| ▲ | epistasis 6 hours ago |
| Ah yes, any funding source invalidates all the arguments.... Does this article seem like an AI boosting article? Perhaps exactly the opposite? I dislike this article intensely, and disagree with it, but its lot because somehow the Berggruen Institute is shadow pushing AI here |
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| ▲ | Grombobulous 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| The funding source is incredibly important when it is relevant to the content of the article. This is why reputable journalistic outlets disclose financial ties to entities they report on, even if the connection is barely relevant. NPR will tell you about every ad buy that relates to their reporting. This source could have and should have mentioned this connection in a disclosure, and it would not have detracted from the article. But the fact that it is effectively hidden is a detriment to the level of trust the reader can put into it. |
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| ▲ | Aurornis 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | > This is why reputable journalistic outlets disclose financial ties to entities they report on Where is the financial tie between this organization and the AI companies? The throwaway account's comment above implied some financial connection, but when I clicked the links all I saw was a couple videos where one of their other journalistic outlets had interviewed some filmmakers about AI. I don't see anything to support this accusation that they failed to disclose reporting about some financial investment in AI companies. | | |
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| ▲ | neetle 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Counterpoint - “look at how effective AI is, it’s made everyone realise their career is for nothing!” |
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| ▲ | fitzroy 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Timeless tactic! "The Power Mac G4 is so fast that it is classified as a supercomputer by the US government, and we are prohibited from exporting it to over 50 nations worldwide," Jobs said the Apple Expo, CNN reported in September 1999.
(edit: added link) https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-steve-jobs-us-export-c... | | |
| ▲ | ben_w 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I remember that. It was export banned, wasn't it? A gigaflop being enough for a cruise missile visual guidance or something like that? | | |
| ▲ | Spoom 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I remember those days. Lots of software was also export restricted, but the Internet being what it is, I doubt those restrictions mattered much to folks who wanted effective encryption, who would likely just say they were in the US. |
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