisis-or-longstanding-challenge-eb81d1bee9f) _Fresh AI Hell:_ [Homophobia in Spotify's chatbot](https://twitter.com/jkrwls/status/1787982145924841926) [StackOverflow in bed with OpenAI, pushing back against resistance](https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/stack-overflow-bans-users-en-masse-for-rebelling-against-openai-partnership-users-banned-for-deleting-answers-to-prevent-them-being-used-to-train-chatgpt) - See also: https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/112411041956275543 [OpenAI making copyright claim against ChatGPT subreddit](https://www.404media.co/openai-files-copyright-claim-against-chatgpt-subreddit/) [Introducing synthetic text for police reports](https://www.404media.co/here-is-what-axons-bodycam-report-writing-ai-looks-like-draft-one/) [ChatGPT-like "AI" assistant ... as a car feature?](https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163271/kia-ev3-electric-suv-launch-korea-europe-us) [Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAI](https://x.com/BobbyAlly...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/952cc55b-13e2-4a40-a055-39bfb0c863a1/ac0d989f-d3db-4eb0-9dd7-5c12fca18c3b-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/jqppykvcrDTbABqyF78AFK382601302024-06-17T21:36:24.116Zartificial intelligencetech policychuck schumerus senate ai working groupgenerative aiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/6dTqBXiFQzCHZD6QWaSM6Shttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/82e74d4d-1023-4182-87ac-980fd3b32cc5.jpgAnnotate to Educate: The Dual Life of a Syrian Student & Data Annotator*This short film highlights the inadequate training of data workers in Syria and their resulting personal struggles. It advocates for fair, structured, and honest training processes to empower and prepare them for the AI industry's demands.* By Yasser Yousef Alrayes *__Recommended citation__* *Alrayes, Y. (2024). Annotate to Educate: The Dual Life of a Syrian Student & Data Annotator [Production by M. Miceli, A. Dinika, K. Kauffman, C. Salim Wagner, & L. Sachenbacher]. Retrieved from https://data-workers.org/yasser* My name is Yasser, and I will take you on a personal journey through the daily life of a data annotator in Syria, revealing the intricate work conditions we endure. Challenges such as inconsistent internet, electricity, and public transportation are part of our everyday reality. In my research project, I highlight the training process we undergo. As it is right now, the process has many shortcomings, making the work difficult and leading to delays for AI companies. A well-conceived and thought-out training approach not only enhances the performance of AI models but also conserves the time and effort of data workers. I argue that the current model does not take into account how data classification projects differ significantly from those in other computer science fields. For instance, in programming, making mistakes is a part of the learning process for programmers, which helps them gain experience and avoid making the same mistakes in future projects. In contrast, each annotation project has unique criteria and goals, and the time and effort invested in figuring out what the training guidelines have omitted does not transfer to the next project. Due to poor training methods we make mistakes and have to redo our own work until we figure out all project details. By the time we have figured the process out, the project is often already completed, leaving us to start anew with a different project, and the cycle begins again. I believe...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/2a4a4f5c-4f2d-490b-81c0-1b4e321eb548/63336c5c-68d5-4541-bebb-d0a601cbfe73-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/6dTqBXiFQzCHZD6QWaSM6S515512092024-06-20T15:21:52.340Zdata workersartificial intelligencelaborresearchworkersYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJnyCuvHXuyiLmhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/194497d8-29fe-4bd3-a644-f272af75136a.jpgData Workers Organizing - The African Content Moderators Union*The formation of the African Content Moderators Union in 2023 marked a key step for workers advocating for better conditions. This documentary explores the issues faced by data workers at Sama in Nairobi, Kenya, that led to the union's creation.* __Trigger warning: Please be advised that this film also contains descriptions of workplace violence, including sexual violence against women and children__ By Richard Mathenge *__Recommended citation:__* *Mathenge, R. (2024). Data Workers Organizing - The African Content Moderators Union [Videography and editing by P. Teka. Research support by A. Dinika, M. Miceli, L. Sachenbacher, C. Salim Wagner, & K. Kauffman]. Retrieved from https://data-workers.org/richard* My name is Richard Mathenge. In this documentary, I describe the working conditions of content moderators and data annotators at the subcontracting company Sama in Nairobi, Kenya. These conditions led us to form the African Content Moderators Union to fight for our rights. I hope to enlighten the world about the work of data workers and detail the process of forming our union, which I hope can also inspire other data workers worldwide. Many data workers in the AI supply chain are exploited and their work is never acknowledged. What is often overlooked is that without us, there is no AI. In this film, which features actual workers and their own words, I aim to show the world what really goes on behind the scenes. I also hope to show other workers in Africa and around the world that if we unite, we can collectively fight for our rights. The experiences shared in this documentary relate to the broader issue of exploitation of workers in the Global South. We do the work and the profits, which amount to billions, end up in the Global North. The workers are used and dumped, and their lives are left worse off. For AI to be truly transformative, it is important that its development is ethical and the workers in the supply chain are treated with digni...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/8070429c-3762-488c-9925-d8f18ca59e50/8360dc78-823f-4841-8dd7-a53d316ec6c5-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/gRTuLGE6VJnyCuvHXuyiLm187856422024-06-20T15:59:34.019Zdataresearchworkersartificial intelligencelaborYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/mDc8xDdtZmb3bhTnZwAKhWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/63633a52-bf9c-4842-91a0-2af6be2cb2c2.jpgIntroducing the Data Workers' InquiryComing soon: the Data Workers Inquiry, a research project that aims to shed light on the experiences and challenges faced by data workers who power the world of artificial intelligence (AI). Learn from the workers themselves about the human cost of algorithmic tools. __[Launch event on Zoom on July 8](https://events.zoom.us/ev/Arf4FYRtPC7M2hz9VEAKcS5r42gTxuo6v3UdJzBy2ri3rAHo62h4~AupsxFuGOSEpRuzNSnezHBeeDgCzSEaEk6ZN1M8tOqRELM63J_4qP3sTIA).__https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/a72826df-f69e-4956-8351-d4eb723f1172/43b2c226-e141-4a7b-bae5-0310c6aaa7de-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/mDc8xDdtZmb3bhTnZwAKhW16453132024-06-21T16:26:55.865Zdataworkersresearchartificial intelligencelaborYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/kih1USPUNN7ZjyWG8nPj2Uhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/724eb43e-e632-4d5c-8693-1b0216801b75.jpgIn the Colony of Blooded Eyes: A Trilogy on Working Conditions in Germany as Content Moderator*This video conversation offers us an intimate insight into the psychological impacts of content moderation and the role of friendship and artistic expression in healing.* By Sakine Mohamadi Bozorg *__Recommended citation:__* *Mohamadi Bozorg, S. (2024). In the Colony of Blooded Eyes: A Trilogy on Working Conditions in Germany as Content Moderator. Coordination by M. Miceli, A. Dinika, K. Kauffman, C. Salim Wagner & L. Sachenbacher]. Retrieved from https://data-workers.org/sakine* My name is Sakine and I invite you to join me in the atelier of my friend and former colleague Sara, where we spent an afternoon talking about our experiences as content moderators. We met in May 2019 on the production floor of an outsourcing company in Berlin where we both worked as content moderators for a large social media platform. For many years, our job consisted of evaluating and removing content that is illegal, harmful and/or goes against the sites’ policies. Both of us have left this company but are still dealing with the long-term consequences of the work on our mental health. In this intimate conversation, we talk about the ways in which this work has changed us, how we adapted to the high-pressure demands and constant surveillance of that workplace, how our interactions with colleagues anchored us, and how we felt trapped because of financial constraints and the need to have a visa to stay in Germany. While we were still working as content moderators, shame was an emotion we strongly associated with work. Non-disclosure agreements prevented us from talking to our families and friends, but we also did not want to talk about a job that “required no qualifications” and was slowly eroding our mental health. This conversation is part of our long process of healing, of moving past this shame and demanding better conditions, and the importance of togetherness and interaction in this process. The core of this conversation is about trauma and healing. How did this wo...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/9c47260f-0842-4251-ac83-d7184916bcfe/58fd1162-c19e-4113-ad1c-42bd21fbfc84-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/kih1USPUNN7ZjyWG8nPj2U253852752024-06-27T00:59:07.360Zdata workersresearchartificial intelligencelaborscienceYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/veZW69ZkfNVumKyEQNrz2qhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e014846c-0246-4a32-a69a-d6753bc00b17.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 35 - AI Overviews and Google's AdTech EmpireYou've already heard about the rock-prescribing, glue pizza-suggesting hazards of Google's AI overviews. But the problems with the internet's most-used search engine go way back. UCLA scholar and "Algorithms of Oppression" author [Safiya Noble](https://safiyaunoble.com/) joins Alex and Emily in a conversation about how Google has long been breaking our information ecosystem in the name of shareholders and ad sales. *References:* Blog post, May 14: [Generative AI in Search: Let Google do the searching for you](https://blog.google/products/search/generative-ai-google-search-may-2024/) Blog post, May 30: [AI Overviews: About last week](https://blog.google/products/search/ai-overviews-update-may-2024/) [*Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism*, by Safiya Noble](https://nyupress.org/9781479837243/algorithms-of-oppression/) *Fresh AI Hell*: [AI Catholic priest demoted after saying it's OK to baptize babies with Gatorade](https://80.lv/articles/ai-catholic-priest-demoted-after-saying-it-s-ok-to-baptize-babies-with-gatorade/) [National Archives bans use of ChatGPT](https://www.404media.co/national-archives-bans-employee-use-of-chatgpt/) [ChatGPT better than humans at "Moral Turing Test"](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/chatgpt-shows-better-moral-judgement-than-a-college-undergrad/) [Taco Bell as an "AI first" company](https://x.com/PhilosophyTube/status/1794479938101280886) [AGI by 2027, in one hilarious graph](https://x.com/leopoldasch/status/1798068281414414350) ***** You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/eccd6471-df2f-44f3-b8ed-75c296eaef3e/a2dea795-4726-4442-91db-bbd17d6ab0b6-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/veZW69ZkfNVumKyEQNrz2q371302282024-06-30T14:45:40.804Zai overviewsartificial intelligencegoogle searchlarge language modelsad techYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/oFiVc7Kg1EWSgviAbJtuMjhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/8abf1004-89de-4cb7-a205-8e776623483b.jpgArte es Ética__Abstract__ The irruption of generative AI places us in a scenario that pretends to be an open space of multiple opportunities, but this panorama of apparent enthusiasm is only a mirage that blurs the __authentic oppressive and invasive character of this technology.__ As artists we feel stripped of our power of choice, forced to cater to a system that bets against our rights and freedoms. That is why it is of utmost importance to make the conflict visible through the media and make our voice heard instead of passively adapting to this new imposed situation and letting only the voice of the big technological corporations be heard. United we are stronger and in unison we defend that __living with dignity is not a privilege but a right__. __Text used__ - __[Manifiesto Arte es Ética](https://arteesetica.org/)__ - __[Autoría y Autoencoders](https://arteesetica.org/autoria-y-autoencoders/)__, de Santiago Caruso para Arte es Ética - __[El “efecto Firefly”](https://arteesetica.org/el-efecto-firefly/)__, de Luz Castro para Arte es Ética - __[La inteligencia artificial generativa no es tan inocente e inofensiva como su campaña de marketing asegura](https://www.instagram.com/p/CzYYP1_KWMd/)__, de Nia Soler para Arte es Ética - __[DECÁLOGO DE LA FALSIFICACIÓN Y SUSTITUCIÓN DE VALOR HUMANO](https://arteesetica.org/decalogo-de-la-falsacion-y-sustitucion-del-valor-humano/)__, de Santiago Caruso y Naida Ochoa, para Arte es Ética - __[Creadores en contra de la IA: Piden se les pague por obras usadas sin permiso](https://arteesetica.org/creadores-en-contra-de-la-ia/)__. Luis Demano con Surya Palacios | ALTONIVELhttps://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b7a6196f-3aa3-45b0-8c8f-1cbe53d43b4c/01181a64-f7db-4250-a744-ea4057bbca11-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/oFiVc7Kg1EWSgviAbJtuMj87103982024-07-06T14:51:19.589Zartethicsartificial intelligencegenerative AIchatgptYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qpeFZo5hEkDo15Mi6p3FeRhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/3ab4d380-eff1-43fc-9612-cf0f01e01ab1.jpgMind over Moderation*This podcast highlights the precarious conditions of content moderators, as well as the structural constraints faced by migrant workers in Germany. It is also a call to action in the fight for lasting changes in this industry.* By Doe & Joe __*Recommended citation:*__ *Anonymous Workers (2024). Mind over Moderation. In M. Miceli, A. Dinika, K. Kauffman, C. Salim Wagner, L. Sachenbacher (eds.): The Data Workers’ Inquiry. https://data-workers.org/berlin* The present podcast was developed and recorded by us, two anonymous data workers based in Germany. We are content moderators for a large social media platform working through an outsourcing company in Berlin, where we don’t have any prospects of raises in pay or better working conditions. As immigrants, our bachelor’s degrees are not accredited, and our residence permits in Germany are tied to the work contracts. This forces us into precarious forms of occupation and makes us ‘prisoners’ of our circumstances. We are not even allowed to access all the personalized data our employer collects about our performance. Accordingly, the goal of this podcast is twofold. On the one hand, we want to give social media users an overview of how their data (such as posts and messages) are processed and repurposed for the profit of platform owners. For this, we describe a typical day in our occupation, delineating how we are silenced by social and company-enforced taboos, constantly pressured by key performance indicators, and harmed by the actual content of our tasks. On the other hand, we want to encourage other workers to step forward and share their experiences publicly. We believe that highlighting the distressing conditions of content moderation and the lack of real support by the employers will foster solidarity among directly affected workers and users and consequently create public pressure for change. We see an urgent need for improvements in both the working conditions of content moderation and the func...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c599def8-f091-4bfc-83e0-4e5820db673f/82ee7164-1b82-416d-9197-ccfbf22be056-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qpeFZo5hEkDo15Mi6p3FeR158651612024-07-06T16:28:34.981ZYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/fy89HZVL97JoYcMaJeP8gAhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/de324f10-2225-432f-9dd8-1a817bf0c9d7.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Launch, How Do Data Workers Organize?Welcome to the launch of the Data Workers' Inquiry, a research project that sheds light on the experiences and challenges faced by the data workers who power the world of artificial intelligence (AI). We introduce the project with a panel on labor conditions and organizing. [Read more about the project and our speaker series](https://data-workers.org/events/). __*****__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=community-based+research&ots=rbyu8ysfkC&sig=wDJMtmKNyHh3WQmhDnHNaQxUUxs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=community-based%20research&f=false)) by empowering data workers to guide the direction of the research, such that it is oriented towards their needs and goals of building workplace power but supported by formally trained qualitative researc...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/75dc2602-cb80-492a-b58a-9c95e82f56ac/ad45f6b1-bef3-4cc1-a0a4-46f813b88af6-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/fy89HZVL97JoYcMaJeP8gA715452652024-07-09T01:39:48.634Zdataworkerslaborartificial intelligenceresearchYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/824o7kNVqxuTz7kEr3G8REhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/dcbbf3ac-47dc-47df-ad2a-46e7eaed6243.