Monte Carlo Matrix Mix
DeepFakes
MI5 warns of spies using LinkedIn to trick staff into spilling secrets – at least 10,000 UK nationals approached by ‘malicious profiles’ in the last 5 years. Being undertaken on an ‘industrial scale’ warns MI5 head. https://t.co/2vqFrTbaTP
— Gordon Corera (@gordoncorera) April 20, 2021
Here’s some real stuff to worry about. Sources in the deepfake detection game told me yesterday that the technology is now sophisticated enough to face swap and audio swap in real time onto zoom calls and such. Not in the commercial realm yet but definitely within reach of states
— Izabella Kaminska (@izakaminska) August 20, 2020
Researchers with phrenological delusions ask machines to find statistical correlates of personalities or emotions, and machines dutifully provides them. It's high-stakes, machine-human collaborative apophenia, detecting patterns where none exist.https://t.co/2b0IkQrI62
— Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK (@doctorow) January 15, 2021
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But will mention #AstonHam in today's Covid Conference? pic.twitter.com/NK1qkGIqIE
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Cautious centrist Laschet is German conservatives' candidate to succeed Merkel https://t.co/OjpjHbZBw9
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Phrenology
Today in shitty machine learning startups, this company claims to predict IQ, personality, and violent tendencies by applying deep learning to facial features and bone structure.
— Ben Snyder (@jbensnyder) November 20, 2018
That's phrenology. You just made the ML equivalent of a racist uncle. pic.twitter.com/wx1uJLvKhg
Hell hath no fury like a Mandy Scorned #HartlepoolByElection – London Conversation https://t.co/k0yLGQ9wm6 #HartlepoolByelection via @financialeyes
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Germany’s Green party opened up a seven-point lead over Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc with five months to go before a national election https://t.co/Zm4F3Srvvy via @bpolitics
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Driverless Crash
Two people dead, nobody in the driver seat. 6,000 lb experiments in half-baked, camera-only autonomy, capable of doing 0-60 in under 3 seconds, just roaming the streets. I love living in a SciFi dystopia. https://t.co/FTZkOWYfNG
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) April 18, 2021
OK, we need to talk about this clip.
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) April 20, 2021
Let's start with the easy stuff: @Lebeaucarnews got a basic fact wrong, his own outlet (@CNBC) has reported that NHTSA has opened at least 28 investigations into Tesla crashes and 24 of those are STILL OPEN TODAY. https://t.co/LN5s3ZmsdZ https://t.co/VWOvxF1405
In Phil's defense, there has been one NHTSA investigation into Autopilot that exonerated Tesla. Following Josh Brown's death, NHTSA produced a report saying Autopilot not only wasn't at fault, but actually reduced crashes by 40%.
— E.W. Niedermeyer (@Tweetermeyer) April 20, 2021
It was comically wrong.https://t.co/450DhJ3tyQ
Church leaders call for Home Depot boycott over Georgia voting curbs https://t.co/63xosW0E9c
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Paradox of CO2
Coal and gas rebound puts carbon emissions on track for 2021 surge https://t.co/cq9VL2UuGj via @financialtimes
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
UK prepares to set out steeper climate targets https://t.co/Yq2GcbEHlS via @financialtimes
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
Internationally, France and the United States will be hoping that their counter-terrorism efforts are not now pushed off course. France said it had lost “brave friend” and Chad “a great soldier”https://t.co/Bhzj4u31ek
— Dawn.com (@dawn_com) April 20, 2021
I’m sorry to have been relieved of my responsibilities in Government tonight. pic.twitter.com/AWai59fVhE
— Johnny Mercer (@JohnnyMercerUK) April 20, 2021
The Economist on #CEOActivism https://t.co/2hSnBYyOBj
— Ranjan Balakumaran (@financialeyes) April 20, 2021
