Joakim E. G. Olsson

"Language models developed by big technology companies consistently underperform in African languages. It’s time to focus on local solutions."

New from Nyalleng Moorosi in Nature.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Maybe we should rather differentiate between AI idealism and AI materialism

‘Systematic reviews’ that aim to extract broad conclusions from many studies are in peril Fake papers are “poisoning the well” for these gold-standard syntheses, researchers say

“As well as grappling with how to ensure fake papers don’t compromise future reviews, researchers wonder how to cope with tainted reviews that have already been published” www.science.org/content/arti...

South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Last updated December 3, 10:09 AM South Korea Is Fighting for Democracy Again—And the World Needs to Know Heesoo Jang Assistant Professor of Media Law and Ethics Journalism Department, University of...

I was preparing to pitch an op-ed on the nationwide protests calling for President Yoon's resignation, aiming to provide global context amid the limited international coverage.

Given the urgency, I’m sharing it now. I didn’t expect events to escalate this quickly. #SouthKorea #Democracy

I did this "types of AI for developing world" a few years back and it still holds

Elon Musk's AI turns on him, labels him 'one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X' His posts, it added, “can have real-world consequences."

life comes at you fast and all that

fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...

Spännande! Massa lycka till på disputasen. Ska leta upp artiklarna 😊

Stort grattis! Jag är fortfarande i början fortfarande av min doktorandresa. Blir avhandlingen publicerad digital också?

Lunch break walk in #volda #sunnmøre #Norway

Update: @dfeldman.org made it!

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I don’t know who made this graphic but it’s pretty good.

"To suggest that pedagogy, the understanding of the educational practice of teaching and learning – the art of expressing an idea clearly to a diverse group of students – needs to somehow be “updated” because of the statistical pattern-matching of a large language model technology is frankly absurd"

Paper text: "I argue that artistic creation is primarily a social act, an action that people primarily perform as an interaction with other humans in society. This implies that computers cannot create art, just as people do not give gifts to their coffee makers or marry their cars. Conversely, any human can make art, because we humans are social creatures. However, the boundaries of art are fluid, and, someday, better AI could come to be viewed as true social agents. I discuss this and other scenarios where AI algorithms could come to be accepted as artists, along with some of the dangers of too eagerly accepting software as artists."

Paper text on the section heading "4.4 An Intent Machine" hypothesizing a machine that supplies its own intent for artworks, but is still not considered an artist.

On one hand, I stand by my original claims: Art is a social behavior. Only people can make art, and computers are not people. We care about art (as "art") because we care about people. I believe this is a product of evolution, not just a social construct that could easily change. 2/🧵

Denmark: AI-powered welfare system fuels mass surveillance and risks discriminating against marginalized groups – report The Danish welfare authority, Udbetaling Danmark (UDK), risks discriminating against people with disabilities, low-income individuals, migrants, refugees, and marginalized racial groups through its us...

Research by Amnesty International exposes how the Danish #welfare authority, Udbetaling Danmark, is using #AI tools to flag individuals for social benefits fraud investigations, risking discrimination against marginalized groups. #surveillance www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...