J CavanaughSimpson

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J CavanaughSimpson

@JoCavanaughSim1

AI culture/counterculture, human rights, tech & society. Journalist, essayist, Pulitzer Center Grantee & Advisor. Work @The_Rumpus @washingtonpost @SunSentinel

Katılım Haziran 2018

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·15 Eki

This gets to the heart and soul of loss. Well shown @JodyKeisner

Jody Keisner@JodyKeisner

For a presentation on AI, my student brought in two passages of text: one from my book (surprise!) and an AI rewrite. She asked the class which passage was better at illustrating the emotional texture of the scene. The majority chose the AI rewrite. It all felt gross.

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·29 Ağu

@weatherchannel Will your meteorologists pls stop using the phrase "Ride out the storm" during & after Hurricane Idalia? Drop for all time. All that phrase does is glamorize the risk of refusing to evacuate or seek safety, and further threaten the lives of your listeners

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·10 Tem

Confused by AI? Ways to search for answers!

Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter

There are many ways you could cut into covering AI. For starters, take a look at some of the tips shared by @_KarenHao and @JoCavanaughSim1 in conversation with @GinaSKChua. 10 takeaways 👉 bit.ly/44hHZlg Full webinar 👉 bit.ly/3tlbO3D

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·10 Haz

AI bias in housing, welfare, nabe surveillance, & hiring? Check out @pulitzercenter AI Accountability Network projects & call for fellowship applications. Scroll down page for info & view informative & inspiring webinar! Deadline July 1 @MarinaWalkerG pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellows…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·10 Haz

And FAQ Webinar recording here! pulitzercenter.org/grants-fellows…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·10 Haz

AI in the news, yet what's the impact? Journalists w/ investigative project ideas: Seek a Pulitzer Center AI Accountability Network fellowship. Just a few weeks left @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 pulitzercenter.org/blog/open-call… & Webinar recording pulitzercenter.org/blog/open-call…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Şub

@MarinaWalkerG And more here, including "combative" responses that seem less 'what-word-likely-follows-another" style, than Bing's AI chatbot being outright offended stratechery.com/2023/from-bing…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Şub

Are we crossing the Turing Test Threshold? *Feels* like AI chatbot 'intelligence' capabilities are human, at least to a real human. With "emotional" foibles. Mostly parroting & patterns, so not there. Yet? Spooky entanglement convos popping up all over axios.com/2023/02/16/bin…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Şub

And thank you @jen_acker for setting up this revelatory & inspiring event

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Şub

Recently attended amazing @commonmag online craft class by author, journalist, Guggenheim Fellow @AnnaBadkhen. Inspiring note, paraphrased: 'When I sit down & start writing I want to do something to shift, to disturb, to illuminate, to bridge.' That's the higher goal & calling!

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Şub

@LisaEllisonsPen Flight. No question. I dream about it all the time. Living invisible feels too spooky

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Lisa Cooper Ellison@LisaEllisonsPen·16 Şub

Would you rather have invisibility or flight?

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·13 Oca

Thank you @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer for your support for this project. AI Accountability is essential in an era where artificial intelligence is increasingly everywhere.

Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter

Grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 reported that police agencies in South Florida misused AI facial recognition, disproportionately targeting Black people. The story for @SunSentinel led to changes in Florida's police use of this technology. Be part of the change. bit.ly/PulitzerCimpact

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·20 Ara

Public records & public input. Investigating AI merges in-depth journalism, data analyses, interviews & narrative to spur change: civil rights protections in police agencies' facial recognition use for first time @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer pulitzercenter.org/blog/massive-p…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·18 Ara

Thank you @pulitzercenter for your support for this police facial recognition analysis project. Much was discovered by scouring public records & interviewing protesters & others most affected on-the-ground. Insights can apply elsewhere @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @SunSentinel

Pulitzer Center@pulitzercenter

The report by grantee @JoCavanaughSim1 for @SunSentinel found that police agencies in South Florida widely misused AI facial recognition technology predominantly on Black people, at rates that exceed the region’s Black population and rates of arrest. pulitzercenter.org/stories/south-…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·17 Ara

Thank you @danabanker for your incredible leadership and guidance on this project @pulitzercenter

florida editor 🐊@danabanker

Fantastic and impactful work, @JoCavanaughSim1 @pulitzercenter

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·13 Ara

Florida police must now adopt policies to access massive facial recognition database. Some rules offer civil rights & First Amendment protections for 1st time after @pulitzercenter @SunSentinel AI project. TY @MarinaWalkerG @kemsawyer @danabanker & others pulitzercenter.org/blog/massive-p…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·6 Ara

Tech companies claims often outstrip realities, yet unproven digital 'solutions' are adopted widely, despite harms to real people. Here, amazing investigation by @ArijitDSen @dallasnews with support from @pulitzercenter & the AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275

Dallas Morning News@dallasnews

Social Sentinel, now Navigate360 Detect, says its AI helps prevent student suicides and school shootings. The software flagged a tweet where Robbie Robinson, then a student at @ASU, about buying a gun. He was arrested. No gun was ever found. 📹✍️: @DKproduxion ✍️: @ArijitDSen

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Techmeme@Techmeme·16 Kas

How India's gig workers, tired of algorithms dictating their lives, are using Telegram to exchange cheap hacks on how to game the platforms to their advantage (@varshaabansal / Rest of World) restofworld.org/2022/gig-worke… #a221115p35" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">techmeme.com/221115/p35#a22…

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Varsha Bansal@VarshaaBansal·6 Ara

Srikanth is back in his village for more than a year now. He wants to drive for Uber again but can't. More details in my article published with @techreview as part @pulitzercenter's AI Accountability Fellowship. Thank you @MarinaWalkerG & @bboying1275 technologyreview.com/2022/12/06/106…

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J CavanaughSimpson@JoCavanaughSim1·6 Ara

In-depth revelatory article by @VarshaaBansal in @techreview Facial recognition impairing livelihoods of Uber drivers & gig workers in India. Widespread, increasingly worldwide tech impact, support via @pulitzercenter & AI Accountability Network @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 @kem

Varsha Bansal@VarshaaBansal

NEW: In June I travelled to Cherlaitikayala village in Telangana to investigate a case of Uber locking a driver out of his account due to facial recognition issues. I also surveyed 150 Uber drivers of which nearly 50% said they faced something similar. technologyreview.com/2022/12/06/106…

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@JodyKeisner @weatherchannel @pulitzercenter @MarinaWalkerG @bboying1275 @jen_acker @commonmag @LisaEllisonsPen