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Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Sep 27
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Publishers Marketplace deal report Category non-fiction science/technology September 26, 2024 Luxury Surveillance by Chris Gilliard Imprint: MIT Press The Atlantic and Wired contributor Chris Gilliard’s LUXURY SURVEILLANCE: HOW BIG TECH SELLS US THE PLEASURE OF BEING WATCHED, a first-person investigation into the proliferation of consumer surveillance technology and its implications for individuals and communities, to Gita Devi Manaktala at MIT Press, by Michael Signorelli at Aevitas Creative Management (NA).
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1h
Altman promises “more erotica for verified adults” (because that’s what the world needs more of, it seems). Well, let’s remind ourselves that age verification is either useless or makes personal, identifying information vulnerable. When it’s about sexuality it’s dangerous.
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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3h
We (@emilymbender.bsky.social and I) joined @morgansung.bsky.social and team on @kqednews.kqed.org to talk about our book and AI hype --

www.kqed.org/news/1205991...
Beyond the AI Hype Machine | KQED
When ChatGPT launched in 2022, it kicked off what some have called the “AI hype machine” — a frenzy of promotion and investment that has sent some tech companies’ valuations soaring to record heights....
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Techni-Calli @illleavenow.bsky.social · 4h
Super fun watching the company that made billions claiming “our AI will solve cancer” has pivoted to “our AI will make a bunch of shit that already exists, but worse” and apparently people are still pretending it’s not all a giant grift.
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 13d
Since it resonated with the audience, I’ll recap my main argument against AGI here. ‘General intelligence’ is like phlogiston, or the aether. It’s an outmoded scientific concept that does not refer to anything real. Any explanatory work it did can be done better by a richer scientific frame. 1/3
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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 13d
This was a truly heartening day, with deeply thoughtful challenges to the dominant narrative framed around AGI, coming from across disciplines and perspectives. Felt like the tide might finally be turning a bit, at least among the scientific community. Thanks @royalsociety.org!
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Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social · 14d
1/2 I'm looking forward to taking part in a panel on AGI and the Turing Test, tomorrow afternoon (Thurs 2nd Oct) at the @royalsociety.org, w/ Dame Wendy Hall, Shannon Vallor, William Isaac, & Sir Nigel Shadbolt. royalsociety.org/science-even...
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Dr. Katharine Dickson @metaomicsnerd.bsky.social · 6h
I quoted this already but want to quote it again just because of how much of a failure of empathy this is. If the institution you’re at attempts to quantify pain in this fashion, that means the staff there are too bereft of empathy to treat you properly.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h
You don’t say.
Anthropic CPO says 'AI FOMO' pushed companies to use the technology. Now, they want success metrics
Anthropic CPO Mike Krieger said that companies need "some kind of success metrics or evaluation" for their AI tools.
www.businessinsider.com
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h
It’s an onslaught.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 7h
This looks against every conceivable code of research integrity worthy of the name... what are they thinking?? New depths reached
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Nature @nature.com · 8h
Next week will see a first in computer science, with the launch of a scientific conference in which all of the papers — and all of the reviews — have been produced by machines

go.nature.com/3J82tYH
AI bots wrote and reviewed all papers at this conference
Event will assess how reviews by models compare with those written by humans.
go.nature.com
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h
www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
The problem with pulse oximeters your doctor probably doesn’t know.
The common medical devices don’t work as well for Black patients. The FDA is now trying to do something about it.
www.nbcnews.com
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Jeffrey Vagle of the Carcosa Vagles @jvagle.me · 7h
I posit that one of the factors behind this broad shift toward open bigotry are tech platforms that encourage (or at best, do not discourage) pure lowest common denominator garbage ideas, making them appear mainstream to the uninitiated.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 9h
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."

He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
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Emily Baker-White @ebakerwhite.bsky.social · 8h
jawboning

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Meta removes Facebook page that tracked ICE in Chicago
Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a post on X that “following outreach” from the DOJ, Facebook removed a “large group page” that was being used to target ICE officials.
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Matt Round @mattround.com · 1d
OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 8h
yeah, once more with a cover photo - I really, really encourage all tech folks to read this
cover of the report linked: a light green-grey eagle silhouette on a darker background with 5 yellow stars and the text: United States Senate Committee On Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Gary Peters Unchecked and Unaccountable How DOGE Jeopardizes Americans' Data Without Regard for Law and Congress HSGAC Minority Staff Report September 2025
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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 9h
Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 9h
You can't quantify pain this way. I live with chronic pain - my daily is a 4, and that 4 is most people 6 or 7. I don't express any of thr signs listen, even on my worst days. Even when I went to the ER a few years ago.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃
PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.
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Erica Ifill @wickdchiq.bsky.social · 9h
Please note that Biden started this TikTok ban on the basis of national security wrt China, which led to it being sold to Larry Ellison and will surveille content and interactions with that content. They will tweak the algorithm to manipulate content on your FYP
Thanks Democrats!
There was less discussion of the key role Trump's own administration would play in the operation of a video-sharing app used by about half of all Americans. But that control seems to be a central part of the deal. Along with Oracle Corp., the US government would work on a new US-tailored version of TikTok, ensuring safety and data security, training the algorithm that determines which videos appear in users' feeds and inspecting its source code, according to a senior White House official who briefed reporters on the arrangement in an email. The order that Trump signed to advance the deal also states that "the Attorney General shall receive any information from the new joint venture" and that "trusted security partners may also share information with other United States Government officials," suggesting the potential for the administration to gain significant access to user data.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
Me either! This is a good example of why I’ll always choose to read a story vs. watching if given an option.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
LMAO
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 9h
Researchers build robot to quantify pain.
Elysium Movie CLIP - Would You Like to Talk to a Human? (2013) - Matt Damon Sci-Fi Movie HD
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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 9h
I can be shaking and sobbing in pain and have people swear it’s rage

When Apple launched its first Apple Watch

I had to give many of the demos to my lighter coworkers because it couldn’t read the my blood pressure

And I have one of the most common skin tones on earth
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃
PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.
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Kate Watson @loreandordure.com · 9h
This will work fine on neurodivergent folk, I’m sure…
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃
PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
Facial expressions common to all humans! 🙃
PainChek is one of these behavioral models, and it acts like a camera‑based thermometer, but for pain: A care worker opens the app and holds a phone 30 centimeters from a person’s face. For three seconds, a neural network looks for nine particular microscopic movements—upper‑lip raise, brow pinch, cheek tension, and so on—that research has linked most strongly to pain. Then the screen flashes a score of 0 to 42. “There’s a catalogue of ‘action‑unit codes’—facial expressions common to all humans. Nine of those are associated with pain,” explains Kreshnik Hoti, a senior research scientist with PainChek and a co-inventor of the device. This system is built directly on the foundation of FACS. After the scan, the app walks the user through a yes‑or‑no checklist of other signs, like groaning, “guarding,” and sleep disruption, and stores the result on a cloud dashboard that can show trends.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h
“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”
AI is changing how we quantify pain
Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.
www.technologyreview.com
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tweety fish of innsmouth @sifu.tweety.fish · 10h
it's so tidy that every single problem in american society up to and including car dependence is directly traceable to racism. monocausal-ass dystopia.
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