Linguist at ❤️, NLP Prof @HS_Augsburg , AI & CogSci enthousiast. Cared about training data before it was cool. Mastodon: @elektrischewoer[email protected]

Augsburg, Germany
Joined September 2011
You are a "glass half full" kind of person - No, I'm more of a "what if the glass breaks?" kind of person
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This open letter — ironically but unsurprisingly — further fuels AI hype and makes it harder to tackle real, already occurring AI harms. I suspect that it will benefit the companies that it is supposed to regulate, and not society. Let’s break it down. 🧵futureoflife.org/open-letter…
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#HTA meets THA: Gemeinsam mit Ministerpräsident @Markus_Soeder und dem Bayerischen Staatsminister für Wissenschaft und Kunst @MarkusBlume ist die Hochschule Augsburg in ihr erstes Semester als Technische Hochschule gestartet. Auf ein spannendes und erfolgreiches Sommersemester!
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Totally. And what is most important, I think, is that the weight of useful research in to dangers of AI by the group in the right picture completely outweighs that fn the group in the left picture. Yet, for 'some' reason we keep hearing about what the left group think.
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The Future of Life Institute is a problem. Being in same age-group (lower end maybe😃)/cultural background (8-bit programming📼⌨️) as these men, makes me feel uncomfortable and embarrassed for them. Here they (Musk, Hassabis, Tegmark, Bostrom etc.) are in 2017.
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Looking for a phd student interested in working in #appliedAI and #NLP. Augsburg is a lovely place to live, the University of Applied Sciences is growing quickly and exciting projects and news in this area just keep coming. Please share! #baiosphere karriere.hs-augsburg.de/Wiss…
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Dozens of migrants are confirmed dead, with many more casualties feared. Survivors say the crew threw people overboard, with land finally in sight after a perilous Mediterranean journey from Turkey. ➡️ @NiccoloZancan for @LaStampa, in EN via @worldcrunch worldcrunch.com/migrant-live…
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trying to transition to Mastodon too, find me here: @elektrischewoer[email protected]
Questa cosa della sovranità alimentare ti fa venire improvvisamente una forte voglia di tradire i tuoi principi e mettere dell'ananas sulla pizza. Così, per protesta. #sovranitàalimentare
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Do you ever feel that some cities are just more alive than others? It's probably because they're "mixed-use". This is a simple idea, but it changes everything...
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A cartoon about gendered voice assistants 💅 (1/3)
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Italy mourns the loss of Piero Angela today. He was a fantastic man who brilliantly used tv to make science accessible to everyone. His humbleness and his communication skills inspired all of us to be curious about history, biology, cognitive science, and more #PieroAngela
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The wizard who during his kids show sprinkles a bit of "magic" (Magie) on his gadgets by using Maggi condiment, he is my new hero #itsakindofMaggi
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Friends in academia or in R&D, I am looking for book suggestions to prepare my winter semester classes. In particular on topics of (1) Statistics (basics) and (2) How to do and publish research. If you have something cool and recent to share please let me know!
It looks like Tay the Bot is alive and well
What how could this happen no one foresaw this coming.
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Please share, especially beyond Twitter. I am even going to post on Facebook today -- that's how bad it is. Thank you. tanjamaier.substack.com/p/a-…
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Had a great time at CLASP yesterday! It's always fun to find "your people" who just happen to work in another town 😉 instagram.com/p/Ce2yayBKXut/…
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Not even 24h in #Sweden and I can already see how #PippiLongstocking challenges Swedish society. She doesn't conform, she has no respect for authority, she has people over for meals all the time ( #Swedengate) and she carries a big chunk of #cash wherever she goes
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For those playing along at home, here's a "AI is sentient!" argument bingo card.
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The "stone of wickedness" - up to 180 lbs - quarrelsome women were made to carry them through the city as punishment. Today we call it "strength training" #stoneofwickedness #quarrelsomewomen #strengthtraining instagram.com/p/CeeE43eqkfj/…
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I will no longer engage in philosophical discussions about conscious AI/superintelligent machines, and here's why. (long🧵1/11)
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