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 36 - About That 'Dangerous Capabilities' Fanfiction (feat. ...When is a research paper not a research paper? When a big tech company uses a preprint server as a means to dodge peer review -- in this case, of their wild speculations on the 'dangerous capabilities' of large language models. Ali Alkhatib joins Emily to explain why [a recent Google DeepMind document](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13793) about the hunt for evidence that LLMs might intentionally deceive us was bad science, and yet is still influencing the public conversation about AI. __[Ali Alkhatib](https://ali-alkhatib.com/)__ is a computer scientist and former director of the University of San Francisco’s Center for Applied Data Ethics. His research focuses on human-computer interaction, and why our technological problems are really social – and why we should apply social science lenses to data work, algorithmic justice, and even the errors and reality distortions inherent in AI models. *References:* Google DeepMind paper-like object: [Evaluating Frontier Models for Dangerous Capabilities](https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.13793) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Hacker tool extracts all the data collected by Windows' 'Recall' AI](https://www.wired.com/story/total-recall-windows-recall-ai/) [In NYC, ShotSpotter calls are 87 percent false alarms](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-20/nyc-shotspotter-tech-wastes-nypd-police-time-and-money-audit-finds?srnd=citylab) ["AI" system to make callers sound less angry to call center workers](https://www.ft.com/content/2827e9b3-0f61-4c44-8395-1d9e32a62247) [Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.5 evaluated for "graduate level reasoning"](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/anthropicresearch_introducing-claude-35-sonnetour-most-intelligent-activity-7209556387926814721-FQp_/?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_android) [OpenAI's Mira Murati says "AI" will have 'PhD-level' intelligence](https://x.com/Swilua/status/1804532224559108287) [OpenAI's Mira Murati also says AI will take some creative jobs,...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/38d5cc51-f6aa-4b40-bd84-a9a7d298253c/5e3ed271-c68e-4bea-987f-2af4a2373e2b-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/824o7kNVqxuTz7kEr3G8RE371252202024-07-18T20:52:18.753Zartificial intelligencegoogledeepmindgenerative ailarge lanugage modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2eUfw5zMRvFuKYZDpSaWm4https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/f950c307-e6de-4c37-918c-00e08bbff43d.jpgPrecarious Working Conditions in Content Moderation and their Consequences for Workers*This podcast (GER with EN subtitles) discusses the struggles of content moderators at Telus International in Essen, Germany, highlighting poor pay, mentally taxing tasks, and lack of support. The workers seek recognition of their job as a skilled occupation to strengthen their demands for fair treatment and pay.* __Trigger warning: Please be advised that this podcast may contain disturbing content.__ By Lais, Layla & Omar *__Recommended citation__: Anonymous authors (2024). The Dark Side of Social Media – An excursion into precarious working conditions of content moderation and their consequences for workers. [Research support by M. Miceli, A. Dinika, L. Sachenbacher, C. Salim Wagner, & K. Kauffman]. Retrieved from https://data-workers.org/essen* In our podcast, we share real stories from content moderators. Based on our own experiences and multiple group discussions, we provide unfiltered accounts of what life is like on the “production floor” and the challenges we face each working day. We discuss which issues require urgent action and how to tackle them. We hope that through our podcast we can draw attention to the desolate situation of workers in this sector. Not only do we have to cope with disturbing content such as suicide, self-harm and child abuse on a daily basis, but we must do so for wages that do not compensate the mental toll of our work and while being afforded only a few days of holiday for recovery. It is unacceptable that these working conditions are the standard in a whole sector, especially in a rich country like Germany. We feel left behind by regulators and politicians, and hope that our podcast will raise social attention and help foster change. Our motivation to record this podcast and fight back collectively comes from our wish to improve labor conditions for ourselves and for our many colleagues who are directly affected. Due to our non-disclosure agreements, it was necessary to mask our voices and conceal our identit...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0a0a0211-2778-4c20-8793-2bc4bee79fcb/c7b9cc36-7511-49e6-85b9-3f74ffac23a2-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2eUfw5zMRvFuKYZDpSaWm4349453182024-07-21T16:56:43.326Zartificial intelligencedata workersresearchlaboraiYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/upxw4aaTzE9WykUdEGBWbYhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/073d3fd3-9876-4068-bff4-706305766e87.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Speaker Series, Panel 3: What does precarity look like for data workers?What does it mean to experience precarity as a data worker? Data workers and community researchers [Yasser Alrayes](https://data-workers.org/yasser/), [Roukaya al-Hammada](https://data-workers.org/roukaya/), [Wilington Shitawa](https://data-workers.org/wilington/) and Adio Dinika explore this question with moderation from Krystal Kauffman. ***** __[The Data Workers' Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/)__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=community-based+research&ots=rbyu8ysfkC&sig=wDJMtmKNyHh3WQmhDnHNaQxUUxs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=community-based%20research&f=false)) by empowering data workers to guide the direction of the research, such that it is oriented towards their needs and goals of building workplace power but supported b...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/e60969b7-a3b7-4722-9b0e-617a310db3cc/ff0cb854-9e04-4566-b901-6a0d64c4d754-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/upxw4aaTzE9WykUdEGBWbY53585532024-07-23T01:45:26.659ZYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/bcrDnVeGbeWbpQXHTi3Qjuhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9aa8dd9a-9213-4599-8e65-0ee97476081a.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater, Episode 37 - Chatbots Aren't Nurses (feat. Michelle Mahon)We regret to report that companies are still trying to make generative AI that can 'transform' healthcare -- but without investing in the wellbeing of healthcare workers or other aspects of actual patient care. Registered nurse and nursing care advocate Michelle Mahon joins Emily and Alex to explain why generative AI falls far, far short of the work nurses do. Michelle Mahon is the Director of Nursing Practice with [National Nurses United](https://www.nationalnursesunited.org/artificial-intelligence), the largest union of registered nurses in the country. Michelle has over 25 years of experience as a registered nurse in various settings. In her role with NNU, Michelle works with nurses across the United States to protect the vital role that RNs play in health care as direct caregivers and patient advocates. *References:* [NVIDIA's AI Bot Outperforms Nurses: Here's What It Means](https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertpearl/2024/04/17/nvidias-ai-bot-outperforms-nurses-heres-what-it-means-for-you/) [Hippocratic AI's roster of 'genAI healthcare agents'](https://www.hippocraticai.com/) Related: [Nuance's DAX Copilot](https://www.nuance.com/healthcare/dragon-ai-clinical-solutions/dax-copilot/see-the-dragon-ambient-experience.html) *Fresh AI Hell:* ["AI-powered health coach" will urge you to drink water with lemon](https://www.ajc.com/pulse/openai-teams-with-arianna-huffington-to-create-ai-powered-health-coach/37OPRF3I5FBVVJDCSQ6TBU4P5M/) [50% of 2024 Q2 VC investments went to "AI"](https://sherwood.news/business/venture-capital-funding-ai-companies-investments/) [Thanks to AI, Google no longer claiming to be carbon-neutral](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-07-08/google-is-no-longer-claiming-to-be-carbon-neutral) [Click work "jobs" soliciting photos of babies through teens](https://bsky.app/profile/criminalerin.bsky.social/post/3kxsbwf4vfi2d) [Screening of film "written by AI" canceled after backlash](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/52945f3c-cdbf-4dbf-8410-8da90ee1ebf0/81f670e5-c5c5-4251-b97a-d55ae069cd87-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/bcrDnVeGbeWbpQXHTi3Qju361952222024-07-30T21:40:39.360Zaichatbotsartificial intelligencehealthcarenursingYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/bFaXRgjRmeo9xxgxBou5QYhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/0354d3c4-ca6a-4783-988b-8948d94ea0ab.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 38 - Deflating Zoom's 'Digital Twin'Could this meeting have been an e-mail that you didn't even have to read? Emily and Alex are tearing into the lofty ambitions of Zoom CEO Eric Yuan, who claims the future is a LLM-powered 'digital twin' that can attend meetings in your stead, make decisions for you, and even be tuned to different parameters with just the click of a button. *References:* [The CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings](https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interview) [All-knowing machines are a fantasy](https://iai.tv/articles/all-knowing-machines-are-a-fantasy-auid-2334) [A reminder of some things chatbots are not good for](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7223466745389277184/) [Medical science shouldn't platform automating end-of-life care](https://buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/medical-science-shouldnt-platform-automating-end/) [The grimy residue of the AI bubble](https://buttondown.email/maiht3k/archive/the-grimy-residue-of-the-ai-bubble/) [On the phenomenon of bullshit jobs: a work rant](https://strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/) *Fresh AI Hell:* [LA schools' ed tech chatbot misusing student data](https://www.the74million.org/article/whistleblower-l-a-schools-chatbot-misused-student-data-as-tech-co-crumbled/) [AI "teaching assistants" at Morehouse](https://www.axios.com/local/atlanta/2024/07/04/morehouse-ai-teaching-assistants) ["Diet-monitoring AI tracks your each and every spoonful"](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2431572-diet-monitoring-ai-tracks-your-each-and-every-spoonful/) [A teacher's perspective on dealing with students who "asked ChatGPT"](https://x.com/thecardsharp2/status/1810037181706334612) [Are Swiss researchers affiliated with Israeli military industrial complex? Swiss institution asks ChatGPT](https://middleeast.epfl.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Analysis_ILOT_for_publication_v2024-06-25.pdf) [Using a chatbot to negotiate lower prices](ht...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/56738893-4ebb-4c1a-a5c7-c2a00686d488/3e439cf5-2b09-4319-b356-d18f5781936d-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/bFaXRgjRmeo9xxgxBou5QY370751992024-08-08T01:56:28.501Zaiartificial intelligencechatgptzoomlarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qfEo47ztaAiuRfjmjAT4n1https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/7141cdcd-f09e-43b9-b0a5-94ca0425bc00.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 39 - Newsrooms Pivot to Bullshit (Feat. Sam Cole)The Washington Post is going all in on AI -- surely this won't be a repeat of any past, disastrous newsroom pivots! [404 Media journalist Samantha Cole](https://www.404media.co/author/samantha-cole/) joins to talk journalism, LLMs, and why synthetic text is the antithesis of good reporting. *References:* [The Washington Post Tells Staff It’s Pivoting to AI: "AI everywhere in our newsroom."](https://futurism.com/washington-post-pivot-ai) Response: [Defector Media Promotes Devin The Dugong To Chief AI Officer, Unveils First AI-Generated Blog](https://defector.com/defector-media-promotes-devin-the-dugong-to-chief-ai-officer-unveils-first-ai-generated-blog) [The Washington Post's First AI Strategy Editor Talks LLMs in the Newsroom](https://www.niemanlab.org/2024/03/the-washington-posts-first-ai-strategy-editor-talks-llms-in-the-newsroom/) Also: [New Washington Post CTO comes from Uber](https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/2023/07/11/vineet-khosla-joins-washington-post-chief-technology-officer/) [The Washington Post debuts AI chatbot, will summarize climate articles.](https://www.axios.com/2024/07/09/washington-post-ai-chatbot-climate) [Media companies are making a huge mistake with AI](https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/05/fatal-flaw-publishers-making-openai-deals/678477/) [When ChatGPT summarizes, it does nothing of the kind](https://ea.rna.nl/2024/05/27/when-chatgpt-summarises-it-actually-does-nothing-of-the-kind/) [404 Media: 404 Media Now Has a Full Text RSS Feed](https://www.404media.co/404-media-now-has-a-full-text-rss-feed/) [404 Media: Websites are Blocking the Wrong AI Scrapers (Because AI Companies Keep Making New Ones)](https://www.404media.co/websites-are-blocking-the-wrong-ai-scrapers-because-ai-companies-keep-making-new-ones/) *Fresh AI Hell:* ["AI" Alan Turning](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckkg7vyy747o) * [Our Opinions Are Correct: The Turing Test is Bullshit (w/Alex Hanna and Emily M. Bender)](htt...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c46764ae-077c-436b-91ab-97f630557d86/c16651a7-acfd-4209-931e-f7cd4795da8c-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qfEo47ztaAiuRfjmjAT4n1371152112024-08-24T18:45:57.479Zjournalismartificial intelligenceaichatgptai hypeYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/dvcqG18i57Fosha6Pw5GcBhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/301879f8-43ca-4d29-af69-2d9b17bb5a7d.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 40: Elders Need Care, Not 'AI' Surveillance (feat. Clara Be...[Dr. Clara Berridge](https://socialwork.uw.edu/people/clara-berridge/) joins Alex and Emily to talk about the many 'uses' for generative AI in elder care -- from "companionship," to "coaching" like medication reminders and other encouragements toward healthier (and, for insurers, cost-saving) behavior. But these technologies also come with questionable data practices and privacy violations. And as populations grow older on average globally, technology such as chatbots is often used to sidestep real solutions to providing meaningful care, while also playing on ageist and ableist tropes. [Dr. Clara Berridge](https://socialwork.uw.edu/people/clara-berridge/) is an associate professor at the University of Washington’s School of Social Work. Her research focuses explicitly on the policy and ethical implications of digital technology in elder care, and considers things like privacy and surveillance, power, and decision-making about technology use. *References:* [Care.Coach's 'Avatar' chat program](https://www.care.coach/solutions)* [For Older People Who Are Lonely, Is the Solution a Robot Friend?](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/06/nyregion/ai-robot-elliq-loneliness.html) [Care Providers’ Perspectives on the Design of Assistive Persuasive Behaviors for Socially Assistive Robots](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1525861024005061?ref=pdf_download&fr=RR-2&rr=8b3aaf4d19b4cf2f#abs0010) ****Care.Coach's 'Fara' and 'Auger' products, also discussed in this episode, are no longer listed on their site.* *Fresh AI Hell:* [Apple Intelligence hidden prompts include the command "don't hallucinate"](https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/5/24213861/apple-intelligence-instructions-macos-15-1-sequoia-beta) [The US wants to use facial recognition to identify migrant children as they age](https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/14/1096534/homeland-security-facial-recognition-immigration-border) [Family poisoned after following fake mushroom bo...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/6541464a-bef2-49f1-80cc-79cc5b081ae1/05c5c153-466c-4b98-b5a6-ba6c5f0058ed-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/dvcqG18i57Fosha6Pw5GcB364051732024-09-10T16:48:19.202Zhealthcareaginggenerative aielder carechatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qbKk2J912S7TT5vg9Gi5Kuhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/93d76b0d-c04a-45a7-a453-f64cb91ae09d.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Speaker Series, Panel 4: What grievances are specific to data work in Latin...What grievances are specific to data work in Latin America? Data workers and community researchers [Oskarina Fuentes](https://data-workers.org/events/data-workers.org/oskarina), [Alex Chávez](https://data-workers.org/events/data-workers.org/alex), and [Axel Uriel González Pérez](https://data-workers.org/arte-es-etica/) explore this question with [Camilla Salim Wagner](https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/en/portrait/p/camilla-salim-wagner/) and moderator Mila Miceli. (Spanish with English simultaneous translation) ***** __[The Data Workers' Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/)__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=community-based+research&ots=rbyu8ysfkC&sig=wDJMtmKNyHh3WQmhDnHNaQxUUxs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=community-based%20res...