Giants buy up all the startups (see Facebook->WhatsApp) and talent. Also depletes academy & critical research. Only intra-giant competition. https://twitter.com/ceciliakang/status/922259919360884736 …
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Meanwhile, truly, some of the greatest minds of our generation are trying to figure out how to make people click on ads—as one ex-FBer said.
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That ad infrastructure being built is also the infrastructure for surveillance authoritarianism. Will it happen here? Don't be so sure.
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Anyone who is so sure that it won't happen here should ask themselves how likely they thought Trump would be president—just two years ago.
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Companies great at tech with obviously poor at understanding of people or history are building a giant, dangerous infrastructure. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Very talented in one, albeit quite narrow domain. Enticed by money & research. Wish more used talent for public good https://twitter.com/IntegralWorks/status/922453106813743104 …
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Look, AI advances aren't hype. Every week is mind-blowing. And the harms of our new information infrastructure are already wide and deep.
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Yes, there is a lot of good here. But in history, good and horrible aren't scalar operations. Don't cancel each other out, leave only a net.
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The downsides have already destabilized nations; fueled ethnic cleansing; hollowed out crucial institutions without time to adjust. No joke.
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If you're a key tech person in one of these companies, dreaming of all the good: odds of the harms turning everything upside down are high.
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Not everyone gets a chance to help shape history for the better—or much worse. People with leverage at tech companies are in that position.
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I'm in favor of redistributive policies. SV folk who think UBI is the answer don't understand ppl or current moment.https://twitter.com/tse_____/status/922456037449502722 …
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Wonder what happened, say, to Microsoft. And even after that, and despite their product, still dominant in segments.https://twitter.com/JYuter/status/922456680260136960 …
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Just like people forgot what somewhat weakened Microsoft's monopoly (anti-trust), many in denial about their jobs.https://twitter.com/ArminRosen/status/922459454129541120 …
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In media, too, readership was chased but there was at least a real public service ethos & structural guardrails. Not in Silicon Valley—yet.
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2012: I said Facebook advantage WOULDN'T stay with pols Dems & tech liked—ppl howled. Surveillance/Ad. Infrastructure. Won't. Stay. Benign.
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I was able to do early warnings—and people thought I was nuts—because I study people and history. The current moment is terribly dangerous.
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