ABOUT THIS EPISODE
In this podcast we will:
- briefly explain what happed with Huggingface from a technical perspective against the current AI extinction narrative
- explain how this story hit the media airwaves, went viral and scared everyone who read the headlines
- introduce the scheme used to accomplish this to spread the disinformation campaign with a repetition narrative
- provide guidance for journalists to be mindful of these tactics and how to responsibly report without adding fuel to the fire.
Some important references that we've provided on the show:
Forensic and Technical Analysis:
Abi Awomosu, The Machine Alibi: Unpacking the Myth of Superintelligence
Galaxy Brain, An Argument Against AI Doom, an interview with cybersecurity expert Zack Korman
House of El: AI YouTube video: Like Sabine Hossenfelder, I was offered Money to Tell You AI Will Kill Us
Cal Newport - The Truth of Open AI's Secret AI Civilization
Margaret Mitchell - Stochastic Parrots and the LLM Quandary
On disinformation, perception management / reflexive control and cult dimensions in the AI Doomsday / Hype narratives
How Big Tobacco Set the Stage for Fake News
Alondra Nelson - Algorithmic Agnotology: On AI, Ignorance and Power
What Tech Oligarachs Gain from AI Doomerism
Abigail Dubiniecki, "Anatomy of a Disinformation Op" in Disinformation is a Mind-Hack: Privacy Pros Must Protect Decisional Privacy
House of El:AI, YouTube video: AI CEOs Are Broke, Desperate and Lying About Doomsday
Sabine Hossenfelder, YouTube video: I was Offered Money to Tell You AI Will Kill Us.
Beyond the AI Hype by WAIE+, Altman, Amodei(s), and Musk want to slow down AI... again
Jim Stewartson (MindWar), Why Trump Wants "Super Intelligence" : Peter Thiel's Sci-Fi Alternate Universe
Ian K Duncan, Sex, AI and the Apocalypse
SNL sketch mocking the conflicting messages
For Journalists:
Global Investigative Journalism Network, AI Accountability Reporting Guide
Women in AI Ethics Newsletter, The AI Ethics essential reading list
WAIE+, The List - Hall of Fame
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