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Favoriting December 14, 2020: J. Khadijah Abdurahman on Timnit Gebru's firing and "the moral collapse" of AI ethics

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Tonight: J. Khadijah Abdurahman on Timnit Gebru's firing and "the moral collapse" of AI ethics

Links:

On the Moral Collapse of AI Ethics, by Khadijah (Dec 7, 2020)

• Khadijah on Twitter: @upfromthecracks

We Be Imagining, made possible by Columbia's The American Assembly and the INCITE project

We Be Imagining podcast, hosted by Khadijah

We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here's what it says (by Karen Hao in Technology Review, Dec 4, 2020)

Wikipedia on Dr. Timnit Gebru: "Gebru co-authored a paper on the risks of very large language models, regarding their environmental and financial costs, inscrutability leading to unknown dangerous biases, inability of the models to understand the concepts underlying what they learn, and the potential for using them to deceive people."

Interview with Khadijah on Our Data Bodies (May 2020): "The biggest blind spot in the conversation about algorithms and automated decision making is that often the algorithms are compared to human decision making."

U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition (NYT, Dec 9). See also Matt Stoller, in The End of the Facebook Crime Spree (Dec 9): "What Mark Zuckerberg did at Facebook is engage in systemic criminal behavior, and he was able to do so because law enforcers refused to enforce the law against the powerful. That era is over." (Here's my own comment.)

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Listener comments!

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ultradamno:

Mark! Techccinees!
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Handy Haversack:

Mark and the Techyons!
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listener james from westwood:

Hi ho, Mark and all!
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DjLorraine:

Techyon, plus +1 tickets please and thank you
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Bas NL:

Hi Mark! Human Intelligentees!
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Webhamster Henry:

I suggest Facebook be split into "Fac" "Ebo and "Ok".
  6:02pm
?:

Mark, what do you know/think about Roblox?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:02pm
Webhamster Henry:

And Google be split into "Go" "Ogle".
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Hey Mark and folks!
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PaulRobeson1920:

Hello peop le
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melinda:

hi everyone
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:05pm
ultradamno:

Did these Google Home people never watch Mr. Robot?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Webhamster Henry:

There was a hiccup in Amazon Web Services too sometime this month - lots lots lots of web sites and apps use AWS.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:07pm
DjLorraine:

📚📖📙 Hi Tim from C
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northguineahills:

Am I out of the loop? Have we covered how Goo-Tube controls monetized advertisements if the deem the content obscene. (I'm specifically referencing history podcasts that would show dead bodies in war or in lynching and pogroms.) (they should censor BS that is still propagated on Goo-Tube).
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:11pm
Handy Haversack:

Another reminder that "the cloud" is just "someone else's computer."
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Handy Haversack:

I was annoyed that I was the only one of my coworkers awake and trying to work early enough the note that our systems were all taken our by being now imbricate with Go and Ogle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Megaroni:

Amazing that you’re uplifting this woman’s story! Thank you Techtonic
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Bergey:

Hello all, love when I tune in and get thrust into a random story like this
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
listener 126464:

Avoid the Smart Cannabis Dispenser.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:17pm
Mark Hurst:

Hi Tim, Webham, Bas, Lorraine, James, Handy, ultra, Paul, melinda, ngh, Megaroni, Bergey, and listener126! Thanks for joining in.
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northguineahills:

I might have lost a few job interviews by suggesting not using the cloud.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:23pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

J. is saying "Blackened A.I."?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:24pm
Mark Hurst:

"Black in AI"
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Bergey:

ah that makes more sense
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:26pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

Thanks!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
ultradamno:

How it started/how it's going
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:27pm
ultradamno:

It's pretty annoying
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

I'm really suspect of that book.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:29pm
melinda:

@tim me too
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Stillwell Coney Islander:

Good evening Mark. Welcome Khadijah, thank you for enlightening us on AI ethics decline
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:31pm
Mark Hurst:

@Stillwell welcome! Glad you're enjoying the interview.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
ultradamno:

Well, at least Pornhub has faced repercussions for questionable content. That's not a low hanging fruit situation at all.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

re: White Fragility - anytime there's information presented in a way that doesn't allow for discussion and it's based on racial/cultural generalizations, I'm out.
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Bergey:

I've always felt that A.I. will take over many white collar "thinking" jobs and thus its impact is less racially focused. Automation seems like the exact opposite. I always wonder why companies like Boston Dynamics don't get more flac for it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:34pm
♪Kɛ:

