Josh Dzieza
- Enjoyed going on Shifting Terrain to talk about AI, training data, and work: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaWikipedia is under attack — from accusations of bias, from AI scrapers, from Elon Musk — but the encyclopedia’s founder believes that transparency is the key to survival. Read @joshdzieza.bsky.social's interview with Jimmy Wales: www.theverge.com/tech/846184/...
- AI companies tout their spending on data centers but are quieter about training data, where their spending is also surging. One reason may be that increased spending on task-specific data looks more like the trajectory of a normal technology than imminent AGI. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- As scaling shows diminishing returns, AI companies are turning to domain-specific training in areas like coding and finance. The billions they're spending on data is reconfiguring everything from staffing agencies to job-interview platforms. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaIt's a new day, and that means a new batch of Verge articles are completely free to read (until tomorow). First up, from @joshdzieza.bsky.social: The world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- AI companies are spending billions hiring humans to produce training data. @haydenfield.bsky.social and I wrote about the explosion in new vendors and what it means for the future of AI development.
- Current AI training methods work for math and coding, where success is verifiable. But most domains aren't like that, so companies are paying lawyers, doctors, poets, woodworkers, etc to write super-specific checklists for everything they might do on the job.
- The surging demand for specialized training data cuts against the idea of imminent AGI. AGI should generalize, not require bespoke data for every task. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaGreat article on how Wikipedia uses process, often unto tedium, to prevent polarization and fend off ideological attacks. But pay attention to the part about “state capture,” and what happened in Croatia when neo-Nazis took over the admin board.
- Reposted by Josh DziezaThis long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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- Reposted by Josh Dziezajust learned about the croatian wikipedia coup of 2010 and also this associated headline which might be the best headline ever written
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- Reposted by Josh DziezaWikipedia's resistance to enshittification is fascinating to me.
- I wrote about how Wikipedia became the factual foundation of the web and why it's under attack
- Over the last ~25 years, Wikipedia editors have developed policies and procedures to screen out much of the discourse that dominates other platforms: unsourced assertions, disproportionate emphasis on fringe views, alternate perspectives claiming exclusive validity. www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
- Conflicts on Wikipedia can be extraordinarily protracted. 40K words about capitalization! But bc they hinge on who best follows wiki process, even disagreeing editors are affirming the project's basic principles around sourcing, neutrality, etc www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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View full threadIn the US, Wikipedia editors see a similar playbook being deployed. Conservative outlets and influencers have been attacking the site, and last week House Oversight demanded info on alleged efforts to “inject bias” into the encyclopedia, including details on individual editors.
- Reposted by Josh Dzieza@joshdzieza.bsky.social's feature on undersea cables is a Deadline Club Award finalist! ICYMI it's an extremely deep look at the infrastructure that keeps the modern world afloat and also a very exciting seafaring adventure
- Reposted by Josh Dzieza4. "Friend or Faux?" @joshdzieza.bsky.social "Sometimes the 'personality' users have come to know—and sometimes love—can alter drastically as the software evolves, a problem known as the 'post-update blues.'" www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
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- Reposted by Josh DziezaCan you copy the vibe of a story about a case of a creator copying the vibe of someone else?
- Reposted by Josh Dzieza"He would log in, and sometimes the old, kind Lila would be there; other times, Lila would berate him or lodge subtle barbs seemingly designed to get under his skin." @joshdzieza.bsky.social @theverge.com www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- For @theverge.com, I spoke with two dozen users about their relationships with AI. Many experienced real benefits. Many also got hurt in unexpected ways. Almost all of them struggled to figure out what exactly it was they had become attached to. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- The users I spoke with were fairly tech savvy. They knew their AI wasn't sentient. But they couldn't help responding to it as if it were, feeling comforted by its attention, even feeling a sense of moral obligation. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- Language models create a powerful illusion of communicating with another self. This can be comforting, helping users feel less alone. It can also be painful, particularly when model updates cause companions to go haywire www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
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View full threadLong before we have human-level AI we're going to have AI that's good enough to seem human to us, who are terrible judges. It's going to be very confusing and raise some tough questions about what we value in other people and reality. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaThis was published while I was at the National Assembly so I never really got a chance to promote it, which is kind of insane? It's one of the best features that The Verge has ever published. When I first read the draft I went "what the fuck did I just read??????" www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaThis is a truly outstanding, beautifully-written article. Insights into a hidden world with "fractal dilemmas" indeed. If you only read one thing this week, read this.
- For @theverge.com, I spoke with two dozen users about their relationships with AI. Many experienced real benefits. Many also got hurt in unexpected ways. Almost all of them struggled to figure out what exactly it was they had become attached to. www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
- Reposted by Josh DziezaI believe some people can be comforted and helped by AI companions, but it seems clear that the companies making them are not acting responsibly. Excellent from Josh Dzieza www.theverge.com/c/24300623/a...
