Digital Ethics

The very short version: it is madness to continue transferring the running of European societies and governments to American clouds. Not only is it a terrible idea given the kind of things the “King of America” keeps saying, the legal sophistry used to justify such transfers, like the nonsense letter the Dutch cabinet sent last week, has now been invalidated by Trump himself. And why are we doing this? Convenience.

Hinton-- the Godfather of Artificial Illusion Geoffrey Hinton’s work shaped what we call AI today. Building on the foundations of Hopfield networks and… | 40 comments on LinkedIn

Probabilistic generalizations based on internet content are not steps toward algorithmic moral personhood, write David McNeill and Emily Tucker.

Artificial Neural Networks have reached “grandmaster” and even “super-human” performance across a variety of games, from those involving perfect information,...

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Embodied, maker of the AI robot called Moxie, is shuttering. With their closing, parents have to explain to their kids that Moxie is dead.

The Humane AI pin died on the way back to its home planet

Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.

This is a general audience deep dive into the Large Language Model (LLM) AI technology that powers ChatGPT and related products. It is covers the full traini...

We need new security systems designed to deal with their weirdness

Dr. Nelson was an invited speaker at a dinner hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palais de l'Élysée on February 10, 2025.

‘Paper mills’ are contaminating the world’s scholarly output with fake papers that hinder research. Lifesaving biomedical fields are especially hard hit.

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Data & Society advances public understanding of the social implications of data-centric technologies and automation.

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In my talk for the Co-Opting AI series, I spoke about my book, Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World, which looks ...

A.I. can be designed to dramatically enhance individual empowerment.

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Campaigners call for transparency from Deliveroo, JustEat and UberEats about how decisions on pay and jobs are made

My students this term have been *passionate* in their rejection of generative AI. I think the wildfires have something to do with it – the environmental impact… | 108 comments on LinkedIn

A photo of a blurry image of the Moon revealed some telling results.

In early December, news broke that lawmakers were asked to come to the Capitol for a special session to pass a bill.

If we don’t act soon, our online world will continue to be run at the whim of capricious billionaires.

The more a person uses AI, the less critical thinking they exhibit, researchers find. This insight comes from a very robust study on the use of AI among 666… | 18 comments on LinkedIn

People often talk about “safety” when discussing the risks of AI causing harm. AI safety means different things to different people, and those looking for a definition here will be disappointed.

“Unfortunately, for newcomers who might be excited to dive into this hobby, they could get burned by the inadequate books—and frankly the thievery—of the work of our cherished lacemakers and designers."