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c3db77a9-79f7-4064-ba2c-d55489454ed2/922fcc5f-ff2c-49a5-bf3a-f48cf929ade3-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/qbKk2J912S7TT5vg9Gi5Ku53530632024-09-13T16:36:28.811ZYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/i2cMS5wNeScAbBvgkMWwpUhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/ae51bfe3-6a47-4a11-9bb0-a79aa62279f0.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Speaker Series, Panel 5: What training do data workers need? What do they g...What training do data workers need? What do they get instead? Data workers and community researchers [Fasica Gebrekidan](https://data-workers.org/fasica/) and [Yasser Alrayes](https://data-workers.org/yasser/) explore this question with [Adrienne Williams](https://data-workers.org/adrienne/) and [Milagros Miceli](https://milamiceli.com), and moderator Laurenz Sachenbacher. ***** __[The Data Workers' Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/)__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=community-based+research&ots=rbyu8ysfkC&sig=wDJMtmKNyHh3WQmhDnHNaQxUUxs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=community-based%20research&f=false)) by empowering data workers to guide the direction of the research, such that it is oriented towards their needs and goals of build...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/89d65e07-2987-4941-8813-c29827cd5002/0ede5a20-7849-4b12-85ef-7cd1ffe501bd-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/i2cMS5wNeScAbBvgkMWwpU54750882024-09-13T17:27:38.170Zlabordata workartificial intelligenceworkerstrainingYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/aPD7ZXcTgpc75j2uqQDaDPhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/bbcb7d67-393e-4cfb-8734-0bd72b1475f1.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 41: Sweating into AI FallDo you feel like this summer has brought just unending terrible ideas for how to use “AI”? You’re not alone! The time has come, yet again, for Emily and Alex to clear out the poison, purge some backlog, and take a journey through AI hell. From surveillance of emotions...to continued hype around using 'AI' to automate the scientific process. But also, more promising, signs that people can see that the AI emperor is indeed without clothes. *Fresh AI Hell:* [Synthetic data for Hollywood's test screenings](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/marcosangelides_synthetic-data-is-coming-to-hollywood-and-activity-7213137818900934656-qyFM/?utm_source=combined_share_message&utm_medium=member_android) [NaNoWriMo's AI fail](https://www.404media.co/nanowrimo-ai-policy-classist-ableist/) - [But AI is built on classist exploitation](https://bsky.app/profile/what-eats-owls.bsky.social/post/3l36ohdccng2r) - [NaNoWriMo is sponsored by an AI writing company](https://bsky.app/profile/chrisdeleon.bsky.social/post/3l35osxunlq27) - [NaNoWriMo's AI writing sponsor still creates bad writing](https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3l36osafvus2f) [Company's AI assistant starts rickrolling customers](https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-startup-rickrolling) [Programming LLMs with "fiduciary duty"](https://cap.csail.mit.edu/sites/default/files/resource-pdfs/Andrew_Lo_Project_4.pdf) [Canva increasing prices thank to "AI" features](https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/3/24234698/canva-price-increase-300-percent-ai-features) [Ad spending by AI companies](https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/13/ai-ads-olympics-commercials-overload-google/) [Clearview AI hit with largest GDPR fine yet, Dutch regulator considers holding execs personally liable](https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/03/clearview-ai-hit-with-its-largest-gdpr-fine-yet-as-dutch-regulator-considers-holding-execs-personally-liable/) ['AI detection' in schools harming neurodivergent kids](https://bsky.app...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/4f8914e1-0af5-4e7f-9ad5-85edfe84d41d/40fddbb6-993d-4822-821f-c6415bdad6fa-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/aPD7ZXcTgpc75j2uqQDaDP367852282024-09-23T02:36:21.839Zartificial intelligencegenerative aiai hellai hypechatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/s1Eyp5R4cdSZVm3y2q58xqhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/d670f155-9837-436f-b844-e4edd83369dd.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 42 - Stop Trying to Make 'AI Scientist' HappenCan “AI” do your science for you? Should it be your co-author? Or, as one company asks, boldly and breathlessly, “Can we automate the entire process of research itself?” Major scientific journals have banned the use of tools like ChatGPT in the writing of research papers. But people keep trying to make “AI Scientists” a thing. Just ask your chatbot for some research questions, or have it synthesize some human subjects to save you time on surveys. Alex and Emily explain why so-called “fully automated, open-ended scientific discovery” can’t live up to the grandiose promises of tech companies. Plus, an update on their forthcoming book! *References:* [Sakana.AI keeps trying to make 'AI Scientist' happen](https://sakana.ai/ai-scientist/) - [The AI Scientist: Towards Fully Automated Open-Ended Scientific Discovery](https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06292) [Can LLMs Generate Novel Research Ideas? A Large-Scale Human Study with 100+ NLP Researchers](https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04109) [How should the advent of large language models affect the practice of science?](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2312.03759) *Relevant research ethics policies:* [ACL Policy on Publication Ethics](https://www.aclweb.org/adminwiki/index.php/ACL_Policy_on_Publication_Ethics) [Committee On Public Ethics (COPE)](https://publicationethics.org/) [The Vancouver Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work](https://www.icmje.org/recommendations/browse/roles-and-responsibilities/defining-the-role-of-authors-and-contributors.html) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Should journals allow LLMs as co-authors?](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43681-024-00575-7) [Business Insider "asks ChatGPT"](https://www.businessinsider.com/vinod-khosla-ai-essay-predictions-chatgpt-response-2024-9) [Otter.ai sends transcript of private after-meeting discussion to everyone](https://x.com/alexbilz/status/1839393095236104598) ["Could AI End Grief?"](https://...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/d2a55e23-bab7-4c03-a79d-6bebe702e1da/0643cab0-60a9-4524-a6b8-cf8ab432cdb5-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/s1Eyp5R4cdSZVm3y2q58xq358152272024-10-09T14:27:33.899Zresearchartificial intelligencegenerative AIchatgptscienceYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/reoPQ5YTzEQbFoaRcNwJ88https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/eeff75af-8648-4ab9-a6e4-0f0b4be1108e.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 43: AI Companies Gamble with Everyone's Planet (feat. Paris...Technology journalist Paris Marx joins Alex and Emily for a conversation about the environmental harms of the giant data centers and other water- and energy-hungry infrastructure at the heart of LLMs and other generative tools like ChatGPT -- and why the hand-wavy assurances of CEOs that 'AI will fix global warming' are just magical thinking, ignoring a genuine climate cost and imperiling the clean energy transition in the US. [Paris Marx](https://parismarx.com/) is a tech journalist and host of the podcast [Tech Won’t Save Us](https://techwontsave.us/). He also recently launched a 4-part series, [Data Vampires](https://techwontsave.us/episode/241_data_vampires_going_hyperscale_episode_1), (which features Alex) about the promises and pitfalls of data centers like the ones AI boosters rely on. **References:** [Eric Schmidt says AI more important than climate goals](https://mashable.com/article/former-google-ceo-invest-ai-despite-climate-concerns) [Microsoft's sustainability report](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/sustainability/report) Sam Altman's [“The Intelligence Age”](https://ia.samaltman.com/) promises AI will fix the climate crisis Previously on MAIHT3K: [Episode 19: The Murky Climate and Environmental Impact of Large Language Models, November 6 2023](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/13931174-episode-19-the-murky-climate-and-environmental-impact-of-large-language-models-november-6-2023) ***Fresh AI Hell:*** [Rosetta to linguists: "Embrace AI or risk extinction" of endangered languages](https://www.facebook.com/groups/lingtyp/permalink/9078330842196424/) [A talking collar that you can use to pretend to talk with your pets](https://www.wired.com/story/shazam-talking-pet-collar-a-chatbot-for-your-cat-or-dog/) [Google offers synthetic podcasts through NotebookLM](https://www.chronicle.com/article/those-voices-on-the-podcast-listen-closely?sra=true) [An AI 'artist' claims he's losing millions ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/cc5333a2-2ccc-443c-a461-32ecadc245b5/b17a3dbd-7cdc-4d6b-8ffb-15fabde611ee-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/reoPQ5YTzEQbFoaRcNwJ88367752652024-10-23T18:06:14.283Zartificial intelligenceenergyclimateaichatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/wowGSyNGzXiBTFpHQWhsbxhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/88987c34-ccb6-42ce-8725-7d2dadcf2cbc.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Speaker Series, Panel 7: What impact does content moderation have on worker...What impact does content moderation have on workers' mental health, and are they given any protection or care when exposed to trauma? Data workers and community researchers [Fasica Gebrekidan](https://data-workers.org/fasica/), [Botlhokwa Ranta](https://data-workers.org/ranta/) and [Kauna Malgwi](https://time.com/7012799/kauna-malgwi/) explore this question with [Milagros Miceli](https://milamiceli.com), and moderator Timnit Gebru. ***** __[The Data Workers' Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/)__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=community-based+research&ots=rbyu8ysfkC&sig=wDJMtmKNyHh3WQmhDnHNaQxUUxs&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=community-based%20research&f=false)) by empowering data workers to guide the direction of the research, suc...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/f61771f6-feba-438d-8f13-f071c3a5f4ab/bb3fe91f-6a74-44c5-94d2-78bd73f094c8-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/wowGSyNGzXiBTFpHQWhsbx542251092024-10-23T19:57:57.547Zworkerslabordata workerscontent moderationartificial intelligenceYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gAAnkju7qjfrWjG9NZVy2Lhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/6432512b-4bc9-4a72-afdc-919aa88d2176.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 44: OpenAI's Ridiculous 'Reasoning'The company behind ChatGPT is back with bombastic claim that their new o1 model is capable of so-called "complex reasoning." Ever-faithful, Alex and Emily tear it apart. Plus the flaws in a tech publication's new 'AI hype index,' and some palette-cleansing new regulation against data-scraping worker surveillance. *References:* OpenAI: [Learning to reason with LLMs](https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/) - [How reasoning works](https://openai.com/index/learning-to-reason-with-llms/) - [GPQA, a 'graduate-level' Q&A benchmark system](https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.12022) *Fresh AI Hell:* [MIT Technology Review's AI 'AI hype index'](https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/10/23/1105192/ai-hype-index-nov-dec-2024/) [CFPB Takes Action to Curb Unchecked Worker Surveillance](https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/newsroom/cfpb-takes-action-to-curb-unchecked-worker-surveillance/) ***** You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute. Follow Emily at https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender and https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Follow Alex at https://twitter.com/alexhanna and https://dair-community.social/@alex Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park. https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/7e4d8c49-7d35-47ce-a300-fdfd62bf527e/cbd86ebb-6207-443d-8f32-e4917ed6ef01-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/gAAnkju7qjfrWjG9NZVy2L360054242024-11-04T21:38:14.543Zartificial intelligencechatgptopenailarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2itB45mQHUv5BpQBYfYsdKhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a5dfdc93-86fb-4270-ac00-030f668fc0af.jpgData Workers' Inquiry Speaker Series, Panel 8: Who else does data work?As we wrap up the first year of the Data Workers' Inquiry and this speaker series, we turn the lens to other forms of data work -- from artists, to screenwriters, to translators, and beyond. Panelists [John López](https://data-workers.org/events/data-workers.org/john) (Writers Guild of America), [Alex Minshall](https://data-workers.org/tadhg/) (Guerilla Media Collective), and [Oscar Araya](https://data-workers.org/arte-es-etica/) explore this question with [Rafael Grohmann](https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann) (University of Toronto), [Alex Hanna](https://alex-hanna.com/) (DAIR) and moderator [Milagros Miceli](https://milamiceli.com). ***** __[The Data Workers' Inquiry](https://data-workers.org/)__ The rise of neoliberalism as a dominant political paradigm in the 1970s and the emergence of platform capitalism in the 21st century resulted in new areas of employment and a decrease in the relative numbers of workers employed in traditional working-class jobs. Data work, that is, the labor that goes into producing data for so-called “intelligent” systems ([Miceli et al., 2021](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3492853)), not only brings with it unprecedented forms of exploitation but, crucially, possibilities for organization and resistance in globally networked economies. The Data Workers’ Inquiry is a community-based project in which data workers join us as community researchers ([DAIR, 2022](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmxvk/revamp/082efdc05b763607175ef4c59b43a93a272fcfae.pdf?dl=Research%20Philosophy%20Release%20v1.0_r2.pdf)) to lead their own inquiry in their respective workplaces. The inquiry aims to deepen the tradition of community-based participatory research ([Stoeker 2013](https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=m558yE3pBTkC&oi=fnd&pg=PR5&dq=info:HlD-NvsCjx0J:scholar.google.com&ots=7B3_5hP2HV&sig=q9ecqVVuKJ4qrc6tkFWYjakUYH4#v=onepage&q&f=false); [Jason & Glenwick, 2016](https://books.google.de/books?hl=en&lr=&id=iiTYCgAAQBAJ&...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0a89cb67-2792-49e5-b4bc-687ccb8192eb/156b4cb6-1b27-4c89-8896-b5763af45783-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2itB45mQHUv5BpQBYfYsdK56015682024-11-14T01:52:47.856Zartificial intelligencedatalabordata workerslarge language modelsYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/kBKnqzWED5p1qeuzdJyZ3Thttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/1e4d56a2-13c4-4f87-b0c2-4b58bb0a9f00.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 45 - Billionaires, Influencers, and Ed Tech (feat. Adrienne...From Bill Gates to Mark Zuckerberg, billionaires with no education expertise keep using their big names and big dollars to hype LLMs for classrooms. Promising ‘comprehensive AI tutors', or just ‘educator-informed’ tools to address understaffed classrooms, this hype is just another round of Silicon Valley pointing to real problems -- under-supported school systems -- but then directing attention and resources to their favorite toys. Former educator and DAIR research fellow Adrienne Williams joins to explain the problems this tech-solutionist redirection fails to solve -- and the new ones it creates. [**Adrienne Williams**](https://just-tech.ssrc.org/our-network/adrienne-williams/) started organizing in 2018 while working as a junior high teacher for a tech owned charter school. She expanded her organizing in 2020 after her work as an Amazon delivery driver, where many of the same issues she saw in charter schools were also in evidence. Since then she has worked both on the ground and behind the scenes with activists, politicians, researchers, and everyday people to enact positive change in the tech, labor, and education industries by educating the public on how these industries harm, and how that harm can be reversed. She hopes her unique experience working within and organizing against these industries helps promote a more equitable society. Adrienne is a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest with The OpEd Project in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation, as well as a Research Fellow at both (DAIR) and Just Tech. ***References:*** [Funding Helps Teachers Build AI Tools](https://chanzuckerberg.com/newsroom/funding-helps-teachers-build-ai-tools/) [Sal Khan's 2023 Ted Talk: AI in the classroom can transform education](https://blog.khanacademy.org/sal-khans-2023-ted-talk-ai-in-the-classroom-can-transform-education/) [Bill Gates: My trip to the frontier of AI education](https://www.gatesnotes.com/My-trip-to-the-frontier-of-AI-edu...