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"Our bad AI could be the best tool we have for understanding how to be better people."
2018 post, but the point's still valid: Use the garbage we're getting out to identify the garbage going in that we need to clean up.

Image of BHB2007 via the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA)
"The two bright spots...are small disks that surround the forming proto-stars...while the surrounding pretzel-shaped filaments are gas and dust that have been gravitationally pulled from a larger disk. "

"The accuracy of Mozilla Location Service (MLS) has steadily declined. With no plans to restart the stumbler program or increase investments to MLS we have made the decision to retire the service."

"Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collected, and what's being shared and with whom. "

"Why EFF Does Not Think Recent Changes Ameliorate KOSA’s Censorship The latest version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) did not change our critical view of the legislation. The changes have led some organizations to drop their opposition to the bill, but we still believe it is a dangerous and..."

"To extend this analogy, the other lemmy admins, are not asking for luxury features. They are asking for improvements in the safety of the playground. "

"This raises a few really important questions. First, for everyone outside of America, it raises the question of algorithmic feeds created outside their own countries. Is the Internet a nice, friendly post-national free-trade free-speech zone, or is domestic control of this technology important in France, Guyana and New Zealand, too? In addition, for Americans, it should probably give us pause in thinking about our domestically-controlled networks."

"It's popular to say we can’t agree on Tailwind, but I posit we actually already do. I think what we actually disagree on isn’t the details of this (or any) specific software; it's in what we value, and how we each define assets and liabilities."