Aisling Murray

Reading the internet (i.e. AI slop) is giving me the ick.

Or should I say: Reading the internet lately feels less like X and more like Y. This isn’t just about Z - it’s about A, B, C & D.

Two people, seen from behind, in silhouette, stand looking at a poster saying "Who's getting tracked? And by whom?" that is part of an exhibition on data brokers.

A new game seeks to get Dubliners to think about who is tracking them online. Two free exhibitions, hosted at the Beta Festival over the coming weekend, also explore the future of data privacy. www.dublininquirer.c...

The amount of people I know who were suspect of Connolly's keepy-uppy video being AI and who looked closer to be sure of it is a good sign for media literacy.

Is new Dublin restaurant Entrecôte connected to the French originals? A few weeks ago this Instagram page appeared, announcing a "world famous French bistro" was coming to Dublin. Ears were pricked, and questions abounded about exactly which "Entrecôte" was coming to Ir...

It doesn't matter if you're into food and restaurants, this is a must-read on the importance of fact-checking and subject-matter experts (and a mini exposé on how a particular food enterprise in Dublin is capitalising on its absence in Irish media). www.allthefood.ie/single-post/...

“The road to authoritarianism is filled with people telling you you are overreacting.” @governorwalz.mn.gov speaking at @americanprogress.bsky.social right now

Most Researchers Do Not Believe AGI Is Imminent. Why Do Policymakers Act Otherwise? | TechPolicy.Press Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio says it is dangerous to the public interest for policymakers to center the pursuit of AGI in AI policy.

With Meta launching a lab focused on “Superintelligence” — the new buzzword for “AGI,” itself the new buzzword for “AI,” etc — it’s worth noting that AGI is a flawed goal. Here’s my general-readership piece for @techpolicypress.bsky.social on the matter: www.techpolicy.press/most-researc...

Hey, not in press but I do love things so please include me in your press drop. Thanks.

How to Enter the US With Your Digital Privacy Intact Crossing into the United States has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. Here are a few steps you can take to minimize the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.

Traveling into the U.S. has become increasingly dangerous for digital privacy. From the ace @wired.com security team, here's tangible guidance on minimizing the risk of Customs and Border Patrol accessing your data.

www.wired.com/2017/02/guid...

Séamas O'Reilly: We need to stop lying about what makes lost boys such easy marks for cons Economically depressed young men are aggressively targeted with the oldest, most seductive pitch there is — money for nothing — by bad faith actors with enormous wealth

I wrote this on young men, and why we need to stop lying about why they're easy prey for reptiles like Andrew Tate.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

I was in Paris last week for the #AIActionSummit & was honoured to participate in the “AI in public interest” panel.

👇🏾 my thoughts & reflections on what AI in public interest is/isn’t & some concrete steps/initiatives for `bending the arc of AI towards the public interest' aial.ie/pages/aiparis/

Ok, Ireland is at 89.99% of the threshold it has to reach for this #EU petition to support banning #LGBTQ conversion therapy.

Only a few hundred to go! #Spéirgorm

AIxDESIGN We’re a Global Community and Lab Nourishing Alternative, Feminist + Participatory Approaches to AI for the Rest of Us 🐛

Helloooooo BlueSky! 🌤️ We have just landed and will share more here soon 🥠 meanwhile find us and updates at -> aixdesign.co + linkin.bio/aixdesign-co/

Beta Festival has released its report from the AI Art Assembly, providing deeply considered food for thought on AI and the arts. Well worth a look, and kudos to @aislingmurray.bsky.social for making these conversations happen.

Find it here: betafestivalaiartassemblyreport.tiiny.site

Séamas O'Reilly: Everyone born in 1998 is now at least 25 — the bad news doesn't end there There are hundreds of thousands of young adults in Ireland who will never hire a plumber or electrician, buy a lawnmower, build a shed

70% of Irish twenty-five year olds now live with their parents. I wrote about why that's obviously a very bad thing.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

Open letter to #transmediale

Why is transmediale not hiring a new artistic director? 

signed by @bitnik.bsky.social @aramba.bsky.social @networked.work @k0a1a.bsky.social

openlettertransmediale.onlyoffice.com/doceditor?sh...

