1 yr ago
157 viewsAI Hell froze over earlier this year, and now a flood of meltwater threatens to drown Alex and Emily. Armed with raincoats and a hastily-written sea shanty*, they tour the various realms -- from spills of synthetic information, to the special corner reserved specifically for ShotSpotter.
Song for the Hype Flood
Now gather up, lads And ye lasses alike And all genderfuck pirates who aim thee to fight [rest] Come for a tale of Remarkable fright Whence we delve into floods of Unbearable hype
Frozen ice melt-ed from ye bullshit mountain Surveillance bots sproutin’ From manure fountains Intelligent ma-chines are Ne’er to be found They really are spyin’ on Kids who are brown
Info polluted And facts are deluded Whilst language and pixels are roundly extruded Fake headlines, articles Bouncing around With journalists, fact-checkers Run through the ground
We ride through the flood of such Refuse and water The Hype Theater Boat Where we take on such slaughter Slogging through bullshit We’ll never relax -- as Shit talking AI Is ridicule as praxis
Surveillance hell:
Surely carrying a smartphone means you consent
Workplace surveillance, fast food style
Surveillance by your bathroom mirror, with fake therapy on the side
Surveillance-as-a-service --- for paranoid partners
Normalizing surveillance (tobacco age verification edition)
Cops are tapping in to everyone’s surveillance videos + ShotSpotter, of course
Check in to your doctor with facial recognition -- whee!
Synthetic information spills:
Amazon littered with products called “I cannot fulfill that request”
AI-generated obituaries litter search results, turning even private individuals into clickbait
X using “Grok” to treat Twitter discourse as news
Because we’re not clicking on the non-information dispensers fast enough -- touch the button!
Meta’s chatbot entering private discussions uninvited
WHO provides a chatbot that makes up medical info
Lessons generated on demand but “may not be 100% accurate”
Toxic wish fulfillment hell:
ShotsSpotter hell:
Leaked microphone placement data shows they are in fact adding surveillance to the over-policed
Good news - Chicago is ending ShotSpotter contract
But not so fast - turns out its really hard to eradicate surveillance tech
Selling your data hell:
Reddit makes bank on user data
Meta sharing user DMs with Netflix
AI is always people:
It’s always people, Amazon Fresh edition
It’s always always people, 3D art edition
It’s always people, George Carlin impression edition
LAION5B exploration -- the people behind the image selection
TESCREAL corporate capture:
Part 0: Biden decided to take action on “AI” because what now?
Part 1: Feds appoint an AI doomer to run the US AI safety institute
Part 2: Altman and friends will serve on a new AI safety board
Accountability:
FTC to denies facial recognition as age estimation tool
SEC going after folks for misleading claims about “AI”
Uber Eats courier wins payout over ‘racist’ facial recognition app
You can check out future streams at http://twitch.tv/dair_institute.
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Music: Toby Menon. Production: Christie Taylor. Graphic Design: Naomi Pleasure-Park.
