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This weekend, I had the opportunity to give a difficult talk. It's not much of surprise if you've followed my writing this year, and it's certainly a heavy topic. And to be honest, I don't think there is too much new info there, particularly for individuals on this platform. But connecting the […]

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Mario Munoz

@pythonbynight.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

28 Apr

Interestingly enough, this weekend's "Last Week Tonight" with John Oliver was on the topic of chatbots. My presentation doesn't really deal at all with any of the "products" of the "AI" industry. I'm primarily concerned with the history and the people that shape the conversation and the […]

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Mario Munoz

@pythonbynight.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

28 Apr

Highlighted in Oliver's segment is this quote from The New Yorker, just last month. When Avi Schiffman, CEO of Friend.com, was pressed on the dangers of chatbots, this is the response (he's 23 years old): >Friend used Google’s models, and he trusted that the conglomerate had instated effective […]

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Mario Munoz

@pythonbynight.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

28 Apr

I can't tell if that is negligence or malice. But in the end, to any affected individual, the intent doesn't really matter. When people get hurt... yes WHEN people get hurt, it is not only a personal failing and lack of foresight on Schiffman's part, but a collective indictment of the systemic […]

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Mario Munoz

@pythonbynight.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy

28 Apr

Even if you accept that one of the products by these tech companies can have "positive" effects (i.e., coding agents) for society, I wonder why it's not possible to also accept that the current structure of the industry is destructive by design, given its history and its stated goals. This […]

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