+- a4237e420cdb -- 109d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & | | privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra | | | | We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on | | pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent. | | | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANECpNdt-4 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANECpNdt-4
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+- a4237e420cdb -- 122d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Merry Christmas! May you enjoy the cinnamon nutmeg season as much as I do, | | with all the peace, major chord progressions, warm drinks, butterfat and | | sparkling this and that, whatever you believe, however work it ❤️🎄 | | | | 🎁 here's a great album to get your day going | | https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oscar+peterson+live+in+tokyo+1862 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Merry Christmas! May you enjoy the cinnamon nutmeg season as much as I do, with all the peace, major chord progressions, warm drinks, butterfat and sparkling this and that, whatever you believe, however work it ❤️🎄 🎁 here's a great album to get your day going https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oscar+peterson+live+in+tokyo+1862
+- a4237e420cdb -- 181d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyz73gacaft4fjfa8mpzn58z | | 94meaxpzx7sr6cqzext6kd00drm9gyyqtp37 No, because no modern and useful comms | | platform provides only text messaging. And if your platform doesn't provide | | normative features and functionality, people won't use it. And if they don't | | use it--even if you do--you can't use it either. The network effect rules | | communications effectiveness. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyz73gacaft4fjfa8mpzn58z94meaxpzx7sr6cqzext6kd00drm9gyyqtp37 No, because no modern and useful comms platform provides only text messaging. And if your platform doesn't provide normative features and functionality, people won't use it. And if they don't use it--even if you do--you can't use it either. The network effect rules communications effectiveness.
+- a4237e420cdb -- 181d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | To conclude: my silver lining hope is that AWS going down can be a learning | | moment, in which the risks of concentrating the nervous system of our world in | | the hands of a few players become very clear. And that this can help us craft | | ways of undoing this concentration and creating real choice ❤️ 13/ | | | +-- reply ---------------------------------------------------------- [1 reply] ---+To conclude: my silver lining hope is that AWS going down can be a learning moment, in which the risks of concentrating the nervous system of our world in the hands of a few players become very clear. And that this can help us craft ways of undoing this concentration and creating real choice ❤️ 13/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 181d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn | | that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption | | to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your | | comms). | | | | It’s also concerning. 1/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms). It’s also concerning. 1/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 188d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be | | related to a major AWS outage. Stand by. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
+- a4237e420cdb -- 202d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private | | message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private | | comms-& Signal-in the EU. | | | | Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians | | know how horrifying their reversal would be. | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/325/969/160/391/750/original/2c653bbe34e65965.png | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/325/969/172/169/700/original/e041bcfcab8a52c7.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/325/969/160/391/750/original/2c653bbe34e65965.png https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/325/969/172/169/700/original/e041bcfcab8a52c7.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 258d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon | | match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus | | back to my work & ideas. | | | | (Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, | | & you know who you are ❤️) | | | | https://archive.is/BtZD0 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/010/961/492/550/501/original/6b4b655169714bc5.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus back to my work & ideas. (Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️) https://archive.is/BtZD0 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/010/961/492/550/501/original/6b4b655169714bc5.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 289d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so. | | | | https://observer.com/2025/07/signal-meredith-whittaker-agentic-ai-risk/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Yes, I did sound the alarm on agentic AI's privacy threat, and rightly so. https://observer.com/2025/07/signal-meredith-whittaker-agentic-ai-risk/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 298d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | So happy to be joining Burda Media's board of directors! I love a steep | | learning curve, and this one--schooling up on media business models & | | opportunities to (re)shape media's relationship to tech--couldn't be more | | exciting & consequential. Thrilled to contribute ❤️ | | | | https://www.burda.com/en/news/meredith-whittaker-joins-burdas-board-directors/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+So happy to be joining Burda Media's board of directors! I love a steep learning curve, and this one--schooling up on media business models & opportunities to (re)shape media's relationship to tech--couldn't be more exciting & consequential. Thrilled to contribute ❤️ https://www.burda.com/en/news/meredith-whittaker-joins-burdas-board-directors/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 311d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Source: | | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/whatsapp-ai-helper-mistaken | | ly-shares-users-number | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Source: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/18/whatsapp-ai-helper-mistakenly-shares-users-number
