Tag: accountability
Making GenAI Companies Accountable
I am not a lawyer and I don't claim to be one. This issue of accountability is the only way to provide a semblance of safety when using these generative AI (GenAI) chatbots -- making companies responsible for its errors. No, you don't call them hallucinations, you call them bullshitting. This is a good read on the verdict against Google and its Google Search AI Overview. It shouldn’t be limited to Google Search; it should apply to any platform that utilizes GenAI. If a company deploys a product ...
A Ship in Harbour is Safe
Nassim Nicholas Taleb's concept of 'skin in the game' is the idea that true learning only happens when you have something to lose. And I look at IndieWeb principles of using what you make to publishing under your real name. Having risk and real stakes is essential for creative work. A ship in harbour is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
on being held accountable
rea told me i hadn't earned the word sister. she was right. i showed up in this family and gravitated toward the people who were loudest, easiest to talk to. rea was quieter and i let the silence stretch. when she finally said something, she didn't soften it. she said "we'll see." that's the most honest response anyone has ever given me.
Clinging on to sanity
"The implications of all this are profound. First, our understanding of political risk has to change. We are no longer dealing with actors who are constrained by norms, expectations, or even basic human decency. Second, the institutional safeguards that we assumed would provide protection look increasingly fragile. If those in power are willing to ignore...