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/9edb64d1-44c3-4b3c-bef8-68348a5ac40b/57292370-a9ad-4a3d-832e-4e4edc5feb1e-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/kBKnqzWED5p1qeuzdJyZ3T376754332024-11-21T19:18:47.145Zartificial intelligenceeducationaiedtechkhanmigoYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/75zn3sKpVTcaNLMLP5eDXThttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/692c8384-c0f6-4642-9631-45151ffe6a5d.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 46 - AGI Funny Business (Model), with Brian MerchantOnce upon a time, artificial general intelligence was the only business plan OpenAI seemed to have. Tech journalist Brian Merchant joins Emily and Alex for a time warp to the beginning of the current wave of AI hype, nearly a decade ago. And it sure seemed like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, and company were luring investor dollars to their newly-formed venture solely on the hand-wavy promise that someday, LLMs themselves would figure out how to turn a profit. [Brian Merchant](https://brianmerchant.org/) is an author, journalist in residence at the AI Now Institute, and co-host of the tech news podcast [System Crash](https://systemcrash.info/). *References:* [Elon Musk and partners form nonprofit to stop AI from ruining the world](https://www.theverge.com/2015/12/11/9910742/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-y-combinator-machine-learning) [How Elon Musk and Y Combinator Plan to Stop Computers From Taking Over](https://www.wired.com/2015/12/how-elon-musk-and-y-combinator-plan-to-stop-computers-from-taking-over/) [Elon Musk's Billion-Dollar AI Plan Is About Far More Than Saving the World](https://www.wired.com/2015/12/elon-musks-billion-dollar-ai-plan-is-about-far-more-than-saving-the-world/) Brian’s recent report on the business model of AGI, for the AI Now Institute: [AI Generated Business: The rise of AGI and the rush to find a working revenue model](https://ainowinstitute.org/general/ai-generated-business) Previously on MAIHT3K: [Episode 21: The True Meaning of 'Open Source' (feat. Sarah West and Andreas Liesenfeld)](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/14059868-episode-21-the-true-meaning-of-open-source-feat-sarah-west-and-andreas-liesenfeld-november-20-2023) *Fresh AI Hell:* [OpenAI explores advertising as it steps up revenue drive](https://www.ft.com/content/9350d075-1658-4d3c-8bc9-b9b3dfc29b26) [If an AI company ran Campbell's Soup with the same practices they use to handle data](https://bsky.app/profile/trans.bsky.social/post/3lbyoa...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/313a5e1a-cafd-412e-b3c4-7e671c9f6305/a77fd8cf-2614-4f5f-a610-76db94d9ac12-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/75zn3sKpVTcaNLMLP5eDXT375152722024-12-18T06:46:59.568Zartificial intelligenceagichatgptopenailarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/oLZ5DSBCj3SuboQzG7KGsmhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e190b54f-d4fc-470c-8482-c83a1e796ecf.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 47 - Hell is Other People's AI HypeIt’s been a long year in the AI hype mines. And no matter how many claims Emily and Alex debunk, there's always a backlog of Fresh AI Hell. This week, it's another whirlwind attempt to clear it -- at least enough to start fresh in the new year -- with plenty of palate cleansers along the way. **Fresh AI Hell:** *Part I: AI in education* [Using AI "responsibly" in medical residency assignments](https://www.aamc.org/about-us/mission-areas/medical-education/principles-responsible-ai-medical-school-and-residency-selection) ["AI generated" UCLA course](https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/comparative-literature-zrinka-stahuljak-artificial-intelligence) ["Could ChatGPT get an engineering degree?"](https://bsky.app/profile/abosselut.bsky.social/post/3lcifsc3hrk22) [Grad school promoting using AI to write letters of recommendation](https://bsky.app/profile/erhochman.bsky.social/post/3lcnz4hudxs2c) Chaser: ['AI' isn't Tinkerbell and we don’t have to clap](https://aftermath.site/humane-ai-marques-brownlee) *Part II: Pot-pourri, as in really rotten* ["AI x parenting" -- a16z investments](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/justinemoore94_new-andreessen-horowitz-investment-thesis-activity-7260384207124746240-C-3m) ["Artisan," a company for fake workers](https://bsky.app/profile/gregpak.bsky.social/post/3lciyv6w3ok2v) [Et tu, Firefox?](https://x.com/tri4ge/status/1833626105955103162) [US military is testing an AI-powered machine gun](https://futurism.com/the-byte/us-military-tests-ai-powered-machine-gun) [Kashmir Hill thinks we're "over-indexing" genAI's failings](https://bsky.app/profile/kashhill.bsky.social/post/3lcid7ng7zs2x) [AI for denying social benefits](https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/20/ai-benefit-programs-doge-techtonic-justice/) Chaser: [AI 'granny' wastes scammers' time](https://futurism.com/the-byte/o2-ai-chatbot-grandma) *Part III: The Endangered Information Ecosystem* [Fake quote attributed to Emily in ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b870f40d-ed0e-441b-8235-47b46197a7f0/0a6299ed-3bd1-43a2-95ac-42a1c608ec24-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/oLZ5DSBCj3SuboQzG7KGsm365753012024-12-30T03:36:14.812Zartificial intelligencechatgptfresh ai hellgenerative ailarge language modelsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/dkUKXzyu2coS24imVmgaG3https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/c242959a-963c-48c7-a1e4-f356460e0b15.jpgIA Artificial - um filme de Ruba (Artificial AI - a film by Ruba)**[English translation below]** *A promessa de trabalho fácil e flexível, pequenas tarefas remuneradas feitas em casa e sem um chefe dando ordens atrai muitos trabalhadores para as plataformas digitais. Este vídeo explora as muitas maneiras pelas quais a realidade está muito longe da prometida autonomia com gerenciamento rigoroso do tempo e da qualidade, regras pouco transparentes e baixa remuneração.* By Ruba ***Recommended citation***: *Ruba (2024). “IA Artificial”. In: M. Miceli, A. Dinika, K. Kauffman, C. Salim Wagner, and L. Sachenbacher (eds.) The Data Workers‘ Inquiry. Creative Commons BY 4.0. https://data-workers.org/ruba* Este vídeo é o resultado de minhas experiências e reflexões como trabalhador de dados de uma plataforma digital. Ele também surge da frustração de me sentir enganado pela promessa de autonomia. Como muitos outros, eu comecei a trabalhar na plataforma porque a ideia de definir meus próprios horários, tarefas e ritmo sem sair de casa era muito atraente. Lidar com dados para inteligência artificial era empolgante e também era uma oportunidade de ganhar a vida no contexto da pandemia. O tema das falsas promessas permeia todo o vídeo. A promessa de trabalho autônomo contrasta fortemente com o ritmo ditado e acelerado exigido. A promessa de ser seu próprio patrão não se encaixa com a realidade de tarefas que muitas vezes são rejeitadas ou na falta de qualquer canal de comunicação com os contratantes. E, em um nível mais geral, a IA totalmente autônoma e inteligente que nos é vendida constantemente é uma ilusão, pois milhões de trabalhadores como eu são necessários para criar e manter esses sistemas “independentes”. O meu objetivo com esse vídeo é chamar atenção para essa realidade dos trabalhadores de dados da IA. Sobre como são invisibilizados e mal pagos nos bastidores apesar de essenciais para que a IA seja o que é. É importante dizer que contei com uma pequena equipe muito cuidadosa e dedicada e gostaria de agradec...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/63f54f0a-fe92-4b54-ba33-059e65743b8e/0919ee26-3633-42d0-a489-49c059156604-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/dkUKXzyu2coS24imVmgaG342755212025-01-11T21:53:48.050Zartificial intelligencedata workerslaborresearchworkersYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/xg73MqYXFiXxNW9hafL1sWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/1c8d7766-8c98-4323-8d1b-94f14dfab02a.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 48 - Sam Altman's Fever DreamNot only is OpenAI's new o3 model allegedly breaking records for how close an LLM can get to the mythical "human-like thinking" of AGI, but Sam Altman has some, uh, reflections for us as he marks two years since the official launch of ChatGPT. Emily and Alex kick off the new year unraveling these truly fantastical stories. *References:* [OpenAI o3 Breakthrough High Score on ARC-AGI-Pub](https://arcprize.org/blog/oai-o3-pub-breakthrough) From the blog of Sam Altman: [Reflections](https://blog.samaltman.com/reflections) [More about the ARC Prize](https://arcprize.org/) [o3's environmental impact](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bgamazay_openai-has-announced-o3-which-appears-to-activity-7276250095019335680-sVbW/) [The brain is a computer is a brain](https://arxiv.org/abs/2107.14042)   *Fresh AI Hell:* ["Time to Edit" as a metric predicting the singularity](https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a63057078/when-the-singularity-will-happen/) (Contributed by Warai Otoko) [AI 'tasting' colors](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241220-an-ai-started-tasting-colours-and-shapes-that-is-more-human-than-you-might-think) [An AI...faucet??](https://www.dhgate.com/goods/1010007104.html) [Seattle Public Schools calls ChatGPT a "transformative technology"](https://www.seattleschools.org/student-portal/technology-supports-for-families/digital-tools/ai-tools/) [A GitHub pull request closed because change would have been unfriendly to "AI" chat interface](https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/WSL/pull/2021) [Cohere working with Palantir](https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/16/cohere-is-quietly-working-with-palantir-to-deploy-its-ai-models/) [Elsevier rewrites papers with "AI" without telling authors, editors](https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/01/05/elsevier-rewrites-academic-papers-with-ai-without-telling-editors-or-authors/) [The UK: mainlining AI straight into their veins](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/fd272ea5-9c8f-4ffc-83fb-d0ca6c049c7a/e7f976bb-58cf-40af-a194-c7255bdaf86b-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/xg73MqYXFiXxNW9hafL1sW372753402025-01-14T18:47:01.998Zartificial intelligenceopenaiagigenerative aisam altmanYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nmy5noaKm5Ag8G2jrwa8u5https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9106a024-2de3-44ce-ab3d-70e3b20c2a79.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 49 - The UK's Misplaced Enthusiasm (with Gina Neff), 2025.0...In January, the United Kingdom's new Labour Party prime minister, Keir Starmer, announced a new initiative to go all in on AI in the hopes of big economic returns, with a promise to “mainline” it into the country’s veins: everything from offering public data to private companies, to potentially fast-tracking miniature nuclear power plants to supply energy to data centers. UK-based researcher Gina Neff helps explain why this flashy policy proposal is mostly a blank check for big tech, and has little to offer either the economy or working people. [Gina Neff](https://www.mctd.ac.uk/team-members/gina-neff/) is executive director of the [Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy](https://www.mctd.ac.uk/) at the University of Cambridge, and a professor of responsible AI at Queen Mary University of London. *References:* [The AI Opportunities Action Plan](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ai-opportunities-action-plan/ai-opportunities-action-plan) [‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jan/12/mainlined-into-uks-veins-labour-announces-huge-public-rollout-of-ai) Gina Neff: [Can democracy survive AI?](https://sociologica.unibo.it/article/view/21108/19264) [Labour's AI Action Plan - a gift to the far right](https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Labours-AI-Action-Plan-a-gift-to-the-far-right) *Fresh AI Hell:* ["AI" tool for predicting how Parliament will react to policy proposals](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/20/ai-tool-can-give-ministers-vibe-check-on-whether-mps-will-like-policies) ["AI" detects age based on hand movements](https://www.npr.org/2024/12/19/nx-s1-5231020/australia-top-regulator-kids-social-media-ban) [Apple Intelligence misleading summaries of news](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd0elzk24dno) [Book simplification as a service](https://bsky.app/profile/ajaxsinger.bsky.social/post/3le5fc6kqqs2u) [CEO doesn't under...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/acee8deb-ca0a-44a9-a068-96621da57740/0183afc4-d2ac-4a3c-8dc3-78d401d083f1-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/nmy5noaKm5Ag8G2jrwa8u5371853452025-01-23T16:59:31.288Zartificial intelligencekier starmerunited kingdomenergyworkersYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/uEMyHWFkmF4qA9GVnrcDBWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/bd85d1ef-c859-4d75-8cb1-36fbabf4d384.jpgPresenting: The Data Labelers AssociationThe Kenya-based [Data Labelers Association](https://datalabelers.org/about/) seeks to unite data workers in the fight for better conditions and access to vital support. This launch event included multiple testimonials from affected workers, and a panel featuring the association's leadership. Learn more about the work these laborers perform and [why a unified front is so necessary](https://datalabelers.org/the-unsung-heroes-of-ai-the-vital-role-of-data-labeling/) on the DLA's blog.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/e82a39c5-90d1-4f60-ad20-02a85a95ce00/323817a3-deff-4a45-a4fd-e47361e57cfe-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/uEMyHWFkmF4qA9GVnrcDBW67585872025-02-18T18:47:57.841Zdata workerslabor rightstechnology workersclick workworkersYESData Workers InquiryNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/w44a84zLAnR88NdDJ3sj4Nhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a7d29da7-9895-4ed6-93a4-0e56e92c26d4.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 50 - Petro-Masculinity Versus the Planet (with Tamara Kneese)Sam Altman thinks fusion - particularly a company he's personally invested in - can provide the energy we "need" to develop AGI. Meanwhile, what if we just...put data centers on the Moon to save energy? Alex, Emily, and guest Tamara Kneese pour cold water on Silicon Valley's various unhinged, technosolutionist ideas about energy and the environment. [Dr. Tamara Kneese](https://www.tamarakneese.com/) is director of climate, technology and justice at the [Data & Society Research Institute](https://datasociety.net/) *Due to some technical issues during our recording, this week's episode is a bit shorter than usual.* *References:* [A data center … on the moon??](https://www.techspot.com/news/106470-first-ever-data-center-moon-set-launch-next.html) [Sam Altman is banking on fusion](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-sam-altman-interview) [Greenland is the new Mars](https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/15/i-went-to-greenland-to-try-to-buy-it-meet-the-founder-who-wants-to-re-create-mars-on-earth/) [“Regenerative finance” in the crypto era](https://blog.refidao.com/refi-deep-dive-moss/) [Fears of subprime carbon assets stall crypto mission to save rainforest](https://www.reuters.com/article/markets/oil/fears-of-subprime-carbon-assets-stall-crypto-mission-to-save-rainforest-idUSL8N2ZM7XE/) [Corporate carbon offset company accidentally starts devastating wildfire](https://www.vice.com/en/article/corporate-carbon-offset-company-accidentally-starts-devastating-wildfire/) [The AI/crypto crossoverAI/crypto crossover no one asked for](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKspo1FLj-4) [Blockchains wanted to build a smart city. The state could not sign off on its water rights](https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/blockchains-wanted-to-build-a-smart-city-the-state-could-not-sign-off-on-its-water-rights) [On petro-masculinity](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0305829818775817?fbclid=IwAR2cF29reQmRz8HYJNlajp6WZc85Y-H7byHF-m5XHc1qozRd...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/f35f563b-a272-4a7b-87e5-ac464a7c7914/d09a76e0-6ceb-4f75-bd11-1d3f1006496e-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/w44a84zLAnR88NdDJ3sj4N278652372025-02-20T15:46:00.973Zartificial intelligencechatgptsam altmangreenlandagiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/nhZ4aDsAQ7z5giGKFcC9yShttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/18e68813-506d-4d83-8c0e-f1d94cb9f747.