+- a4237e420cdb -- 311d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' | | | | Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and | | unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️ | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 4/708/972/829/166/537/original/16c1b7d0b90a66fe.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️ https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/708/972/829/166/537/original/16c1b7d0b90a66fe.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 314d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the | | rest of the industry does. <3 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 4/693/745/217/544/725/original/7dbefe76d0d3e3e2.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/693/745/217/544/725/original/7dbefe76d0d3e3e2.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 327d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Happy pride month! Especially to my trans friends <3 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Happy pride month! Especially to my trans friends <3
+- a4237e420cdb -- 470d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwgskmwf6plze0jrp2h9y23z | | 84r5vang2p6wpah3t5ncwge5da89scf30mk | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwf6vcz4s9gges6xtv5k4vjt | | e5m2h7nf22ty78w7vqa3hc0qu349q7hz9x7 I'll be publishing the text with a | | bibliography soon (when I finish cleaning up the document) | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwgskmwf6plze0jrp2h9y23z84r5vang2p6wpah3t5ncwge5da89scf30mk nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqwf6vcz4s9gges6xtv5k4vjte5m2h7nf22ty78w7vqa3hc0qu349q7hz9x7 I'll be publishing the text with a bibliography soon (when I finish cleaning up the document)
+- a4237e420cdb -- 472d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjlj9lpmujuxmtn29rp2phu4 | | 6vvmjm4w66gj677dg30vqrhmpay5q0hp4mx Basically, I'm calling for this | | https://www.wired.com/story/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-big-tech/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqjlj9lpmujuxmtn29rp2phu46vvmjm4w66gj677dg30vqrhmpay5q0hp4mx Basically, I'm calling for this https://www.wired.com/story/the-beginning-of-the-end-of-big-tech/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 486d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Complete knowledge of the full majesty of universal creation in all its divine | | facets is when I own an island. | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/721/096/469/456/728/original/d4cc15f4c54f9256.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Complete knowledge of the full majesty of universal creation in all its divine facets is when I own an island. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/721/096/469/456/728/original/d4cc15f4c54f9256.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 510d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w AI hype is | | (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access | | & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. | | | | @sarahbmyers, @davidthewid & I correct the record👇 | | https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/583/684/033/681/847/original/b8bb78ce5bbee024.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @sarahbmyers, @davidthewid & I correct the record👇 https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/583/684/033/681/847/original/b8bb78ce5bbee024.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 524d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqxg94gccm0fj2qq2ng2jnl8t | | fzd3y9wewqf3eatgytq45zygvqmms5l35a5 I believe it will be recorded, but the CCC | | folks can confirm. I believe this because I have regularly gone back and | | watched old CCC talks. However, I don't know their heuristic for recording and | | publishing. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqxg94gccm0fj2qq2ng2jnl8tfzd3y9wewqf3eatgytq45zygvqmms5l35a5 I believe it will be recorded, but the CCC folks can confirm. I believe this because I have regularly gone back and watched old CCC talks. However, I don't know their heuristic for recording and publishing.
+- a4237e420cdb -- 524d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Anyone spending the brief liminal window between Christmas and Georgian new | | year in Hamburg, with the hackers, at CCC? | | | | I am! And I'll be presenting new research and a new talk ☺️ | | halfnarp.events.ccc.de | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/503/016/630/082/837/original/1d88f0043a155bca.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Anyone spending the brief liminal window between Christmas and Georgian new year in Hamburg, with the hackers, at CCC? I am! And I'll be presenting new research and a new talk ☺️ halfnarp.events.ccc.de https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/503/016/630/082/837/original/1d88f0043a155bca.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 525d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered... | | | | 1. Small AI models often perform better in context. | | | | 2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power | | concentration, to research capture. | | | | Me + | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4m5nu28anh99cmxqymavktv | | ahtzexknxstgtgedfqk9dv0r3sh3sx5c5h6 | | @sashaluccioni | | | | | | arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered... 1. Small AI models often perform better in context. 2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture. Me + nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq4m5nu28anh99cmxqymavktvahtzexknxstgtgedfqk9dv0r3sh3sx5c5h6 @sashaluccioni arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
+- a4237e420cdb -- 526d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqmtrxsghwrvhezzrrly7ugtc | | jfnmx4y6u665u5hw5e6nlq3evs7hsc5z7vf | | nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqqmlark5zym2u576hfmecfaa | | 2els8eln4rxls76z24l3g7pq48rvqk92wc8 I like the new one better, but I hear your | | view. I hope you get used to it over time :) | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqmtrxsghwrvhezzrrly7ugtcjfnmx4y6u665u5hw5e6nlq3evs7hsc5z7vf nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpqqmlark5zym2u576hfmecfaa2els8eln4rxls76z24l3g7pq48rvqk92wc8 I like the new one better, but I hear your view. I hope you get used to it over time :)