Yes, for those not familiar with Robin DiAngelo, she is, as far as I can tell, a con artist who has hijacked anti-racism to charge companies thousands of dollars for her garbage version of diversity training.
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DjLorraine:

Wow
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Bergey:

mechanical automation i mean
  6:36pm
Dean:

Apropos of the discussion of DiAngelo: https://www.city-journal.org/how-to-be-an-antiracist
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northguineahills:

Besides the Oromo, there is also the Tigray rebelling in Ethiopia. Eretria got independence, but we see how well that went for the Eritreans (one of the most repressive regimes in Africa).
  6:43pm
P-90:

“There’s so many reasons why I/we should be dead but I/we aren’t” is her best argument for optimism?
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Handy Haversack:

Cheering for Khadijah breaks out in this apartment!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Great interview, Khadijah and Mark!
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♪Kɛ:

@Dean, nah, not that either. That misleadingly respectable-looking "City Journal" comes from the conservative Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. Also it's hilarious to me that now that anti-intellectualism has completely taken over the Republican party, all those William F. Buckley types would be the second or third ones in front of the firing squad in any New Confederacy (heaven forbid).

Anyway, Khadijah seems awesome.
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melinda:

This really highlights the weakness of the emphasis on representation over effects on people's lives. Great interview.
  6:48pm
Dean:

With respect to Right to Be Forgotten, there has been some discussion. Similarly, the discussion often misses the point, which in my view is technical, namely, the development of automated tools that can in fact approximate norms of relevance. Google fails miserably in this regard.

@Ike: Regardless, the criticism of Kendi's book is good.
  6:49pm
Dean:

I fear anti-intellectualism enjoys bipartisan support.
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melinda:

@Dean I thought the article was a fair criticism, Kendi's not much better than DiAngelo from what I can tell.
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PaulRobeson1920:

“What happens to one directly, affects all indirectly” If you can read (and know you can) read the “Letter from the Birmingham jail” April 1963... Like it was written yesterday
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DjLorraine:

Transpacific Sound Paradise rob?
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northguineahills:

@P-90, sounds like optimism to me (I might hold a low bar lately for that).

@Ike: I disagree w/ Buckley 100%, but at least he can defend his beliefs w/ erudite debates. I miss when that was possible.
  6:50pm
Dean:

Agreed, @melinda. Every other page there's an ipse dixit.
  6:51pm
P-90:

“Party”? Say what?
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Impromptu party!!!
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Bas NL:

Ohww YEAH! Partyhardy!
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melinda:

@ngh not to go too off topic but have you seen The Best Of Enemies, the doc about Buckley's feud with Gore Vidal? Worth watching.
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Webhamster Henry:

Break-up dancing!
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listener 126464:

Who got married?
  6:52pm
P-90:

FB’s been asking for it, it was inevitable.
  6:52pm
anders:

by jove's beard, mark hurst is getting funky!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Patti Smith's song "Break It Up" was 45 years ahead of it's time!
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PaulRobeson1920:

(*I know you can)

I have to see you again and again
Take me, Spanish caravan
Yes, I know you can
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
ultradamno:

This is starting to feel like a John Oliver "WE GOT HIM" bait and switch
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Handy Haversack:

CELEBRATE!
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melinda:

I like Matt Stoller
  6:53pm
Dean:

Wish I could find the marvelous interview with ACLU's Ira Glasser about his relationship with Buckley...
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Carmichael:

@melinda, that was an epic feud. Worse than Pat Metheny vs Kenny G.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
DjLorraine:

AG Barr stepped down. I hope Jim Jordan or Cipolone doesn't replace him
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northguineahills:

will look for it, melinda!

The EU also is attempting the same.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:53pm
tim from champaign (now washington):

THIS IS THE BEST PARTY!!!!!!!!!!
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Handy Haversack:

Wine and happiness!
  6:54pm
Niki A:

First time listening. love the show, Mark
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
melinda:

@Dean he talked a bit about that in an interview I heard, it might have been the one with Reason mag.
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neeelz:

Bout time!
Amazing news
  6:54pm
Dean:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGI4fc_VB7c&feature=emb_logo

Trigger warning: Glenn Greenwald is the interviewer. I think he's top-notch, but so many people, for reasons I can't entirely fathom, don't like him.
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northguineahills:

doing my best charlie brown dance!
  6:54pm
space_cadet:

