Episode 5: Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund, November 9 2022
Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 · Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna
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Show Notes
Emily and Alex discuss Sam Bankman-Fried's Future Fund, its essay contest, and the problems with using AI for prediction and resource allocation--mere days before the collapse of FTX. Also, we introduce our "What in the Fresh AI Hell?" segment!
This episode was recorded on November 9, 2022.
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References:
Bill Howe - Applied AI in High-Expertise Settings or Curation as Programming
Samir Passi and Solon Barocos - "Problem Formulation in Fairness"
Vinod Prabharakan, William Isaac, Donald Martin Jr - Participatory Problem Formation for Fairer Machine Learning
David Ribes, Andrew S Hoffman, Steven C Slota and Geoffrey C Bowker -
The Logic of Domains
Shoshana Zuboff - The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Lee Vinsel on Criti-hype - Notes on Criticism and Technology Hype
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Music by Toby Menon.
Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park.
Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.