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 51 - The War On Knowledge (with Raina Bloom)In the weeks since January 20, the US information ecosystem has been unraveling fast. (We're looking at you Denali, Gulf of Mexico, and every holiday celebrating people of color and queer people that used to be on Google Calendar.) As the country's unelected South African tech billionaire continues to run previously secure government data through highly questionable LLMs, academic librarian Raina Bloom joins Emily and Alex for a talk about how we organize knowledge, and what happens when generative AI degrades or poison the systems that keep us all accurately -- and contextually -- informed. ​​[Raina Bloom](https://www.library.wisc.edu/people/raina-bloom/) is the Reference Services Coordinator for University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries. *References*: [OpenAI tries to 'uncensor' ChatGPT](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/16/openai-tries-to-uncensor-chatgpt/) [Elon Musk's DOGE is feeding sensitive federal data into AI to target cuts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/02/06/elon-musk-doge-ai-department-education/) [Guardian Media Group announces strategic partnership with OpenAI](https://www.theguardian.com/gnm-press-office/2025/feb/14/guardian-media-group-announces-strategic-partnership-with-openai) [Elon Musk's AI-fuelled war on human agency](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/elon-musks-ai-fuelled-war-on-human-agency) - [Archive version](https://archive.ph/j2uBT) [(Post now deleted) A DOGE intern asks Reddit for help with file conversion](https://www.reddit.com/r/csMajors/comments/1ijij8p/this_is_a_doge_intern_who_is_currently_pawing/) When is it safe to use ChatGPT in higher education? Raina recommends the table on [page 6 of UNESCO's QuickStart guide](https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000385146). *Fresh AI Hell*: [Irish educational body, while acknowledging genAI's problems, still gives LLMs too much credit](https://hub.teachingandlearning.ie/ten-considerations-for-generative-artificial-intelligenc...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/ac6ef92b-921d-44f8-ad31-5519fd86b902/58b79d19-e742-49a0-a947-23ac2f771d22-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/nhZ4aDsAQ7z5giGKFcC9yS361153882025-02-26T17:03:05.812Zartificial intelligencechatgptopenaillminformationYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/oaaMt6Q1ar4nm5xTNvppJ8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e819f213-edfa-4bdc-a07b-cb9f1c6f09b5.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 52 - The Anti-Bookclub Tackles 'Superagency'Emily and Alex read a terrible book so you don't have to! Come for a quick overview of LinkedIn co-founder and venture capitalist Reid Hoffman's opus of magical thinking, 'Superagency: What could possibly go right with our AI future' -- stay for the ridicule as praxis. Plus, why even this tortuous read offers a bit of comfort about the desperate state of the AI boosters. *References*: [The cursèd book itself](https://www.superagency.ai/) [AI and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Benchmark](https://datasets-benchmarks-proceedings.neurips.cc/paper/2021/hash/084b6fbb10729ed4da8c3d3f5a3ae7c9-Abstract-round2.html) [Militants and Citizens: The Politics of Participatory Democracy in Porto Alegre](https://www.sscc.wisc.edu/soc/faculty/pages/wright/Soc924-2011/924-2011-book-project/Baiocchi.pdf) *Fresh AI Hell*: [Parents rationalizing exposing kids to AI](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/01/parents-children-artificial-intelligence) [Underage, sexualized celebrity bots](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/27/1112616/an-ai-companion-site-is-hosting-sexually-charged-conversations-with-underage-celebrity-bots/) [Bossware a bad look, actually](https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/25/y-combinator-deletes-posts-after-a-startups-demo-goes-viral/) [CalState faculty union opposes AI initiative](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/faculty-union-opposes-ai-initiative-being-pushed-by-csu/ar-AA1A3J8d) [The kids are alright](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/university-of-auckland-students-criticise-introduction-of-artificial-intelligence-tutors-in-business-and-economics-course/EKNMREEVPZEY7E2P7YNUYKHWUY/) ***** You can check out future streams at on [Twitch](http://twitch.tv/dair_institute), and [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/) for future episodes. Our book, 'The AI Con,' comes out in May! [Pre-order your copy now](https://thecon.ai/). Follow Emily: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/em...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/b370c625-1846-43c6-a70a-894291075b2f/e188cd6e-7601-484d-929f-e2dcb0882e37-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/oaaMt6Q1ar4nm5xTNvppJ8359302732025-03-06T02:53:00.516Zchatgptsuperagencygenerative aiventure capitalbookYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cbWGbfdJoW7HTTqbo7Dzdehttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/c754f70f-01d8-4e60-9df5-5b44d4fb0083.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 53 - Linguists Versus 'AI' Speech Analysis (with Nicole Hol...Measuring your talk time? Counting your filler words? What about "analyzing" your "emotions"? Companies that push LLM technology to surveil and summarize video meetings are increasingly offering to (purportedly) analyze your participation and assign your speech some metrics, all in the name of "productivity". Sociolinguist Nicole Holliday joins Alex and Emily to take apart claims about these "AI" meeting feedback tools, and reveal them to be just sparkling bossware, with little insight into how we talk. [Nicole Holliday](https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com/) is Acting Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of California-Berkeley. *Quick note: Our guest for this episode had some sound equipment issues, which unfortunately affected her audio quality.* *Main course*: [Read AI Review: This AI Reads Emotions During Video Calls](https://www.unite.ai/read-ai-review/) - [Marketing video for Read AI](https://youtu.be/ItsbFomatw4?si=9M5ru7ZjOjCbtnOQ) [Zoom rebrands existing and introduces new generative AI features](https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/05/zoom-rebrands-existing-and-intros-new-generative-ai-features/) - [Marketing video for Zoom Revenue Accelerator](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_x_gbCkvZI) [Speech analysis startup releases AI tool that simulates difficult job interview conversation](https://www.geekwire.com/2023/speech-analysis-startup-releases-ai-tool-that-simulates-difficult-job-interview-conversations/) *Fresh AI Hell*: [Amazon Echo will send all recordings to Amazon beginning March 28](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/03/everything-you-say-to-your-echo-will-be-sent-to-amazon-starting-on-march-28/) [Trump’s NIST no longer concerned with “safety” or “fairness”](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-safety-institute-new-directive-america-first/) [Reporter Kevin Roose is feeling the bullshit](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/technology/why-im-feeling-the-agi.html) [UW’s eScience institute pushing “AI” for in...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5a9bab25-0fd5-4209-b036-c71e20da35d1/7ea87b9b-0420-41d0-8fe7-3da55f2530b7-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/cbWGbfdJoW7HTTqbo7Dzde361952872025-03-22T02:04:42.706Zlanguageaiartificial intelligencespeech analysiszoomYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4Z3m4n6c6vtCJUPDn4nVkfhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9be6c7cd-d821-496b-99be-0e5d910522de.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 54 - "AI" Agents, A Single Point of Failure (with Margaret ...After "AI" stopped meaning anything, the hype salesmen moved on to "AI" "agents", those allegedly indefatigable assistants, allegedly capable of operating your software for you -- whether you need to make a restaurant reservation, book a flight, or book a flight to a restaurant reservation. Hugging Face's [Margaret Mitchell](https://huggingface.co/meg) joins Emily and Alex to help break down what agents actually are, and what to actually worry about. **References**: [PwC launches AI agent operating system to revolutionize AI workflows for enterprises](https://www.pwc.com/us/en/about-us/newsroom/press-releases/pwc-launches-ai-agent-operating-system-enterprises.html) [An Open-Source AI Agent for Doing Tasks on the Web](https://hai.stanford.edu/news/an-open-source-ai-agent-for-doing-tasks-on-the-web) [Scale AI announces multimillion-dollar defense deal, a major step in U.S. military automation](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/05/scale-ai-announces-multimillion-dollar-defense-military-deal.html) Other references: [Why handing over total control to AI agents would be a huge mistake](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/24/1113647/why-handing-over-total-control-to-ai-agents-would-be-a-huge-mistake/) [Fully Autonomous AI Agents Should Not be Developed](https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02649) Bender vs. Bubeck: [The Great Chatbot Debate: Do LLMs Really Understand?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtIQVaSS5Pg) [Democratize art](https://bsky.app/profile/alepresser.com/post/3llocpwkicc2w) **Fresh AI Hell**: [DOGE suggests replacing workers with "AI" (of course)](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonwingard/2025/03/10/musk-replacing-workers-with-ai-should-you-be-worried/) [Vape, or the tamagotchi gets it](https://futurism.com/vape-tamagotchi) - Via [@maaikeverbruggen](https://bsky.app/profile/maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social/post/3lllvrhuazc2d) ["AI" for psychotherapy, still bad, still hyped](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/kasper-benjamin-reimer-bj%C...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/204241ac-7113-4304-984c-c91bb98fb428/52bbff6e-5d21-4f65-bc57-76805d3b78c6-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/4Z3m4n6c6vtCJUPDn4nVkf373154002025-04-12T21:55:02.042Zai agentsagentic aillmspwcartificial intelligenceYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/kp4ytCCyYDjaDWtKBUv9CWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/41ba4eaa-0874-4016-966d-8fc5fe3c8c95.jpgImagining Possible Futures: Decentralized, Locally-Tailored TechnologyThrough our [Possible Futures blog series](https://dair-institute.org/blog), we are exploring what the world can look like when technology is designed and deployed for the benefit of all. These broad, near-future speculative pieces are designed to de-center dominant narratives and challenge us all to realize that things can be different. These are not alternative realities; they are possible futures. We celebrated the power of these possibilities in an event on Friday, April 11, 2025. This panel featured DAIR's Nyalleng Moorosi, Meron Estefanos, and Asmelash Teka Hadgu, with moderation from Timnit Gebru.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/9d15ef65-4e57-4bd9-8847-9848d4262866/4ca10bf3-b47e-4581-8a0f-06db5089d252-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/kp4ytCCyYDjaDWtKBUv9CW33635882025-04-12T22:16:33.273Zpossible futurestechnologyaiai ethicsdecentralized techYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/6qHyQGzvqq7q3YMhW1sYZQhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/07a88390-0999-4533-8cd1-c8fbe3e802a9.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 55 - AI Hell in a HandbasketIt's been 4 months since we've cleared the backlog of Fresh AI Hell and the bullshit is coming in almost too fast to keep up with. But between a page full of awkward unicorns and a seeming slowdown in data center demand, Alex and Emily have more good news than usual to accompany this round of catharsis. *AI Hell*: [LLM processing like human language processing (not)](https://research.google/blog/deciphering-language-processing-in-the-human-brain-through-llm-representations/) [Jack Clark predicting AGI](https://x.com/jackclarkSF/status/1904611852845465840) [Sebastian Bubeck says predictions in "sparks" paper have already come true](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sebastien-bubeck-6b558a1a5_the-great-chatbot-debate-activity-7309954054317613056-6wU9/) [WIRED puff piece on the Amodeis](https://www.wired.com/story/anthropic-benevolent-artificial-intelligence/) [Foundation agents & leaning in to the computational metaphor (Fig 1, p14)](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2504.01990) Chaser: [Trying to recreate the GPT unicorn](https://gpt-unicorn.adamkdean.co.uk/) [The WSJ has an AI bot for all your tax questions](https://www.wsj.com/personal-finance/taxes/taxes-tax-season-ai-chatbot-lars-ebf9b410?st=7K9Ps5&reflink=article_copyURL_share) [ChatGPT libel](https://futurism.com/man-chatgpt-murdered-children) [AOL.com uses autogenerated captions about attempted murder](https://www.404media.co/aols-ai-image-captions-terribly-describe-attempted-murder/) [AI coding tools fix bugs by adding bugs](https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/19/ai-coding-tools-fix-bugs-by-adding-bugs/) ["We teach AGI to think, so you don't have to"](https://www.instagram.com/adsofsf/p/DCkC5zdyQIO/) - (from: [Turing.com](https://ww.turing.com)) [MAGA/DOGE paints teachers as glorified babysitters in push for AI](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-williamson-7a501b329_want-to-know-what-a-magadoge-inspired-and-activity-7309213589494468608-oBkU/) Chaser: [How we are NOT using AI in th...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/2bf128ec-aca1-425c-ae2a-a6390c98bd4a/a5e468f7-d131-4726-8b25-8d19190a92d3-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/6qHyQGzvqq7q3YMhW1sYZQ358753932025-04-19T21:31:09.945Zartificial intelligenceaichatgptgenerative aillmsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/9NTbauGHQ6BGXhnhDhuxtehttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/4d52cf2c-ebfe-4131-8e6e-344bfa8cd2e0.jpgImagining Possible Futures: Nobody Owns Our TechnofutureThrough our [Possible Futures blog series](https://dair-institute.org/blog), we are exploring what the world can look like when technology is designed and deployed for the benefit of all. These broad, near-future speculative pieces are designed to de-center dominant narratives and challenge us all to realize that things can be different. These are not alternative realities; they are possible futures. We celebrated the power of these possibilities in an event on Friday, April 11, 2025. This panel on the importance of imagination features DAIR's Adrienne Williams, Dylan Baker, and Pauline Wee, with moderation from Adio Dinika.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/4754dc4d-a619-48e6-8277-0a0d7ce6d987/58803d5b-0878-4f8c-8637-4ef8328c35bd-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/9NTbauGHQ6BGXhnhDhuxte35775932025-04-23T00:13:16.710Zimaginationtechartificial intelligencepossiblespeculativeYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/dtnQ9NUNQ7sGD479vJi3pPhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/15686f6a-ddcd-475a-a46a-2b1f324f1a0c.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 56 - AGI: "Imminent", "Inevitable", and InaneEmily and Alex pore through an elaborate science fiction scenario about the "inevitability" of Artificial General Intelligence or AGI by the year 2027 - which rests atop a foundation of [TESCREAL](https://dair-institute.org/tescreal) nonsense, and Sinophobia to boot. *References*: [AI 2027](https://ai-2027.com/) *Fresh AI Hell*: [AI persona bots for undercover cops](https://www.404media.co/this-college-protester-isnt-real-its-an-ai-powered-undercover-bot-for-cops/) [Palantir heart eyes Keir Starmer](https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/palantir-boss-interview-keir-starmer-gets-ai) [Anti-vaxxers are grifting off the measles outbreak with AI-formulated supplements](https://www.wired.com/story/antivax-grift-measles-crisis-bioweapon/) [The cost, environmental and otherwise, of being polite to ChatGPT](https://futurism.com/altman-please-thanks-chatgpt) [Actors who sold voice & likeness find it used for scams](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/regrets-actors-who-sold-ai-avatars-stuck-in-black-mirror-esque-dystopia/) [Addictive tendencies and ChatGPT (satire)](https://bsky.app/profile/jrosenbaum.com.au/) ***** You can check out future streams at on [Twitch](http://twitch.tv/dair_institute), and [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/) for future episodes. Our book, 'The AI Con,' is out! [Get your copy now](https://thecon.ai/). Follow Emily: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender) Follow Alex: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@alex) Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/650032f5-0ae6-44e9-bfa7-e7c8a72e7a15/bcbce676-2029-466b-ae29-937c47381fa2-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/dtnQ9NUNQ7sGD479vJi3pP387354742025-05-08T12:45:26.056Zchatgptartificial intelligenceagilarge language modelsaiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/6mkLAw9TPRwayh9PbrDPu7https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9a905f23-b36c-4079-8146-094451330bc1.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 57 - The "AI"-Enabled Immigration PanopticonThis week, Alex and Emily talk with anthropologist and immigration lawyer Petra Molnar about the dehumanizing hype of border-enforcement tech. From hoovering up data to hunt anyone of ambiguous citizenship status, to running surveillance of physical borders themselves, "AI" tech is everywhere in the enforcement of national borders. And as companies ranging from Amazon, to NSO Group, to Palantir all profit, this widening of automation threatens a future of faceless human rights violations with no attempts at accountability of any kind. **[Petra Molnar](https://www.petramolnar.com/about)** is associate director of York University's [Refugee Law Lab](https://refugeelab.ca/), and a faculty associate for [the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society](https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/petra-molnar) at Harvard University. She's also the author of the book *[The Walls Have Eyes: Surviving immigration in the age of artificial intelligence](https://thenewpress.org/books/the-walls-have-eyes/)*. *References*: Department of Homeland Security: [Robot Dogs Take Another Step Towards Deployment at the Border](https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/news/2022/02/01/feature-article-robot-dogs-take-another-step-towards-deployment) [Leaked: Palantir’s Plan to Help ICE Deport People](https://www.404media.co/leaked-palantirs-plan-to-help-ice-deport-people/) [Athens prepares to host DEFEA 2025, a major hub for international defence cooperation](https://defence-industry.eu/athens-prepares-to-host-defea-2025-a-major-hub-for-international-defence-cooperation/) *Fresh AI Hell*: [Meta served teen girls beauty product ads whenever they deleted selfies](https://futurism.com/facebook-beauty-targeted-ads) [Dating app/luxury surveillance leaks personal info](https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/02/dating-app-raw-exposed-users-location-data-personal-information/) ["AI" for subway crime prediction](https://gothamist.com/news/mta-wants-ai-to-flag-problematic-behavior-in-...