iain retweeted
When I created Raspbian for the Raspberry Pi, I was excited to help bring low-cost compute into the hands of a next generation of tinkerers and programmers.
However, I now despair that a Raspberry Pi can cost upwards of $300 because AI shortages are making personal computing unaffordable. Furthermore, bright young people are being discouraged from learning programming because they are being told it is now a commodity skill that AI will do.
I have to ask myself what it was all for. Is this the future we were promised? If so, I'm starting to regret my part in it.
iain retweeted
I just wanted to update my resume. Instead, I accidentally proved how a multi-billion-dollar AI tool hallucinates a glass ceiling for women.
I changed a single variable: My name.
Here is what happened when "Jennifer" became "Jeff."
iain retweeted
š¦A researcher invented a fake eye condition called bixonimania, uploaded two obviously fraudulent papers about it to an academic server, and watched major AI systems present it as real medicine within weeks.
The fake papers thanked Starfleet Academy, cited funding from the Professor Sideshow Bob Foundation and the University of Fellowship of the Ring, and stated mid-paper that the entire thing was made up. Google's Gemini told users it was caused by blue light. Perplexity cited its prevalence at one in 90,000 people.
ChatGPT advised users whether their symptoms matched. The fake research was then cited in a peer-reviewed journal that only retracted it after Nature contacted the publisher.
My Take
The researcher made the papers as obviously fake as possible on purpose. The AI systems didn't catch it. Neither did the human researchers who cited it in real journals, which means people are feeding AI-generated references into their work without reading what they're actually citing.
I've covered the FDA using AI for drug review, the NYC hospital CEO ready to replace radiologists, and ChatGPT Health launching this year. All of that is happening in the same environment where a condition funded by a Simpsons character and endorsed by the crew of the Enterprise was being presented as emerging medical consensus. The people making these deployment decisions seem to believe the pipeline from research to AI to patient is more supervised than it actually is. This experiment suggests it isn't supervised much at all.
Hedgieš¤
nature.com/articles/d41586-0ā¦
iain retweeted
A š§µif I may
There is a video going around of a man being arrested at an airport for āhurty wordsā by armed police
I know nothing of the job so wonāt comment on that but a couple of points from personal experience
I had a delightful chap sending his ex horrible messages
iain retweeted
"Can we get rid of this ayatollah T-shirt? Khomeini died years ago."
"But, Marge, it works on any ayatollah-- Ayatollah Nakhbadeh, Ayatollah Zahedi. As we speak, Ayatollah Razmara and his cadre of fanatics are consolidating their power."
"I don't care who's consolidating their power."
iain retweeted
Just encountered one of the most convincing Google account takeover scams Iāve seen.
Perfect American accent. Calm. Professional.
They start the call by saying someone tried to hack your Google account using a fake death certificate, then ask if you recognize a recovery email or phone number.
They ask if youāve received any recent Google emails about an account you donāt recognize trying to recover access.
And sure enough, thereās a legit Google security email.
Hereās the trick.
The attacker isnāt trying to hack your account.
They create a throwaway Google account, set your email as the recovery email, then try to recover that account. Google sends you a real security email.
The scammer calls you live, references the email, and even tells you to verify the headers since it comes directly from Google.
The headers are real. Thatās the point.
Then they tell you theyāre locking down your account and that youāll get a recovery prompt on your phone. You just need to approve it to stay safe.
The giveaway was the device and location in the prompt didnāt match me. When I pushed back, they claimed it was from their servers, which obviously makes no sense.
At that point I hung up. I have a personal rule to never approve anything I didnāt initiate, especially while on the phone.
Extremely well executed social engineering. Iām sure this works on a lot of people.
And if someone calls you about account security, assume itās a scam
iain retweeted
Please donāt scan your eyeballs at the Gap, thank you for your attention to this matter
iain retweeted
Amazing. DoorDash driver accepted the drive, immediately marked it as delivered, and submitted an AI-generated image of a DoorDash order (left) at our front door (right).
iain retweeted
This, from the majestic @whippletom, is wonderful
Tom bought half a tonne of totally random Amazon returns for Ā£200
His entire clan, his mum and dad and his neighbours spent what sounds like a glorious day rooting through it
āMy dad is quieter. He inspects the ground with the precision of a wading bird seeking tasty morsels in the mudflats. He has a cellar to stockā
There is joy in every sentence. I canāt recommend it enough
thetimes.com/article/80c0a85ā¦
iain retweeted
IMPORTANT message for everyone using Gmail.
You have been automatically OPTED IN to allow Gmail to access all your private messages & attachments to train AI models.
You have to manually turn off Smart Features in the Setting menu in TWO locations.
Retweet so every is aware.
iain retweeted
Two arrested on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail after cyber-attack on chain of London nurseries bbc.in/4q0oPfs
