Meredith Whittaker@mer__edithPSA: Signal will never do this ❤️😇 We don’t collect your data in the first place, so we don’t have anything to “mine” for “AI” t.coOpens with an observation
Meredith Whittaker@mer__edith📢NEW FROM ME! On the TikTok ban, the danger of abandoning defense of speech to extremists, & how the liberal tendency to assume a just state "outside the scope of this paper" leads to confused law/policy that can exacerbate the problems platforms pose. t.coOpens with an observation
Meredith Whittaker@mer__edithThe edge lord disrespect, unprofessionalism, strategic blundering typical of actual decision making in the AI industry speaks infinitely louder than all the voluntary safety pledges ever could. In fact, those pledges serve mainly to highlight how far the walk is from the talk.Opens with an observation
Meredith Whittaker@mer__edithTLDR: to 'solve' trash content on trash surveillance platforms, BigTech AI will flag whether content is 'good' or not. Can we please stop falling for this? This isn't 'solving' the problem. It's simply consolidating control over platforms w/o attending to who will wield it.Opens with an observation
Meredith Whittaker@mer__edithVoice cloning AI isn't new + the risks have been known for ages, as has the fact that the "benefits" don't justify the risks Cynically, this looks like a performance of "judicious caution" meant to give MS execs an e.g. of "self regulation working" they can reference if pressed.Opens with an observation