+- a4237e420cdb -- 567d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the "good guys" | | can use. | | | | When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation | | + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for | | effect. | | | | https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-l | | inked-hack-327fc63b?st=byoB7m | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the "good guys" can use. When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect. https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=byoB7m
+- a4237e420cdb -- 575d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | I loved talking to | | @madhumita29 | | for Lunch with the FT! We spoke on my personal journey through the enchanted | | forest of 2000s era-tech, why we must connect AI + surveillance, and the | | nascent rumblings of a better tech future that I see on the horizon. | | | | Come for that, stay for the portrait perfectly capturing "just off a redeye | | and powering through it" ♥️👇 | | | | https://ft.com/content/799b4fcf-2cf7-41d2-81b4-10d9ecdd83f6 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+I loved talking to @madhumita29 for Lunch with the FT! We spoke on my personal journey through the enchanted forest of 2000s era-tech, why we must connect AI + surveillance, and the nascent rumblings of a better tech future that I see on the horizon. Come for that, stay for the portrait perfectly capturing "just off a redeye and powering through it" ♥️👇 https://ft.com/content/799b4fcf-2cf7-41d2-81b4-10d9ecdd83f6
+- a4237e420cdb -- 578d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, | | @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad | | consequences and isn't necessary. | | | | 1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context | | | | And | | | | 2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate | | costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI | | research. | | | | All of this, and what we can do instead 👇 | | | | arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/197/086/235/242/904/original/35f70e3883458c9b.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad consequences and isn't necessary. 1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context And 2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI research. All of this, and what we can do instead 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/197/086/235/242/904/original/35f70e3883458c9b.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 597d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | This is so cool/kind | | | | (AND they're using machine learning to actually do the thing 'for humanity' | | that companies selling ML to the pharma industry claim it will , but that of | | course their version will not actually do, given the incentives♥️) | | | | https://www.404media.co/right-to-repair-for-your-body-the-rise-of-diy-pirated- | | medicine/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+This is so cool/kind (AND they're using machine learning to actually do the thing 'for humanity' that companies selling ML to the pharma industry claim it will , but that of course their version will not actually do, given the incentives♥️) https://www.404media.co/right-to-repair-for-your-body-the-rise-of-diy-pirated-medicine/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 606d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Such a delight to sit down with the great | | nostr:npub1fx7ywd0jwd4hnn274uc685uu3hmjzjylea9jxf29d5yztmg25gysfejv34 for a | | long engaged convo on surveillance, AI, my wild path through tech, and how by | | rejecting the toxic norm Signal provides a shining model for better, healthier | | tech futures♥️ | | | | https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Such a delight to sit down with the great nostr:npub1fx7ywd0jwd4hnn274uc685uu3hmjzjylea9jxf29d5yztmg25gysfejv34 for a long engaged convo on surveillance, AI, my wild path through tech, and how by rejecting the toxic norm Signal provides a shining model for better, healthier tech futures♥️ https://www.wired.com/story/meredith-whittaker-signal/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 618d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | "'I actually don’t know of a single provider of abortion services like these | | who has not encountered this problem [of payment platforms cancelling their | | accounts or holding their money].'” | | | | https://www.thepersistent.com/telemedicine-abortion-payment-providers/ | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+"'I actually don’t know of a single provider of abortion services like these who has not encountered this problem [of payment platforms cancelling their accounts or holding their money].'” https://www.thepersistent.com/telemedicine-abortion-payment-providers/
+- a4237e420cdb -- 656d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | We ask those who are serious about security and privacy to please engage us | | directly in the future, instead of resorting first to online claims that can | | confuse non-experts and lead people to make unsafe choices and develop | | inaccurate mental models based on scary language. We monitor | | security@signal.org carefully and respond to all legitimate reports. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+We ask those who are serious about security and privacy to please engage us directly in the future, instead of resorting first to online claims that can confuse non-experts and lead people to make unsafe choices and develop inaccurate mental models based on scary language. We monitor security@signal.org carefully and respond to all legitimate reports.
+- a4237e420cdb -- 656d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 2. We continue working to harden our desktop build across supported operating | | systems and take advantage of new platform capabilities as they emerge. Those | | of you following our repo can follow this work there. | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+2. We continue working to harden our desktop build across supported operating systems and take advantage of new platform capabilities as they emerge. Those of you following our repo can follow this work there.
