Media and tech scholar. Teaches at USC Annenberg. Writes stuff for normal people too. Stings in a tribute band. Author of six books, with the latest being 'Mediating Plureality: Technology, Perception, and Ethics in a Divided Democracy'.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
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Once again it becomes clear that platforms are often run by people with engineering mindsets who know a lot about tech and nothing about life and reality.
Engineers need to be led by non-engineers or we're all gonna die.
Tomorrow, I will be teaching and discussing chapter 3 from @shannonvallor.bsky.social 's book 'The AI Mirror' with the students in my data/tech ethics course
I am more excited about it than anyone should be about work.
This is a really easy decision.
Losing the DoD and its affiliated orgs as clients for two and a half years is a pittance in revenue loss compared to losing public trust long into the future.
Public trust is an AI company's most valuable asset.
Googling "Gulf of Tonkin incident".
wapo.st/4aOSsto
In the early 90s, I saw that someone had written "Hab Hab Habermas" on a wall in Copenhagen. I had no idea what it meant.
I later majored in philosophy in college and found out. And it changed my view of democracy for good.
We need discourse ethics now more than ever. RIP.
HAB! HAB! HABERMAS!
Michael Pollan argues that AIs will never be conscious because computers are not lime brains.
Building on that, AIs will never be conscious because they don't have a reason to develop consciousness. Our survival drive cannot be simulated.
Why not just let AIs be AIs and not human-like?
@washingtonpost.com really is a tragic case.
This editorial board opinion claims with incredible ignorance that consumer power in markets is a better mechanism for innovation than government spending.
THERE WOULDN'T BE AN INTERNET, AI, OR COMPUTERS WERE IT NOT FOR THE GOVERNMENT, YOU IMBECILES!
If the rest of us have to live with crosses and other public advertisements for the oppressive force that is organized religion, Batman can damn well live with public symbols of natural human love.
Also, it's gotta suck to be named Batman when your sense of self is this fragile.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Morten Bay, Philosophiae Doctor.
Twin Cities' horrors continue though media has moved on. Families are still in hiding (schools w/virtual options till April), ICE still abducting people w/disregard for law, ongoing need for rent relief. Here's one hyper-local effort from my trusted colleague. Please RT even if you can't donate.