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/2b54c06f-d64b-4541-897a-be664453e452/e83b82a2-f0de-4e8d-8ad0-dec45d5c0665-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/6mkLAw9TPRwayh9PbrDPu7377952192025-05-18T18:26:07.388Zimmigrationhuman rightsartificial intelligencesurveillancefacial recognitionYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/fZ6JesheyrorQhAEn5LFY5https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a40dabfb-f017-4282-8b32-97d77737e021.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 58 - "Like Magic Intelligence in the Cloud"Because Sam Altman hates opening his laptop, OpenAI is merging with iPhone guy Jony Ive's design firm in the name of some mysterious new ChatGPT-enabled consumer products: Alex and Emily go full Mystery Science Theater and dissect the announcement video. Plus how tech billionaires like Sam Altman mythologize San Francisco while their money makes it less livable for everyone else. *References*: [Sam Altman and Jony Ive are merging (Video)](https://x.com/sama/status/1925242282523103408) [Emplacedness, real estate, and gentrification in San Francisco](https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/29/jony-ive-buys-up-jackson-square-properties/) [Anthropic? More like anthropomorphic](https://x.com/sleepinyourhat/status/1925593968617955754) [Karen Hao on her new book "Empire of AI" in conversation with Alex and Emily](https://datasociety.net/events/challenging-ai-hype-and-tech-industry-power) *Fresh AI Hell*: [Don't use ChatGPT to summon demons](https://bsky.app/profile/microsff.com/post/3lprwvm4ijk2n) [AI prompts accidentally left in novels](https://www.404media.co/authors-are-accidentally-leaving-ai-prompts-in-their-novels/) ["AI" tutors are teaching fentanyl recipes](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2025/05/12/these-ai-tutors-for-kids-gave-fentanyl-recipes-and-dangerous-diet-advice/) [xAI's data center polluting Memphis with unpermitted methane generators](https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/06/elon-musk-xai-memphis-gas-turbines-air-pollution-permits-00317582) [Gemini's on Bluesky - block it](https://bsky.app/profile/princejvstin.com/post/3lp7thz3a5k2j) [Family uses "AI" generated avatar to give victim impact statement](https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/chandler/family-uses-ai-to-create-video-for-deadly-chandler-road-rage-victims-own-impact-statement#google_vignette) [The market for "AI friends"? Lonely losers](https://bsky.app/profile/stupidartpunk.bsky.social/post/3lpwy6ohmbs2r) [No, LGBTESCREAL isn't a th...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/7958ddc0-9394-4a39-9901-94dde322acf0/8572a957-1f00-4f1d-9438-a836414f3f6b-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/fZ6JesheyrorQhAEn5LFY5365054002025-06-15T17:18:54.133Zai hypeartificial intelligencechatgptethicsopenaiYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/mfmczAKC5JmbCDjjRkekQWhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/e23d12ff-17d2-470a-82cf-0469121b3f5f.jpgWhy "AI" Is a Con: Our Book Launch! (feat. Vauhini Vara)It's finally here! *[The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech's Hype and Create the Future We Want](https://thecon.ai)* hit the shelves in May. In this special bonus episode, Alex and Emily speak to tech journalist Vauhini Vara at one of the book's online launch events, where they covered the misleading nature of the term "artificial intelligence," why the use of tools like ChatGPT will only ever cheapen human labor and enrich the already powerful, and how people can fight the narrative that these technologies are inevitable. [Vauhini Vara](https://www.vauhinivara.com/) is a technology reporter and writer. Her journalism has been honored by the Asian American Journalists Association, the International Center for Journalists, the McGraw Center for Business Journalism, and others. Her latest book is *[Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/745381/searches-by-vauhini-vara/)*, a work of journalism and memoir about how big technology companies are exploiting human communication — and how we’re complicit in this. *References* [Everyone is cheating their way through college (with ChatGPT)](https://archive.ph/RdxJC) *[The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World](https://www.allisonpugh.com/the-last-human-job)* by Allison Pugh [Te Hiku Media](https://tehiku.nz/) *[Resisting AI: An Anti-fascist Approach to Artificial Intelligence ](https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/resisting-ai)* by Dan McQuillan [Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies](https://refusinggenai.wordpress.com/what-is-refusal/) [Pennsylvania's SEIU Local 668 wins a victory against AI](https://inthepublicinterest.org/privatization-report-4-15-2025/) [Elon Musk's xAI is polluting Black Memphis residents](https://prismreports.org/2025/04/02/xai-elon-musk-memphis-pollution/) [Possible Futures: An Internet for Our Elders](https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/elders/) [Better Images of AI](https://betterimagesofai.org/) ...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/a3f7a26b-7403-491f-bb09-2ec2b8da171a/8bb8933e-4bba-4cc0-bcb0-a6325b3c343a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/mfmczAKC5JmbCDjjRkekQW458353482025-06-29T19:11:28.763Zbookartificial intelligencehypeaichatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/iBDL94xiZupurBfuhxHDtihttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/db8a51e7-2a7c-49a5-a8f9-ae8b9fe9dad7.jpgImagining More: A Candid Convo About the Future of the Black Web ExperienceWhat is decentralized social media? What is the Fediverse? What is BlackSky? In this event co-hosted with heuristic instruments, our panelists discuss their vision for the future of the Black web experience. **[Catt Small](https://cattsmall.com)** is a game maker, and developer. She has worked with companies of all sizes including Asana, Etsy, and SoundCloud. She started programming interactive games around the age of 10 and has been going ever since. In her spare time, Catt makes awkward video games, writes, and draws artwork of all kinds. You can view her work at [cattsmall.com](http://cattsmall.com/). **Ra'il I'Nasah Kiam** is an activist, [artist](https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/arteverybody/episodes/IMMERSE-Featured-Artist-INasah-Crockett--part-1-e1735rg) and independent scholar from Atlanta who was one of the first people that [identified the growing online threat of white nationalism and hate organizing](https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/black-feminists-alt-right-twitter-gamergate.html) in online spaces. They continue this work in the fediverse. **Rudy Fraser** is a technologist, community organizer, and founder of [Blacksky Algorithms](https://www.blackskyweb.xyz/), where he builds decentralized social media infrastructure that prioritizes community-driven safety, data ownership, and interoperability. As a Fellow at the Applied Social Media Lab at Harvard’s [Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society](https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/rudy-fraser), he advances research and development on technology that empowers marginalized communities, particularly Black users. **[Roland X. Pulliam](https://roiskinda.cool/)** (moderator) is a creative technologist with over 20 years of professional graphic design and web development experience that he has used to create experiences for clients like BMW, Toyota and the University of Belize. After founding Play Vicious in 2017, he discovered a need for more robust safety and moderation tools for in...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/8ea5a904-65a5-4825-80c9-b0e5023d62bb/91399fee-7ff9-4447-84d3-ccc8cc616b68-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/iBDL94xiZupurBfuhxHDti58025632025-06-29T21:41:04.045Zinternetracesocial mediaracial justicefediverseYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/rawMsrLdNTVhpC5BNRfDBchttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/525fca40-0d7b-4f8a-82b7-704e88d66956.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 59 - Et Tu, American Federation of Teachers?The chatbot boosters are looking for educators to play brand ambassador for more intrusion of so-called "AI" into the classroom. From the American Federation of Teachers' new partnership with OpenAI and Microsoft for a "national academy for AI instruction" to yet more articles extolling the alleged time-saving and future-proofing virtues of LLM-powered ed tech, the hype can feel relentless. Charles Logan joins Alex and Emily for a critical look at the latest propaganda for "AI" in the classroom. **[Charles Logan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleswlogan)** is a former English teacher and current PhD candidate in Learning Sciences at Northwestern University. *References*: [Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.](https://archive.ph/ThjPA) [AI isn’t replacing student writing – but it is reshaping it](https://theconversation.com/ai-isnt-replacing-student-writing-but-it-is-reshaping-it-254878) [AFT to Launch National Academy for AI Instruction with Microsoft, OpenAI, Anthropic and United Federation of Teachers ](https://www.aft.org/press-release/aft-launch-national-academy-ai-instruction-microsoft-openai-anthropic-and-united) *Also referenced*: [Tressie McMillan Cottom on "predatory inclusion"](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2332649220949473) [Daniel Greene's "The Access Doctrine"](https://logicmag.io/distribution/the-access-doctrine/) [The Group Chats that Changed America](https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america) *Fresh AI Hell*: [Missouri AG investigating why chatbots don’t like Trump](https://www.theverge.com/news/704851/missouri-ag-andrew-bailey-investigation-ai-chatbots-trump-ranking) [Gig workers calling ICE on other undocumented gig workers](https://sourcenm.com/2025/07/11/resentment-against-albuquerque-deliveristas-may-have-sparked-viral-walmart-ice-arrest/) [Tech billionaire Trump adviser Marc Andreessen says universities will ‘pay the price’ for DEI](https://arch...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/cbc921ae-c616-481c-9588-2cc9fc4a55ed/5d878e00-204b-4398-a4b0-e1f674cd4d53-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/rawMsrLdNTVhpC5BNRfDBc368752492025-07-17T01:39:13.940Zartificial intelligenceeducationai hypeopenaiteachersYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/m5Hb4QbhZWkssGu4kmWbgThttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/9ccb1988-2071-450a-a4ae-c601d061c2ff.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 60 - Vibe Coding: Four Security Nightmares in a Trenchcoat ...After many months of making fun of the term "vibe coding," Emily and Alex tackle the LLMs-as-coders fad head-on, with help from security researcher Susanna Cox. From one person's screed that proclaims everyone *not* on the vibe-coding bandwagon to be crazy, to the grandiose claim that LLMs could be the "opposable thumb" of the entire world of computing. It's big yikes, all around. [Susanna Cox](https://anglesofattack.io/about.html) is a consulting AI security researcher and a member of the core author team at OWASP AI Exchange. *References*: [My AI Skeptic Friends Are All Nuts](https://fly.io/blog/youre-all-nuts/) [LLMs: the opposable thumb of computing](https://networkgames.fyi/llms-the-opposable-thumb-of-computing) [A disastrous day in the life of a vibe coder](https://xcancel.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802) *Also referenced*: [Signal president Meredith Whittaker on the fundamental security problem with agentic AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY8cd2YMdI4) [The "S" in MCP stands for security](https://elenacross7.medium.com/%EF%B8%8F-the-s-in-mcp-stands-for-security-91407b33ed6b) [Our Opinions Are Correct: The Turing Test is Bullshit](https://www.ouropinionsarecorrect.com/shownotes/2024/4/4/the-turing-test-is-bullshit-walex-hanna-and-emily-m-bender) *AI Hell*: [Sam Altman: The (gentle) singularity is already here](https://blog.samaltman.com/the-gentle-singularity) [What do the boosters think reading is, anyway?](https://bsky.app/profile/courtneymilan.com/post/3lrocp5ydfs2o) [Meta's climate model made up fake CO2 removal ideas](https://archive.md/8sYNv) [Ongoing lawsuit means all your ChatGPT conversations will be saved](https://mashable.com/article/court-orders-openai-to-save-all-chatgpt-chats) ["Dance like you're part of the training set"](https://bsky.app/profile/markriedl.bsky.social/post/3ls4w27mskc2j) [Some Guy tries to mansplain Signal to…Signal's president](https://bsky.app/profile/klonick.bsky.s...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/a29f1f54-7f51-473a-a885-df172f161051/d22baef7-f795-4468-89a5-41da90720cb8-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/m5Hb4QbhZWkssGu4kmWbgT354254372025-08-13T15:16:17.337Zai hypevibe codingllmprogrammingartificial intelligenceYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/e9kemCJ4JGQdDNG7Ep5Kn6https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/3a8a7261-b7c5-43f9-a8c8-2a0cb41f16a3.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 61 - Winning the Race to Hell (with Sarah Myers West and Ka...Trump’s “AI Action Plan” is his latest attempt to turn AI hype into official national policy. Kate Brennan and Sarah Myers West, of the AI Now Institute, join us to dig through this pile of deregulatory gifts to Big Tech. [Dr. Sarah Myers West](https://bsky.app/profile/smw.bsky.social) is co-executive director of the AI Now Institute, and a former senior advisor on AI for the FTC. [Dr. Kate Brennan](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qlicby65lynpg3o22gpkn7xi) is associate director of the AI Now Institute, where she spearheads their policy work, informed by a doctorate in law and years of experience in the tech industry. *References:* [Winning the Race: America’s AI Action Plan](https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Americas-AI-Action-Plan.pdf) *Also Referenced:* [People’s AI Action Plan](https://peoplesaiaction.com/about) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Medical Pros Risk Malpractice Suits by Avoiding AI Innovation](https://news.bloomberglaw.com/artificial-intelligence/medical-pros-risk-malpractice-suits-by-avoiding-ai-innovation) [Google search’s next cash cow](https://www.semafor.com/article/06/25/2025/why-ai-powered-search-is-going-to-dominate-the-future-of-the-ad-tech-industry) [AI Is Coming for the Consultants. Inside McKinsey, ‘This Is Existential.’](https://archive.ph/8JrJ2) [The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die](https://archive.ph/jM83N) [Amazon’s Alexa Fund Invests in ‘Netflix of AI’ Start-Up Fable, Which Launches Showrunner: A Tool for User-Directed TV Shows](https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/netflix-of-ai-amazon-invests-fable-showrunner-launch-1236471989/) [In federal lawsuit, students allege Lawrence school district’s AI surveillance tool violates their rights](https://lawrencekstimes.com/2025/08/01/usd497-gaggle-lawsuit-filed/) Check out future streams on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute). Meanwhile, [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/). O...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/6a709a93-aacd-4ecc-90ae-d41e76ab6e23/6f78330a-7c05-4388-9887-456977f117a0-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/e9kemCJ4JGQdDNG7Ep5Kn6362653522025-08-22T18:13:33.496Zai hypeartificial intelligenceaccelerationismtrump administrationbig techYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/2FcDGV6PM1PDqeJJW8enFAhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/561de0d9-1b96-419b-9b7c-13996f0127ba.