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+- a4237e420cdb -- 109d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & | | privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra | | | | We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on | | pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent. | | | | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANECpNdt-4 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣 NEW w/@udbhav-tiwari.bsky.social Mapping the technical reality & privacy/security perils of pushing AI agents into our infra We offer palliatives, but the core issues are paradigmatic: 'agency' relies on pervasive data access + ability to act w/o explicit consent. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANECpNdt-4
+- a4237e420cdb -- 122d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Merry Christmas! May you enjoy the cinnamon nutmeg season as much as I do, | | with all the peace, major chord progressions, warm drinks, butterfat and | | sparkling this and that, whatever you believe, however work it ❤️🎄 | | | | 🎁 here's a great album to get your day going | | https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oscar+peterson+live+in+tokyo+1862 | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Merry Christmas! May you enjoy the cinnamon nutmeg season as much as I do, with all the peace, major chord progressions, warm drinks, butterfat and sparkling this and that, whatever you believe, however work it ❤️🎄 🎁 here's a great album to get your day going https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=oscar+peterson+live+in+tokyo+1862
+- a4237e420cdb -- 202d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private | | message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private | | comms-& Signal-in the EU. | | | | Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians | | know how horrifying their reversal would be. | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/325/969/160/391/750/original/2c653bbe34e65965.png | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/325/969/172/169/700/original/e041bcfcab8a52c7.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣 Germany's close to reversing its opposition to mass surveillance & private message scanning, & backing the Chat Control bill. This could end private comms-& Signal-in the EU. Time's short and they're counting on obscurity: please let German politicians know how horrifying their reversal would be. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/325/969/160/391/750/original/2c653bbe34e65965.png https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/325/969/172/169/700/original/e041bcfcab8a52c7.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 258d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon | | match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus | | back to my work & ideas. | | | | (Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, | | & you know who you are ❤️) | | | | https://archive.is/BtZD0 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 5/010/961/492/550/501/original/6b4b655169714bc5.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+New Sunday Times profile in which I succeed, like a fencer in a 2hr marathon match, in fending off Qs abt my personal life & consistently turning focus back to my work & ideas. (Contra the interviewer's claim, many ppl do know me! They're called friends, & you know who you are ❤️) https://archive.is/BtZD0 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/010/961/492/550/501/original/6b4b655169714bc5.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 311d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' | | | | Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and | | unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️ | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 4/708/972/829/166/537/original/16c1b7d0b90a66fe.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?' Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️ https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/708/972/829/166/537/original/16c1b7d0b90a66fe.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 314d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the | | rest of the industry does. <3 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 4/693/745/217/544/725/original/7dbefe76d0d3e3e2.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/114/693/745/217/544/725/original/7dbefe76d0d3e3e2.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 486d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Complete knowledge of the full majesty of universal creation in all its divine | | facets is when I own an island. | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/721/096/469/456/728/original/d4cc15f4c54f9256.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Complete knowledge of the full majesty of universal creation in all its divine facets is when I own an island. https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/721/096/469/456/728/original/d4cc15f4c54f9256.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 510d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w AI hype is | | (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access | | & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. | | | | @sarahbmyers, @davidthewid & I correct the record👇 | | https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/583/684/033/681/847/original/b8bb78ce5bbee024.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📢NEW: 'Open' AI systems aren't open. The vague term, combined w AI hype is (mis)shaping policy & practice, assuming 'open source' AI democratizes access & addresses power concentration. It doesn't. @sarahbmyers, @davidthewid & I correct the record👇 https://nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08141-1 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/583/684/033/681/847/original/b8bb78ce5bbee024.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 524d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | Anyone spending the brief liminal window between Christmas and Georgian new | | year in Hamburg, with the hackers, at CCC? | | | | I am! And I'll be presenting new research and a new talk ☺️ | | halfnarp.events.ccc.de | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/503/016/630/082/837/original/1d88f0043a155bca.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+Anyone spending the brief liminal window between Christmas and Georgian new year in Hamburg, with the hackers, at CCC? I am! And I'll be presenting new research and a new talk ☺️ halfnarp.events.ccc.de https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/503/016/630/082/837/original/1d88f0043a155bca.png
+- a4237e420cdb -- 578d ----------------------------------------------------[...]+ | | | 📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, | | @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad | | consequences and isn't necessary. | | | | 1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context | | | | And | | | | 2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate | | costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI | | research. | | | | All of this, and what we can do instead 👇 | | | | arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160 | | | | https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/11 | | 3/197/086/235/242/904/original/35f70e3883458c9b.png | | | +-- reply ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---+📣NEW paper! Don’t believe the hype: bigger AI ≠ better AI. @SashaMTL, @GaelVaroquaux and me on how the race to bigger, and bigger AI has bad consequences and isn't necessary. 1. Smaller AI models often perform better than big models in context And 2. obsession with bigness has severe collateral consequences, from climate costs, to concentrated power, to more surveillance, to the capture of AI research. All of this, and what we can do instead 👇 arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160 https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/113/197/086/235/242/904/original/35f70e3883458c9b.png
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