Pluralistic: "Humans in the loop" must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed (23 Apr 2024)

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"Humans in the loop" must detect the hardest-to-spot errors, at superhuman speed: The particular torments of reverse-centaurs are drastically under-theorized.
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Precaritize bosses: When the ruling class tells you what motivates them, believe them the first time.
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The unexpected upside of global monopoly capitalism: We're all fighting the same enemy.
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Wellness surveillance makes workers unwell: As ever, the important thing isn't what the gadget does, it's who it does it for and who it does it to.
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Bullies want you to think they're on your side: Bosses (not migrants) take workers' wages, and corporations (not readers) want writers' money.
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Brinkwhump Linkdump: A varied mixture for the weekend.
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Lies, damned lies, and Uber: Uber wants to pay its Toronto drivers $2.50/hour (eh).
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Hypothetical AI election disinformation risks vs real AI harms: And those real AI harms are priming people to believe disinformation.
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