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 62 - The Robo-Therapist Will See You Now (with Maggie Harri...Talking to chatbots can have serious mental health consequences — fueling delusions and leading users away from consensus reality. Futurism writer Maggie Harrison Dupré joins us to unpack the hype around AI therapists, based on her groundbreaking reporting on "AI psychosis." [Maggie Harrison Dupré](https://www.maggieharrisondupre.com/) is an award-winning tech journalist at Futurism who’s reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping media, information, humans, and our real and digital lives. *References:* [How AI Is Expanding The Mental Health Market](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2024/06/25/how-ai-is-expanding-the-mental-health-market/) [He Had Dangerous Delusions. ChatGPT Admitted It Made Them Worse.](https://archive.ph/gsavP) [OpenAI: What we're optimizing ChatGPT for](https://openai.com/index/how-we%27re-optimizing-chatgpt/) *Also Referenced:* [Gov Pritzker Signs Legislation Prohibiting AI Therapy in Illinois](https://idfpr.illinois.gov/news/2025/gov-pritzker-signs-state-leg-prohibiting-ai-therapy-in-il.html) [People Are Becoming Obsessed with ChatGPT and Spiraling Into Severe Delusions](https://futurism.com/chatgpt-mental-health-crises) [Stanford: New study warns of risks in AI mental health tools](https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/06/ai-mental-health-care-tools-dangers-risks) *Fresh AI Hell:* [Bluesky post about DEI by chatbot](https://bsky.app/profile/basedranchdressing.bsky.social/post/3lw5bmtyuss2e) [How AI is being used by police departments to help draft reports](https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/tech/ai-police-reports-axon) [Politico's recent AI experiments shouldn't be subject to newsroom editorial standards, its editors testify](https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/politicos-recent-ai-experiments-shouldnt-be-subject-to-newsroom-editorial-standards-its-editors-testify/) [UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought](https://www.404...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/0d925347-de64-4095-861d-1645f73524a4/e2c8e364-47ea-47c2-a1ec-174066c8755a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/2FcDGV6PM1PDqeJJW8enFA348753202025-09-04T21:36:20.978Zai psychosismental healthai hypeartificial intelligencechatgptYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/9CXmjrGvFhKxY2GgtkJe5Mhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/a85bacf3-fdeb-4246-b1b8-3eadc14f3d5a.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 63 - Three Years of Ridicule as PraxisIt's Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000's third birthday! To celebrate, Emily and Alex respond to listener questions about the show, and reflect on the past and future of AI hype. Topics range from how to talk to your kids about LLMs, to what the MAIHT3k birthday cake looks like. *Artifacts referenced:* - [AI and the Everything in the Whole Wide World Benchmark](https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.15366) - [Data and its (dis)contents](https://arxiv.org/abs/2012.05345) - [Stochastic Parrots Day](https://www.dair-institute.org/stochastic-parrots-day/) - [Dr. Casey Fiesler on TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@professorcasey) - [Dr. Nicole Holliday on TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mixedlinguist) - [Alex and Emily’s media appearances about *The AI Con*](https://thecon.ai/news/) - [Emily and Alex on The Data Fix with Dr. Mél Hogan](https://shows.acast.com/the-data-fix/episodes/con-with-emily-m-bender-and-alex-hanna) - [Emily’s interview with Dr. Carl Rhodes](https://pod.link/1760672339/episode/NTlkODhlZjYtNWUzNC00Mzc4LTllM2YtZDdlNjZjMDdiZmM3) - [*Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire*](https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinking-rich) - [October 21st event for *The AI Con*](https://www.washington.edu/lectures/events/the-ai-con-book-talk-presented-by-the-office-of-public-lectures/) - [FAccT AI Workers’ Inquiry Panel](https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/q4WbXsModA21S1RiZm1SW2) - [Emily’s presentation at UNESCO Digital Learning Week](https://www.youtube.com/live/l-OWi6VoMng?t=4250s) — Paper version on pp.41-45 [here](https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000395236) - [A Teen Was Suicidal. ChatGPT Was the Friend He Confided In.](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/technology/chatgpt-openai-suicide.html) *Previous MAIHT3k episodes referenced:* - [Episode 1: “Can Machines Learn To Behave?”](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/12954384-episode-1-can-machines-learn-to-behave-part-1-august-31-2022) - [Episode 14: Henry Kissinger, Machin...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/45f1feef-66a5-46b4-82a8-6916468c9d49/6dc9b088-498d-4fe5-8786-95a4eab12c21-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/9CXmjrGvFhKxY2GgtkJe5M367951802025-09-25T19:51:09.478ZAI HYPEartificial intelligencellmschatgptAIYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/q4WbXsModA21S1RiZm1SW2https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/ff88a884-724e-4266-a013-7766e78b77e7.jpgAI Workers' Inquiry PanelThis is the recording of a panel which was part of the "AI Workers' Inquiry" workshop that DAIR, Collective Action in Tech (CAiT), and ACM Strike School held at the FAccT Conference in Athens, Greece, in June 2025. The panel, moderated by Michelle Bao, included: - Anna Iovine, Ziff Davis Creators Guild / NewsGuild of New York - Joan Kinyua, Data Labelers Association - Michelle Mahon, National Nurses United - Britt Paris, American Association of University Professors - Ben Harnett, New York Times Tech Guild You can learn more about the workshop at [https://ai-workers-inquiry.github.io/](https://ai-workers-inquiry.github.io/).https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/c2e7f449-7c80-4561-a20b-a1c4a3bcdbe5/82837028-e349-4321-a6ac-aef17c6322af-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/q4WbXsModA21S1RiZm1SW230915442025-09-25T20:26:54.522Zaiartificial intelligencelaborworkers inquiryYESDAIR EventsNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/a8L5gkaqx2ktdhKh4SLx8ohttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/c06dde9a-70e5-43db-8017-257dc2540a93.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 64 - Building Worlds Through Better Reading (with Reo Eveleth)Powerful AI boosters claim to love science fiction novels, but why do they always seem to take the wrong lessons from them? Reporter and writer Reo Eveleth joins us to discuss the ways tech leaders misuse storytelling, and how we can avoid their visions to imagine better futures. [Reo Eveleth](https://bsky.app/profile/reveleth.com) is a reporter, writer, and co-founder of [COYOTE Media Collective](https://www.coyotemedia.org/). They created the hit independent show Flash Forward, which they also turned into a book of the same name. Reo’s work has been nominated for a Peabody, an Emmy, and an Eisner Award. *References:* - [Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tech-billionaires-need-to-stop-trying-to-make-the-science-fiction-they-grew-up-on-real/) - [How New Science Fiction Could Help Us Improve AI](https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-new-science-fiction-could-help-us-improve-ai/) *Also Referenced:* - [Statement from the listed authors of Stochastic Parrots on the “AI pause” letter](https://www.dair-institute.org/blog/letter-statement-March2023/) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Stop Worrying About AI’s Return on Investment](https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-worrying-about-ais-return-on-investment-d5cbc822) - [The most radical act of feminism? Using AI](https://www.thetimes.com/us/news-today/article/the-most-radical-act-of-feminism-using-ai-gpx2nxtc3) - [Leader of Albania Pelted With Trash for Appointing AI-Powered Minister to Cabinet](https://futurism.com/albania-diella-ai-minister) - [The Human Cost of Every ChatGPT Query: Inside the Cobalt Mines That Power AI](https://aylgorith.com/cobalt-chatgpt-human-cost/) - [Altman on "AGI" and quantum gravity](https://x.com/slow_developer/status/1971323826332930336) - [OK Go - Impulse Purchase](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwzbIUffcR4) Correction: We misstated Lee Ostertag's name during the livestream for t...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/49f79d98-2e01-4543-9513-d0f08a940968/e08464f4-da06-4006-a5c5-b10703e5d881-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/a8L5gkaqx2ktdhKh4SLx8o357151982025-10-04T21:13:30.325Zai hypeartificial intelligencescience fictionspeculative fictiondystopiaYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/tr198GxFsg72eqRpfkRk1Chttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/46a06b7d-68d3-401e-8694-a6320670cacc.jpgFrom Data Workers to Data Workers: The Data Labelers AssociationWelcome to From Data Workers to Data Workers—the podcast that goes behind the scenes of the digital world to share the stories of the people who work tirelessly to keep our online spaces safe. I’m Omar, and today I’m joined by Aaliyah. Together, we bring you an inspiring story of resilience, solidarity, and change. Our colleagues in Nairobi, Kenya, face tremendous challenges but meet them with incredible strength and determination. As data labelers—the unsung heroes who help moderate and add crucial context to online content—they have achieved something extraordinary: the creation of the Data Labelers Association, a worker-led group fighting for better conditions and recognition. In this episode, we’ll hear directly from the leaders of this movement. We’ll explore how they overcame obstacles, built a community, and raised their voices for thousands of data labelers. We’ll also discuss what support they need from companies, governments, and the public to keep driving change. 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[Decca Muldowney](https://www.deccamuldowney.com/) is a journalist and writer who was our fact checker for [*The AI Con*](https://thecon.ai/). She's also a writer-in-residence and web editor at the [Distributed AI Research Institute](https://www.dair-institute.org/). *References:* - [An early AI pioneer shares how the "vibe coding" revolution could reshape data journalism](https://centerforhealthjournalism.org/our-work/insights/early-ai-pioneer-shares-how-vibe-coding-revolution-could-reshape-data-journalism) - [America's top companies keep talking about AI — but can't explain the upsides](https://archive.is/1T5vc) - [Analysis: 96.2% of Climate News Stories Don't Cover Animal Agriculture as a Pollution Source](https://sentientmedia.org/climate-news-analysis/) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Teen Sues Maker of Fake-Nude Software](https://archive.is/L9pXm) - [ChatGPT's Hail Mary: Chatbots You Can Fuck](https://archive.is/5OFSd) - [GitLaw announces "Vibe Lawyering"](https://bsky.app/profile/kathryntewson.bsky.social/post/3m2pjsildn22v) - [Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force](https://web.archive.org/web/20251019130257/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/us/salesforce-benioff-ice.html) - [Towns are saying no to AI data centers. One got sued over it.](https://archive.is/QdKBn) - [Rent a Cyber Friend will pay you to talk to strangers online](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/rent-a-cyber-friend-will-pay-you-to-talk-to-strangers-online-and-will-show-off-its-platform-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025/) - [The Wire's David Simon is over it](https://bsky.app/profile/junoryleejournalism.com/post/3m2qdqsffuk2w) Check out future streams on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute). Me...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/83e91b6a-1c9b-483e-a622-0eac528480ac/8ec848d3-f4cf-4632-9519-4797d1359564-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/hhKMYCzzJFM83dN4hJMqib353651982025-10-23T22:59:44.142Zai hypedata journalismdata analysisartificial intelligencellmsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cAQeEySzC32Zqfv3CaZ9qmhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/cbc3b998-f864-4a2d-84b1-bae63357edb7.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 66 - Drag It All To HellIt's been six months since our last all-Hell episode! In honor of Halloween season, we take a long journey into the very scary Fresh AI Hell mines. Topics include terrifying uses of AI in education, scientific research, and politics — plus, some delicious palate cleansers along the way. Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble: - [Why this analyst says the AI bubble is 17 times bigger than the dot-com bust](https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/18/business/ai-bubble-analyst-nightcap) - Also referenced: [AI Isn't a Superintelligence. It's a Market in Need of Disclosure.](https://www.techpolicy.press/ai-isnt-a-superintelligence-its-a-market-in-need-of-disclosure/) - [OpenAI's ChatGPT is so popular that almost no one will pay for it](https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/15/openais_chatgpt_popular_few_pay/) - [Meta lays off 600 from 'bloated' AI unit as Wang cements leadership](https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/meta-layoffs-ai.html) - [AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought](https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-data-centers-finances) - [Public universities anticipating data center-driven power outages](https://bsky.app/profile/kateclancy.bsky.social/post/3m35vtdi2ks2n) - Chaser: [Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/06/deloitte-to-pay-money-back-to-albanese-government-after-using-ai-in-440000-report) I Was a Teenage AI User: - ["AI" schools are "dead classrooms"](https://bsky.app/profile/ajaxsinger.bsky.social/post/3ly4hvyrres2w) - Also referenced: [NYT article](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/podcasts/hardfork-education-alpha-school.html) + [further reporting in Wired](https://www.wired.com/story/ai-teacher-inside-alpha-school/) - [Education report calling for ethical AI use contains over 15 fake sources](https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/education-report-calling-for-ethical-ai-use-contains-over-15-fake-sources/) - ['My son genui...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/5df18a28-de44-4042-b2cc-b9cbd662289c/29bf190b-149b-4e55-b642-897a8a172854-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/cAQeEySzC32Zqfv3CaZ9qm363152232025-11-04T22:03:18.966Zartificial intelligenceai hypellmsgenerative aiai bubbleYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/xt56PHSUeqdFYtV4tfJkodhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/60e971a2-69ce-4c9e-8cc0-934a7d47bfdb.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 67 - You Talked to Workers for This Labor Research... Right?Last month, Senate Democrats warned that “Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade.” Ironically, they used ChatGPT to come to that conclusion. DAIR Research Associate Sophie Song joins us to unpack the issues when self-professed worker advocates use chatbots for "research." [Sophie Song](https://www.dair-institute.org/team/sophie-song/) is a researcher, organizer, and advocate working at the intersection of tech and social justice. They’re a research associate at DAIR, where they're working with Alex on building the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. *References:* - [Senate report: AI and Automation Could Destroy Nearly 100 Million U.S Jobs in a Decade](https://www.sanders.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/10.6.2025-The-Big-Tech-Oligarchs-War-Against-Workers.pdf) - Also referenced: [MAIHT3k Episode 25: An LLM Says LLMs Can Do Your Job](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/14416779-episode-25-an-llm-says-llms-can-do-your-job-january-22-2024) - [Senator Sanders' AI Report Ignores the Data on AI and Inequality](https://www.aei.org/technology-and-innovation/senator-sanders-ai-report-ignores-the-data-on-ai-and-inequality/) - Also referenced: [Humlum paper: Large Language Models, Small Labor Market Effects](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d35e72fcff15f0001b48fc2/t/68d13fbb587c373658ad2b61/1758543803955/chatbots_sep25.pdf) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Tech companies compelling vibe coding](https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social/post/3m4g6eti5mk2m) - [arXiv is overwhelmed by LLM slop](https://bsky.app/profile/carnage4life.bsky.social/post/3m4ljbfrnrk2x) - Also referenced: [Emily's blog post: Scholarship should be open, inclusive and slow](https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/scholarship-should-be-open-inclusive-and-slow-15ab6ce1d74c) - ['Godfather of AI' says tech giants can't profit from their astronomical investments unless human labor is replaced](https://archive.is/EGBmB) - [If you want to satiate AI’s hunger for...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/fed2e83e-b189-4dab-8856-8411376d0e44/59200148-e539-4538-8584-02b1115ea07e-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/xt56PHSUeqdFYtV4tfJkod367051972025-11-24T22:51:21.717Zartificial intelligenceai hypellmschatgptlabor researchYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/1SXevXYdaDwvtWhRaqvgp6https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/12f05907-a3e1-49cd-b309-ec68972cc276.