mmitchell_ai

Interdisciplinary researcher focused on shaping AI towards long-term positive goals. Focusing on ML and ethics.
Opinions mine. =)

Last Notes

2024-06-24 14:49:49 GMT

Yesterday my much-loved aunt Maggie passed away. She was a force of nature, brilliant and thoughtful. A Hollywood metal artist who defined an aesthetic you're probably familiar with. Sharing a little video about her work on Star Trek & beyond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqqk7B44oAg

2023-09-15 17:33:25 GMT

NYT just posted a new job, Newsroom Generative AI Lead, to “lead the newsroom’s efforts to ambitiously and responsibly make use of generative artificial intelligence.”
https://nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/job/New-York-NY/Newsroom-Generative-AI-Lead_REQ-014906-1

2023-08-21 19:45:27 GMT

I'm struggling to care about AI. I feel alienated and depressed. I'm watching the priorities I've defined & developed solutions for ignored, while what I've warned & been most concerned about--and offered solutions for--play out in real time. Leaders have been hostile, demeaning.

2023-08-20 22:03:31 GMT

Hurricane and earthquake AT THE SAME TIME!
#VisitingLA #EndOfTheWorld

2023-08-12 20:53:46 GMT

WEB METADATA TO CONTROL LLM SCRAPING ACTUALLY BEING USED AS A THING YAAAY! Thanks for the reporting @npub1z60…d0y7 !
Also worth looking into ai.txt !
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/openai-details-how-to-keep-chatgpt-from-gobbling-up-website-data/

2023-08-04 19:33:15 GMT

Great piece from @npub1x76…2qpx and @npub1e0a…eww0!! "To effectively ensure accountability mechanisms, we need to examine who gets funding, which academic projects are legitimized, and who is given attention in debates around regulation."
https://techpolicy.press/ai-hurts-consumers-and-workers-and-isnt-intelligent/

2023-08-01 16:58:44 GMT

“Fundamentally speaking, if you do want to save the planet with AI, you have to consider also the environmental footprint [of AI first],” she says. “It doesn’t make sense to burn a forest and then use AI to track deforestation.”- @npub10s2…ljew ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/01/techscape-environment-cost-ai-artificial-intelligence

2023-07-30 17:37:23 GMT

Commitments "as solid as swiss cheese", encouraging "the equivalent of an oil spill into our information ecosystem." -- @npub1e0a…eww0 https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/ensuring-safe-secure-and-trustworthy-ai-what-those-seven-companies-avoided-committing-to-8c297f9d71a

2023-07-28 19:28:44 GMT

Tech ppl*, selling AI: AI learning is SUPERHUMAN learning!!
Also Tech ppl, faced with data liability: AI learning is exactly like human learning.
*#notalltechppl

2023-07-14 18:45:10 GMT

So I found this incredible lawyer + scholar at the intersection of AI, tech, ethics, and law and I can't hire them (though I desperately want to). Does anyone know of good job opportunities for someone with this unique and valuable skill set?

2023-07-10 20:03:24 GMT

I think the Threads logo is clever and exciting to my inner semiotician. Don't understand people knocking it (🧵 1/3).
1. It's hard to make an "instantly recognizable" non-linguistic+orthography-reminiscent symbol that doesn't yet exist -- Threads logo nails it.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/691/573/581/871/815/original/d28ef988d0ae05ce.png

2023-07-05 22:08:26 GMT

My alignment is bigger than yours.
https://openai.com/blog/introducing-superalignment

2023-06-06 16:10:48 GMT

I'm in an odd phase of my life where, when I wake up, I can't be 100% sure that I'm *not* going to be on TV/video that day.
It's really messing with my Pandemic Chic fashion. Like, do I wear this crap-o shirt and jeans so I can also garden in between meetings? Or do I need to like...volumize my hair?!?!?!