Pluralistic: “Humans in the loop” must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed (23 Apr 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

As we fight to shape today’s technological landscape, I think we have a special obligation to fight for the people who stand to lose the most from AI and automation, including historically marginalized communities and people who don’t have much of a safety net. I also think we need to resist the urge to push the AI conversation too far into the fut... See more

What strikes us, though, is the seemingly reactionary nature of this human-made movement, when it could, instead, represent a pivotal moment of re-evaluation.

In a world of very capable technological tools, what sits at the center of our identity if not our production? What might happen if we untethered our value from our outputs as a matter of cour... See more

The internet needs new rules — designed and agreed by democratically elected institutions — and technology companies need to make sure their products and practices are designed in a responsible way that takes into account their potential impact on society. That starts — but by no means ends — with putting people, not machines, more firmly in charge... See more