Only just started listening to the show regularly - thanks so much for all the excellent discussion you provide!
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Webhamster Henry:

<dancing emoji>
  6:54pm
P-90:

Maybe different music for the next party, Mark...?
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Megaroni:

I am outside dancing! Yes Techtonic! Great news
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Handy Haversack:

Love, music, wine, and revolution!
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Carmichael:

Hunter Thompson wrote some articles where he delves into his friendship with Patrick Buchanon.
  6:55pm
Bea:

Want to see video of you rocking out, Mark!!
  6:55pm
Dean:

Is this the only antitrust party in town?! Hey, wait a minute!
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DjLorraine:

Woot
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herb.nyc:

That was a fun Andy Trust party!
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melinda:

I like your additions Mark...break em up break em up haha
  6:55pm
Dean:

There are companies to sue!
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tim from champaign (now washington):

Time to break up the holiday party, folks.Techtonic has a monopoly on good times!
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Bergey:

I once set up a stage at a gala for Diana Ross and this song was played for hours over and over by the sound check people. and now it drives me crazy
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Carmichael:

And to top it off, Biden formally passed the electoral college!
  6:56pm
Sam:

BREAK THEM UP!!!
BREAK THEM UP!!!
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♪Kɛ:

Didn't Greenwald just come out as a tankie? Or did I misunderstand something he said about China?
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PaulRobeson1920:

Hahaha Good Stuff Mark! Thanks Skeltons! Peace and love ya’ll!
Allright! Ken the King Snake!
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Bas NL:

Thanks Mark! Thanks Khadijah! WFMU crew!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
melinda:

thanks Mark!
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Mark! Thanks, Khadijah!

Be well, Techyon Drives. Keep reaching for the stars!
  6:57pm
Sam:

Facebook = Faceplant
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Scott Williams:

Hahaaa, nice exit Mark! Enjoy your time off!
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Stillwell Coney Islander:

CHEERS!
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northguineahills:

I think the one reason people dislike Grenwald, is that he's a dick personally/ He also has done some things in print that stretched the truth and did a "you're not helping" (otherwise, I like him).

I read that Carmichael!

Thanks Mark!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, everyone! Going out on a positive note! See you in two weeks!
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Webhamster Henry:

Have a great time off!
Also: I am not one of these hamsters.
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paddy in matawan:

woowoo
  6:57pm
Dean:

I had to look up "tankie." News to me. His agenda has been pretty clear for ages.
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adampsyche:

thanks for the hamster dance!
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Mark Hurst:

@Scott thanks, my friend!
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Stillwell Coney Islander:

Thank you Mark !
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Carmichael:

This is my jam.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
melinda:

@Scott he knows how to exit in style
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paddy in matawan:

Early memes rule. New memes are soooooo dumb.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
Bootsie:

Whyyyyyy can't I clicky star "Hamster Dance"??
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tim from champaign (now washington):

THanks, Mark! Party hard!
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Carmichael:

Where's the dancing baby?!?
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melinda:

@ngh I think you are right
  6:58pm
Dean:

I hear you, @ngh, except I've never regarded (most of) his behavior as dick-ish. Compare, say, most mainstream media commentators. They're incessant dicks.
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Honeybear:

One of my favorite HST moment was the one where he relates how he bonded with Nixon over football during a (brief) shared car ride
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northguineahills:

Bootsie makes a fair point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Mark Hurst:

You can clicky now!
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listener 126464:

You might want to spice this page up with a hit counter.
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Webhamster Henry:

Time to Rickroll Mark.
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Mark Hurst:

...and a BLINK tag
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listener 126464:

Thanks Mark and J.
  7:00pm
P-90:

Thanks and Happy Holidays Mark!
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Carmichael:

Or Markroll Rick.
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Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Mark. Take care.
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northguineahills:

True, Dean. Most journalist are way worst in every way possible!
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Bootsie:

Thank you Mark!!
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Webhamster Henry:

Friend me on Friendster.
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northguineahills:

True, Dean. Most journalist are way worst in every way possible!
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♪Kɛ:

Some of the online definitions are incorrect. The best one is "apologist for the violence and crimes against humanity perpetrated by 20th-century Marxist-Leninist regimes, particularly the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin (1924 - 1953)", but as currently used it also extends to China.
  8:11pm
Smokey the Bar:

Google thinks I wanna be a firefighter from all my communications with our fire department over my cruel landlord blocking exits. The fire department made him fix it. You can be assuaged fear.
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