One of the most prominent racist antisemitic Canadian politicians, a Hitler-wannabe who got himself arrested in the 1940s as a threat to democracy, had a grandson who has fallen not far from the family tree: Elon Musk. Musk (father of at least twelve kids with at least three different women) is apparently known most now … Continue reading Elon Musk Humiliates Himself Trying to Spread Nazi Manipulated Video of Harris
I just got off the phone with a technology reporter for a major newspaper, where I was asked about the risks of facial recognition. That’s a deep topic, since crime using faces (deepfakes, impersonation) can apply to almost anything (fraud/theft, racism, classicism). However, I ended the call by warning about even broader risks in recognition … Continue reading Tesla Safety Fail: “Full Self Driving” Can’t Read Even Basic Traffic Signals
An interesting apology from editors of Vice: Friday April 9th, VICE Asia published an interview with Matt Loughrey, an artist working to restore and colorize images from Security Prison 21 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, which was used by the Khmer Rouge regime from 1975 until its fall in 1979. The article included photographs of Khmer … Continue reading Vice Apologizes for Faked Photos of Genocide Victims
My head hurt when I read a new “insider” article on detecting and preventing hate on big data platforms. It’s awful on many, many levels. It’s like seeing a story on airplane safety in hostile territory where former staff reveal they couldn’t agree politically on how to measure gravity in a way that appeased a … Continue reading Big Tech Admits Security Teams Politically Directed and Intentionally Blind to Hate Groups