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Sam Gilbert

@samgilb

Author: Good Data (https://t.co/l70CeA6ZzI). Researcher: tech & politics @BennettInst. Advisor @StateUpHQ. Bestyrelsesmedlem @DataFGood. Previously @manypets_uk

Copenhagen, Denmark Katılım Ekim 2011
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Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
Good Data is published today! Inside you will find: 🎯 A critique of surveillance capitalism theory 🔓 A case for data openness 🦸‍♀️ A new theory of digital power ☕️ Some hilarious startup anecdotes 🐶 Unexpected pugs It's widely available (eg: amzn.to/2O2nzLD)
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Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
@CJAMcMahon @pardoguerra @davies_will "Since I use the internet only for specific purposes and not very intensively, I have no experience of social networks like Facebook and cannot speak to the solidarising effect of electronic communication, if there is any" - Habermas in 2010
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Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
@STS_News hacked AI sexbots could murder people, AI safety experts warn
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Lee Vinsel
Lee Vinsel@STS_News·
OpenAI honestly just feels so desperate these days . . . . . . as desperate as someone who'd feel the need to use an AI sexbot.
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Rowland Manthorpe
Rowland Manthorpe@rowlsmanthorpe·
Done my good deed for the day by absolving someone of their guilt about the water use of AI
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Aida Baradari
Aida Baradari@aidaxbaradari·
Today, we're introducing Spectre I, the first smart device to stop unwanted audio recordings. We live in a world of always-on listening devices. Smart devices and AI dominate our world in business and private conversations. With Deveillance, you will @be_inaudible.
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Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen@rasmus_kleis·
"There is little sense in discouraging citizens from using ChatGPT and other generative AI tools for environmental reasons" @samgib writes, but "transparency requirements may be needed to force AI companies [so their] carbon footprint can be quantified" bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-chatgp…
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Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
These are ads for the AI companion app Replika, run from burner Facebook pages. A current FTC complaint claims Replika harms users by encouraging emotional dependence on its companions. I've made an archive of the ads for online safety researchers & campaigners [link in reply]
Paul Schofield@pschofie79

Facebook is aggressively targeting me with these ads. I think it says a lot about society that we're now assuming that *this* is the answer to our problems, rather than antidepressants.

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Lee Vinsel
Lee Vinsel@STS_News·
I've been waiting for someone to compile what we know + don't know about the environmental impacts of "AI." Sam does a fine job. While there are real impacts, it's also clear people have been significantly overplaying them, especially in comparison to lots of ordinary activities.
Sam Gilbert@samgilb

Should we be worried about the climate impact of our generative AI use? 🤔 It's complicated. Drawing on work by @Laurenebridges @STS_News @SashaMTL @AndyMasley + data from Ofgem, Water UK & the IEA, I tried to bottom it out 🙏 Warning: may distress roast potato lovers 🥔

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Sam Gilbert
Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
@STS_News @Laurenebridges Thanks so much for your kind words Lee - and for your Peoples and Things episode with Lauren, that was a big help.
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Sam Gilbert@samgilb·
Should we be worried about the climate impact of our generative AI use? 🤔 It's complicated. Drawing on work by @Laurenebridges @STS_News @SashaMTL @AndyMasley + data from Ofgem, Water UK & the IEA, I tried to bottom it out 🙏 Warning: may distress roast potato lovers 🥔
Bennett Institute for Public Policy@BennettInst

Is ChatGPT bad for the environment? Rather than focusing on individual generative AI use, more transparency is needed from AI companies on the climate impact of developing their models, writes @samgilb bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/is-chatgp…

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Bennett Institute for Public Policy
Bennett Institute for Public Policy@BennettInst·
In the 2nd part of this blog, @samgilb discusses the implications of policies which seek to restrict or ban business models based on targeted digital advertising. He says such policies can be expected to have regressive effects when applied to tech giants. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/good-surv…
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Bennett Institute for Public Policy@BennettInst

Is targeted digital advertising based on individuals' online activity morally wrong? In a 2-part blog, @samgilb suggests that targeted advertising can actually help the Global South & promote fairness. bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/good-surv…

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