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 68 - This is What Algo-cracy Looks LikeTech leaders are pushing the idea that automation can strengthen democracy — but as usual, their bold suggestions are based on castles made of sand. Alex and Emily tear down some flimsy arguments for AI governance, exposing their incorrect assumptions about the democratic process. *References:* - ["This Is No Way to Rule a Country"](https://archive.is/vPAup) - ["Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide"](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/23/ai-use-strengthen-democracy) *Also referenced:* - [Collective Intelligence Project surveys](https://blog.cip.org/p/a-global-snapshot-of-trust-and-ai) - [Interview with CalMatters CEO](https://dicktofel.substack.com/p/bringing-digital-democracy-to-california) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Amazon introduces AI translation for Kindle authors](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/books-and-authors/amazon-kindle-translate-books-authors) - [Nature op ed recommends AI versions of Einstein, Bohr, and Feynman](https://bsky.app/profile/carlbergstrom.com/post/3m5f7g7hqec2b) - ["An AI Podcasting Machine Is Churning Out 3,000 Episodes a Week"](https://slashdot.org/story/25/11/17/2114208/an-ai-podcasting-machine-is-churning-out-3000-episodes-a-week) - [AI dating café to open in New York](https://www.instagram.com/p/DRP_XK5DDZu/) - [Recipe slop flooding social media](https://bsky.app/profile/rusty.todayintabs.com/post/3m6hr7lztac2g) - [AI slop about Autism published in Nature](https://bsky.app/profile/kyt-thatsme.bsky.social/post/3m6mhjszkik23) - [Upwork ad for fixing LLM editorial](https://www.upwork.com/freelance-jobs/apply/Editor-for-Letter-the-Editor-Guest-Editorial_~021993778245793585581/) - ["Hundreds of Chicago residents sign petition to pause robot delivery pilot program over safety concerns"](https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/north-side-residents-petition-pause-to-delivery-robots/) Check out future streams on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute). Meanwhile, [send us any A...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/071d3a21-8029-489e-ba7c-050cc6df3f3f/5796379a-1001-4acf-8f4d-2e7a69db738d-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/1SXevXYdaDwvtWhRaqvgp6384601762025-12-08T20:49:13.807Zaiartificial intelligencedemocracygovernment automationai hypeYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/cNdmpvRHXWCVeNT79woWJ1https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/990cf25a-5350-4e80-8a9f-78a4992f7bc4.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 69 - Defining AGI: Oops! All EugenicsThere's a new definition of artificial general intelligence in town, and unsurprisingly... it's bad! Alex and Emily rip up the tissue-paper-thin premises behind this latest attempt to define "intelligence." Plus, we discover that AI hypers love using logos that look like buttholes. *References:* - "A Definition of AGI" [landing page](https://www.agidefinition.ai/) and [paper-shaped object](https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.18212) *Fresh AI Hell:* - ["What If Sea Monkeys Constantly, Sometimes Dangerously, Bullshitted People"](https://bsky.app/profile/wolvendamien.bsky.social/post/3m6wqiwwjts2n) - [Doctronic, the "AI doctor"](https://www.doctronic.ai/) - [NIST reports companies cheat on "AI" evaluations](https://www.nist.gov/blogs/caisi-research-blog/cheating-ai-agent-evaluations) - ["Microsoft Lowers Sales Staff's Growth Targets For Newer AI Software"](https://archive.is/VNW2c) - ["PEN Guild wins landmark arbitration on AI protections"](https://wbng.org/2025/12/01/pen-guild-wins-landmark-arbitration-on-ai-protections/) - ["AI" assistant pop-up whack-a-mole](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/luizajarovsky_human-disempowerment-is-built-into-ai-by-activity-7395939980906225664-bjqT) Check out future streams on [Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/dair_institute). Meanwhile, [send us any AI Hell you see](https://thecon.ai/submit-fresh-ai-hell/). Our book, *The AI Con*, is out now! Get your copy [here](https://thecon.ai/). Subscribe to our newsletter [via Buttondown](https://buttondown.com/maiht3k). Follow Emily: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender) Follow Alex: [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social)/[Mastodon](https://dair-community.social/@alex) Music by Toby Menon. Artwork by [Naomi Pleasure-Park](https://naomipleasurepark.com/). 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Happy Hype-y New Year! *References:* - ["The Architects of AI Are TIME's 2025 Person of the Year"](https://time.com/7339685/person-of-the-year-2025-ai-architects/) - [Stanford AI Index Report](https://hai.stanford.edu/ai-index/2025-ai-index-report) *Also referenced:* - [Original "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper#/media/File:Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper_-_Charles_Clyde_Ebbets.jpg) - ["The Number of People Using AI at Work Is Suddenly Falling"](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/gen-ai-workplace-surveys) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Fresh AI Hell, Wrapped](https://buttondown.com/maiht3k/archive/fresh-ai-hell-wrapped/) - [Adobe for Education outputs sexualized images](https://bsky.app/profile/lbyock.bsky.social/post/3m7bhp2ccts23) - ["'Low Tech ChatGPT' on physical paper"](https://x.com/tomieinlove/status/1997855959847408049) - ["Springer Nature retracts, removes nearly 40 publications that trained neural networks on 'bonkers' dataset"](https://www.thetransmitter.org/retraction/exclusive-springer-nature-retracts-removes-nearly-40-publications-that-trained-neural-networks-on-bonkers-dataset/) - [Hologram lecturers and robot sandwich-makers](https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co/post/3m7k5ofgnk22p) - ["'ChatGPT for Doctors' Startup Doubles Valuation to $12 Billion as Revenue Surges"](https://archive.is/nW3KC) - [No more ideas. Need AIdeas!](https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/471918/ai-science-growth-deepmind-alphafold-chatgpt-google) - ["For the First Time, AI Analyzes Language as Well as a Human Expert"](https://www.wired.com/story/in-a-first-ai-models-analyze-language-as-well-as-a-human-expert/) - ["Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man’s Meta Smart Glasses on Subway"](http...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/d9e4fb04-3899-4b75-a100-0ef53fcd54b8/bdc5cd4a-b418-4fe3-b9ba-ae9d5ba41848-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/sUzA6ZCSW7bv16DGuwRg5L413052182026-01-09T22:57:51.526Zai hypeartificial intelligenceaiai hell2025YESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/don9QZAZgP6ZL1ZQzyc5M2https://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/1457f030-2de9-432b-b40a-ee7058da645a.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 71 - A Bad Case of Hype-itisMove over Dr. Google, Dr. ChatGPT is here, and it's even worse as a medical intervention! Alex and Emily scrub in to slice up some harmful new nonsense in the world of "AI" for medicine. What's the cure for an expensive and inaccessible health care system? One thing's for sure — it's not AI hype. *References:* - ["Stop Worrying, and Let A.I. Help Save Your Life"](https://archive.is/GAFla) - ["Introducing ChatGPT Health"](https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-health/) *Also referenced:* - ["No, I don't want an AI scribe to write my pulmonologist’s note"](https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/ai-scribes-artificial-intelligence-medicine-note-writing-physician-patient-relationship/) - ["The Danger of Intimate Algorithms"](https://www.publicbooks.org/the-danger-of-intimate-algorithms/) - [MAIHT3k Episode 62: The Robo-Therapist Will See You Now (with Maggie Harrison Dupré)](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/17792071) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Waymo files vague NHTSA report on crash that killed KitKat](https://bsky.app/profile/aniccia.bsky.social/post/3ma26desnwk2h) (See also: [NHTSA Standing General Order on Crash Reporting](https://www.nhtsa.gov/laws-regulations/standing-general-order-crash-reporting)) - ["Medical Schools Use AI Patients to Help With Clinical Training"](https://www.pymnts.com/news/artificial-intelligence/2026/medical-schools-use-ai-patients-to-help-with-clinical-training/) - ["What If Your Coffee Mug Knew Your Next Move? AI Researchers Made It Happen"](https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/robot-coffee-cups-self-driving-trivets-ai-researchers-made-it-happen/) - ["Monkeys are on the loose in St. Louis and AI is complicating efforts to capture them"](https://apnews.com/article/monkeys-st-louis-96c55834c7f17854cc4362db891ca8fa) - [Using LLMs to "infer race, ethnicity"](https://bsky.app/profile/johnholbein1.bsky.social/post/3mcd7ll3ofs2o) - [Tech CEOs hate ridicule as praxis!](https://bsky.app/profile/ketanjoshi.co/p...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/644d1003-2688-4ac6-bf26-ae3af4c0809b/55a92a5c-d9ff-429d-bac8-baebcaa7f82a-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/don9QZAZgP6ZL1ZQzyc5M2386152522026-02-10T03:59:06.700ZopenevidencehealthchatgptArtificial intelligencellmsYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/tJgaVZmiGwBb91CUZH84cjhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/89f8b961-54ad-4223-a81e-9cb2cb4124b1.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 72 - How the War Department Learned to Stop Worrying and Lo...AI boosters and the US military are engaged in a lethal love affair. Award-winning journalist Naomi Klein joins Emily and Alex to discuss how glitchy technology supports global imperialism — and vice versa. Plus, we explore which Dr. Strangelove characters are currently running the US war machine. [Naomi Klein](https://naomiklein.org/) is a columnist for The Guardian and the international bestselling author of nine books published in over 35 languages. Her new book, [*End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World*](https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374621407/endtimesfascism/), written with Astra Taylor, will be published in September 2026. *References:* - [War Department press release on GenAI.mil](https://www.war.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/4354916/the-war-department-unleashes-ai-on-new-genaimil-platform/) - [Old-school racism from Anduril CEO Palmer Luckey](https://x.com/palmerluckey/status/2013831417923567812) - ["How artificial intelligence is reshaping the future of war"](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5683359-artificial-intelligence-future-war/) *Previous MAIHT3k episodes referenced:* - [Episode 61: Winning the Race to Hell (with Sarah Myers West and Kate Brennan)](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/17713221) - [Episode 50: Petro-Masculinity Versus the Planet (with Tamara Kneese)](https://www.buzzsprout.com/2126417/episodes/16646605-petro-masculinity-versus-the-planet-with-tamara-kneese-2025-01-27) *Fresh AI Hell:* - ["Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog"](https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-police-report-frog) - ["Amazon outbids WA utility for one of nation's largest solar projects"](https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/climate-lab/amazon-outbids-wa-utility-for-one-of-nations-largest-solar-projects/) - ["AI data centers are forcing dirty 'peaker' power plants back into service"](https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/ai-data-centers-are...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/e08d54ee-084f-4cb0-8279-ded8e3be3844/cb33c5cd-2516-4b77-84f4-ce72388e5da3-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/tJgaVZmiGwBb91CUZH84cj363753482026-02-24T00:16:22.400Zartificial intelligencedepartment of warus militarybig technaomi kleinYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/qPEGvfyzAq1ZZv8R8MHi6khttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/3b9f8a18-707a-4b19-9a13-3e94368ea8ef.jpgMeron Estefanos Interviews YusraRefugees in data is a podcast by the Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Institute’s Refugees and AI Project. 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The project is called Refugees and Migrants Inquiry. In this project we try to find out what and how data are used on refugee and migrant communities, to inquire what consent and validity of data was discussed by host countries, and about the hardship they face.https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/21d95f1c-903f-487b-9c92-98dc73a52c15/034605a9-fa1b-4182-ad6c-f9aac36d9b7e-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/5bqXpin8ovCRs6aNkQeWJi40420212026-02-27T21:24:08.288ZYESBorders and Bits: Refugees In DataNOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/ggqiYcoWgw8p2ELsvzwfsJhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/91d9c428-79d2-45e1-b193-de544e87a18f.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 73 - Data Centers in Space!?Data centers are overburdening the planet, so tech billionaires have a new scheme — put 'em in space! Astrophysicist Dr. Adam Becker joins Alex and Emily to launch this plan into the sun. We unpack all the reasons that this hilariously terrible idea will never be viable outside of sci-fi-villain fantasies. [Dr. Adam Becker](https://freelanceastrophysicist.com/) is the author of *More Everything Forever*, a book about the terrible plans that tech billionaires have for the future and why they don't work. Keep an eye out for his new podcast, Dreaming Against the Machine, which is launching soon. *References:* - [SpaceX press release on "space-based AI"](https://www.spacex.com/updates#xai-joins-spacex) - ["How data centres in space sustainably enable the AI revolution"](https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/01/data-centres-space-ai-revolution/) *Also referenced:* - [Nvidia blog post on data centers in space](https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/starcloud/) - [Starcloud white paper](https://starcloudinc.github.io/wp.pdf) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Judge rules chatbots can't offer attorney-client privilege](https://bsky.app/profile/magidin.bsky.social/post/3mfrxqtsbzc2j) - ["RFK Jr's Nutrition Chatbot Recommends Best Foods to Insert Into Your Rectum"](https://www.404media.co/rfk-jrs-nutrition-chatbot-recommends-best-foods-to-insert-into-your-rectum/) - [AI company seeks writer who doesn't use LLMs](https://web.archive.org/web/20260212093023/https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/journalist-in-residence-at-the-ai-lab-4370448029/) - [Altman likens AI energy use to human nutritional needs](https://bsky.app/profile/x2y.tech/post/3mfeulapemk2d) - [SXSW promoting panel with "AI speaker"](https://bsky.app/profile/roryblank.bsky.social/post/3mex7yfybes2x) - [The agent-erati just want servants](https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:m4fvxlyv4gqpugzszzp4cjxf/post/3mewvmwa3lc23) - [News editor mad that journalism students don't want to use AI](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/7ba037c8-68b5-472d-8b14-f360c1a49566/37a17e94-deae-4577-9591-738ae1a89687-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/ggqiYcoWgw8p2ELsvzwfsJ378253292026-03-13T23:20:32.965Zai hypeartificial intelligencedata centersouter spacespacexYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/svmwd2rL2t9HyhTyMaCLqehttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/lazy-static/thumbnails/213e262d-db8c-4e3b-9f9a-178f007694d6.jpgMystery AI Hype Theater 3000, Episode 74 - Data Centers Go NuclearWe knew that the energy demands of data centers were preventing dirty energy sources from being sunsetted. Now hyperscalers are reaching even further, resurrecting Pennsylvania's infamous Three Mile Island. Emily and Alex are joined by Maia Woluchem and Dr. Livia Garofalo, who have researched the impacts of data center construction across PA. [Maia Woluchem](https://www.maia-woluchem.com/) and [Livia Garofalo](https://bsky.app/profile/livgar.bsky.social) are with the Trustworthy Infrastructures program at [Data & Society](https://datasociety.net/). Their latest article, "[Pennsylvania is perfect](https://newint.org/science-and-technology/2026/pennsylvania-perfect)," is part of the New Internationalist's [AI hype–themed issue](https://newint.org/issues/ai-people-behind-machine). *References:* - [Three Mile Island press release](https://www.constellationenergy.com/news/2024/Constellation-to-Launch-Crane-Clean-Energy-Center-Restoring-Jobs-and-Carbon-Free-Power-to-The-Grid.html) - [Senator McCormick press release about AI investments in Pennsylvania](https://www.mccormick.senate.gov/news/press-releases/fact-sheet-more-than-90-billion-in-investments-announced-at-senator-mccormicks-pennsylvania-energy-and-innovation-summit/) - [Senator McCormick’s wife Dina Powell McCormick named President at Meta](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/01/dina-powell-mccormick-joins-meta-as-president-and-vice-chairman/) *Fresh AI Hell:* - [Amazon's Bahrain data center reportedly targeted by Iran for support of U.S. military](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/04/amazon-bahrain-data-centers-targeted-iran-drone-strike.html) - ["Iran war heralds era of AI-powered bombing quicker than 'speed of thought'"](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/03/iran-war-heralds-era-of-ai-powered-bombing-quicker-than-speed-of-thought) - ["Meta's AI glasses reportedly send sensitive footage to human reviewers in Kenya"](https://www.theverge.com/tech/889637/meta-ai-smart-glasses-human-reviewers-...https://peertube-prod.us-southeast-1.linodeobjects.com/streaming-playlists/hls/d6a6d225-f87d-4b31-9174-5c36f3a95b7d/f5511f9f-b1da-4f6c-8215-189f522fc211-master.m3u8https://peertube.dair-institute.org/videos/embed/svmwd2rL2t9HyhTyMaCLqe37775702026-03-27T22:58:15.050Zartificial intelligencedata centersnuclear energypennsylvaniaHyperscaleYESMystery AI Hype Theater 3000NOhttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/introducing_dair/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/mystery_ai_hype_theater/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/events/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/data.workers.inquiry/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/general/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/c/refugeesindata/videoshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/a/alexhanna/video-channelshttps://peertube.dair-institute.org/a/dair/video-channels