The center gravity of AI research—the data, the engineers, the money—is NOW OUTSIDE OF ACADEMIA. They will do this, and we will never know.
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What's coming has authoritarian implications. I tried making this case for years. Only studies seem to have an effect on public awareness.
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Of course academics should be careful with ethical implications of each study. But most of this is being done by nation-states+corporations.
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It is possible to stop academics from doing proof-of-concept studies. It won't lessen the real-world applications, just mute the warnings.
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What I am saying is different than disagreeing with findings. By all means, that's what we do, argue about validity and reliability.
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If we will ever defend against this; regulate this; find ways to grapple with it—it will only happen if public understands scope of threat.
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Corporations & nation-states will use this and won't tell you. Cat is out the bag. Not wise to stop academics from warning the public. /end
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And: Solid critical analysis of the Kosinki Wang paper by
@jeremyphoward evaluating the claims—finding them lacking. http://www.fast.ai/2017/09/13/kosinski/ …Show this thread
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Sure. But would be nice to suggest defenses as well.
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Yes, much needed discussion.
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