“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”
The real problem of humanity is the following: we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology.
Edward O. Wilson, debate at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, Cambridge, Mass., 9 September 2009
In Japan, these grandparents didn't want Kids to feel lonely while waiting for the bus. So, they made a life-sized version of Totoro at the bus stop Now, the kids have a friend waiting there with them every day. https://t.co/fXxF22ldY1
“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”
Buzzfeed recently published a now deleted article on what AI thinks Barbies would look like from different countries around the world.
The results contained extreme forms of representational bias - including colourist and racist depictions, which is something that AI image generators are often prone to... See more
Buzzfeed recently published a now deleted article on what AI thinks Barbies would look like from different countries around the world.
The results contained extreme forms of representational bias - including colourist and racist depictions, which is something that AI image generators are often prone to doing.
With AI image generators like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and Dall-E gaining huge popularity, it’s important that we are vigilant about the forms of bias that these technologies can fuel.
Full video coming soon on ‘How AI Image Generators Make Bias Worse’ on The London Interdisciplinary School Youtube Channel.