An AI chatbot trained on 4chan has sparked outrage and fascination

Jun08
by on June 8, 2022 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Insider


If you’re concerned about the biases and bigotry of AI models, you’re gonna love the latest addition to the ranks: a text generator trained on 4chan’s /pol/ board. Short for “Politically Incorrect,” /pol/ is a bastion of hate speech, conspiracy theories, and far-right extremism. It’s also 4chan’s most active board, accumulating around 150,000 daily posts. These attributes attracted Yannick Kilcher, an AI whizz and YouTuber, to use /pol/ as a testing ground for bots. Kilcher first fine-tunedthe GPT-J language model on over 134.5 million posts made on /pol/ across three and a half years. He then incorporated the board’s thread structure…

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IBM AI captains uncrewed ship across the Atlantic using business logic

Jun07
by on June 7, 2022 at 8:26 pm
Posted In: artificial intelligence


An uncrewed vessel dubbed “Mayflower” recently completed the first fully autonomous transatlantic journey on the open sea. Powered by IBM’s AI, the ship was designed and built by non-profit maritime research organization Promare. Its purpose is to boldly go where no robot has gone before, and collect oodles of data from our oceans. Up front: IBM isn’t exactly in the autonomous boating business. We’re probably not going to see Big Blue selling robo-yachts anytime soon. Instead, IBM’s involvement is more about showcasing the robust nature of its machine learning tools. Per an IBM white paper: Just as IBM has been…

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React JS conference to return in November — LGBTQ not invited

Jun06
by on June 6, 2022 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Insider, Opinion


The React Eurasia (formerly React Europe) conference is finally returning to its in-person roots this November after two years of online-only events. Good news for bigots: If you hate the LGBTQPIA+ community and don’t want to attend STEM events with queer people, golly gee are you in luck! The event is being held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Conference organizers announced the venue earlier today alongside a glowing recommendation for its host city of Dubai: We are excited to announce that ReactEurope, now @ReactEurasia will be back in person this November 2022!https://t.co/IZkAmDaLD8 — react-eurasia (@ReactEurasia) June 6, 2022 Here’s the…

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