privacy "Edge AI": encapsulating machine learning classifiers in lightweight, energy-efficient, airgapped chips Cory Doctorow
Business The bubbles in VR, cryptocurrency and machine learning are all part of the parallel computing bubble Cory Doctorow
computer science Wireheading: when machine learning systems jolt their reward centers by cheating Cory Doctorow
computer science Trying to land on some runways causes the Boeing 737's control screens to go black Cory Doctorow
privacy AI Now's annual report: stop doing "emotion detection"; stop "socially sensitive" facial recognition; make AI research diverse and representative — and more Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Librecorps: an organization that connects student free/open source software developers with humanitarian NGOs Cory Doctorow
security Model stealing, rewarding hacking and poisoning attacks: a taxonomy of machine learning's failure modes Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow
censorship Genetic Evasion: using genetic algorithms to beat state-level internet censorship Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow
law The Hippocratic License: A new software license that prohibits uses that contravene the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights Cory Doctorow
security Researchers think that adversarial examples could help us maintain privacy from machine learning systems Cory Doctorow
books Rage Inside the Machine: an insightful, brilliant critique of AI's computer science, sociology, philosophy and economics Cory Doctorow
