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Medium’s War on Writers: The Censorship Crackdown They Don’t Want You to See

So here we go—another way to silence voices they don’t agree with. Medium’s latest crackdown isn’t about stopping “spam” or “fraud”; it’s ab

[thoughtlessarse]

DeepMind researchers say AI poses a threat to people who identify as queer

Researchers say the impact of AI on people who identify as queer is underexplored, which poses a threat to their health and privacy.

The impact of AI on people who identify as queer is an underexplored area that ethicists and researchers need to consider, along with including more queer voices in their work. That’s according to a recent study from Google’s DeepMind that looked at the positive and negative effects of AI on people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or asexual. Coauthors of a paper on the study include DeepMind senior staff scientist Shakir Mohamed, whose work last year encouraged reforming the AI industry with anticolonialism in mind and queering machine learning as a way to bring about more equitable forms of AI.

The DeepMind paper published earlier this month strikes a similar tone. “Given the historical oppression and contemporary challenges faced by queer communities, there is a substantial risk that artificial intelligence (AI) systems will be designed and deployed unfairly for queer individuals,” the paper reads.

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[sailorsanghelios]

I hate how I can't do the majority of those "imagine your favorite robot" things cause mine doesn't have a physical body.