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@rysiek@mstdn.socialA random reminder that Excavating AI is a phenomenal piece of work, and remains very relevant years after having been published:
https://excavating.ai/
Do have a read.
> In the weird metaphysics of ImageNet, there are separate image categories for “assistant professor” and “associate professor”—as though if someone were to get a promotion, their biometric signature would reflect the change in rank.
> Of course, these sorts of assumptions have their own dark histories and attendant politics.
@rysiek good thing there's steady progress on this topic that is still barely understood. thanks for pointing towards it
@rysiek my band was lucky enough to play support for Kate Crawford's band b(if)Tek a couple of times back in the early 00s. I think we all had a bit of a crush on her.
Even though I had a vague sense she was an academic back then, reading her book had to be one of the weirder links between very different stages of my life.
Coincidentally, Dan Shiffman (who I also have a bit of a nerd crush on) recommended all his viewers read this essay in his latest video.