The battle: Fairness contra ‘GDPR’

Recently, there appears to be a bit of a hubbub about the fairness that would not be in AI systems’ outcomes. I know I know that’s a vast understatement, and a major branch of professional (~ ethics) development in the AI arena in general. To which the venerable (heh) Jad Nohra added this: A simple … Continue reading “The battle: Fairness contra ‘GDPR’”

Some notes on notes on Chollet

After you read this, you’ll get the following: [After two empty lines] ‘seed AI’ may not be necessary. Think of how the Classics built their arches: The support may be removed. Same here; some ‘upbringing’ by humans, even opening the possibility of ethics education / steering; Proponents of this theory also regard intelligence as a … Continue reading “Some notes on notes on Chollet”

Eternal Life

Remember Castranova’s Synthetic Worlds? You should. If only because this, is, still, in The Atlantic [edited to add: with an intelligent comment/reply here] – because that is still around, it allows for comparison of origins, and the utopical futures as described in the book, with-or-to the current state of the world. Where we have both … Continue reading “Eternal Life”

It doesn’t matter

A great many before me have discussed the merits pro and contra using contractors instead of perm contracted staff. I will still give it one more go. Since lately, there has been some back and forth again about motivational issues and how certain is one in one legal contract situation compared to the other hence … Continue readingIt doesn’t matter”

Top 2000++ of 2017 – before the herd

Because all sorts of hoi polloi pundits are out there, ‘polling’ (quod non, just repeating the meh mediocrity) for the Top 2000 of 2017 on the ray-the-ohw and elsewhere, herewith the real deal Top 2000. Which of course isn’t; it’s the Top 2276 for one thing and Definitive is slightly understating it. If you hadn’t … Continue reading “Top 2000++ of 2017 – before the herd”

The logic of automated decisions;
ransparency through audits ..?

Not bashing, nor FUDhyping… Was triggered by various treads, e.g., The Book on the subject (or, het boek in Dutch), and scores of elucidation (yes. be happy finally there is some truly) from the legal perspective, on GDPR article 15.1h and article 22. The latter two not being conclusive, however. They are about requirements of … Continue readingThe logic of automated decisions;
ransparency through audits ..?”

Neo is right

When it is about the way The Neo-Generalist, Kenneth Mikkelsen and Richard Martin, is: The Neo-Generalist is both specialist and generalist, often able to master multiple disciplines. We all carry within us the potential to specialise and generalise. Many of us are unwittingly eclectic, innately curious. There is a continuum between the extremes of specialism … Continue readingNeo is right”

Turning, not their pages

There was a moment of hesitance when I saw this self-post (selpie?) of s/o who had just graduated in this self-proclaimed (sic) glitz bizz Master program as if it were a sign of success achieved instead of a life of toil would be ahead before any ‘success’ (probably empty; your last clothes (at the pealy … Continue readingTurning, not their pages”

Socmed spinning into its own abyss

Was considering writing up a post on how socmed (and other sites with ‘recommendations’) in the end undoes themselves. By suggesting, proposing, and timeline-injecting ever more precise in-profile You May Also Likes, people might get more and more annoyed, and will look themselves for content elsewhere [excepting the hoi polloi that are too dumb to … Continue readingSocmed spinning into its own abyss”

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