Ted Chiang vs the machines:

lareviewofbooks.org/article/life...

Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims The new filing claims that Meta allowed Llama to commit copyright infringement on pirated data and upload it for commercial gain.

Meta trained Llama on copyrighted material, new filing claims

The great thing with Signal is that not only is it more secure and operated by better people, but it's also flat out the better product in terms of usability and aesthetics. Also no weird AI bots, solid desktop version, and great videoconferencing.

Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni and a Smear Campaign After ‘It Ends With Us’ (Gift Article) Private messages detail an alleged campaign to smear Blake Lively after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.”

You can be incredibly famous & successful, stunningly beautiful with a hugely powerful husband & still be vulnerable to any silly decision being weaponised in the perennial sport of tearing down women. And most of us are none of these things, that’s what scares me

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/21/b...

Gaza death trap: MSF report exposes Israel’s campaign of total destruction Amid continued attacks, siege, and blockade, Israel is destroying conditions of life in Gaza.

"What our medical teams have witnessed on the ground … is consistent with the descriptions provided by an increasing number of legal experts and organizations concluding that genocide is taking place in Gaza” www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/gaza-...

Resharing: Opportunity to join or Chair the Trustee Board of the National Videogame Museum, UK. Please get in touch (DMs open) for a chat if this sparks an interest - we’re about to start a new chapter, and we need some new voices and perspectives to help and steer. (Deadline late Jan.)

Open access link to download PDF of the book is live. New book - Critical Data Studies: An A to Z Guide to Concepts and Methods. Published by Polity Books. Also details on pbk & hbk purchase. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

Director of Regenerative Futures The role will lead Watershed Wild and Generous, working with our trustees, staff, stakeholders, communities and neighbours to deliver a sustainable, equitable and values-driven building and public spa...

Dream job as Director of Regenerative Futures going at @wshed.bsky.social Also do give their Bluesky account a follow if you haven’t already. www.watershed.co.uk/jobs-opportu...

Screenshot of Table of Contents (Part 1) Contents 1 Introduction 217 2 Positionality 221 3 Overview of Risks and Harms Associated with Computer Vision Systems and Proposed Mitigation Strategies 223 3.1 Representational Harms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 3.2 Quality-of-Service and Allocative Harms . . . . . . . . . . 229 3.3 Interpersonal Harms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 3.4 Societal Harms: System Destabilization and Exacerbating Inequalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 4 Frameworks and Principles for Computer Vision Researchers 266 4.1 Guidelines for Responsible Data and Model Development . 267 4.2 Measurement Modeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 4.3 Reflexivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 5 Reorientations of Computer Vision Research 276 5.1 Grounded in Historical Context and Considering Power Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 5.2 Small, Task Specific . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 5.3 Community-Rooted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Screenshot of Table of Contents (Part 2) 6 Systemic Change 285 6.1 Collective Action and Whistleblowing . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 6.2 Refusal/The Right not to Build Something . . . . . . . . . 287 6.3 Independent Funding Outside of Military and Multinational Corporations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 7 Conclusion 291 References 293

Dear computer vision researchers, students & practitioners🔇🔇🔇

Remi Denton & I have written what I consider to be a comprehensive paper on the harms of computer vision systems reported to date & how people have proposed addressing them, from different angles.

PDF: cdn.sanity.io/files/wc2kmx...

Names for a lazy person from eight different languages:

8. A lazybones (English)
7. A sluggish banana (Danish)
6. A flaccid fish (Norwegian)
5. A snake king (Cantonese)
4. A free-bread-getter (Serbian)
3. A day-thief (Flemish)
2. A nothingdoer (Hungarian)
1. Director of Free Air (Lithuanian)

Beloved murderer canceled after old tweets surface

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The last thing I'll say is that Science Gallery paid and commissioned artists for 3-5 exhibitions every year. This is rare these days, especially in the science engagement space.