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Deepfake Research: ChatGPT can produce fake data
By Gordon Hull There’s been a lot of concern about the role of language models in research. I had some initial thoughts on some of that based around Foucault and authorial responsibility (part 1, part 2, part 3). A lot of those concerns have to do with the role of... Continue reading
Posted Nov 13, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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RLHF and Curation Transparency
By Gordon Hull Last time, I followed a reading of Kathleen Creel’s recent “Transparency in Complex Computational Systems” to think about the ways that RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback) in Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT necessarily involves an opaque, implicit normativity. To recap: RLHF improves the models by... Continue reading
Posted Nov 9, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Implicit Normativity in Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback in Large Language Models
By Gordon Hull This is somewhat circuitous – but I want to approach the question of Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) by way of recent work on algorithmic transparency. So bear with me… RLHF is currently all the rage in improving large language models (LLMs). Basically, it’s a way... Continue reading
Posted Nov 2, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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More on AI and Copyright
Another case percolating through the system, this one about Westlaw headnotes. The judge basically ruled against a series of motions for summary judgment, which means that the case is going to a jury. Discussion here (link via Copyhype) Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Cars are Privacy Disasters
This article from Gizmodo reports on research done over at Mozilla. Newer cars – the ones that connect to the internet and have lots of cameras – are privacy disasters. Here’s a paragraph to give you a sense of the epic scope of the disaster: “The worst offender was Nissan,... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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On Foucault on “Chardino-Marxism,” part 5: Lunacharsky
By Gordon Hull I’ve been developing (first, second, third, fourth) some reflections on what Foucault means by a reference to “Chardino-Marxism,” a disturbing trend that he credits Althusser with “courageously fighting.” The real opposition point seems to be Roger Garaudy, a PCF intellectual who is a leader in the effort... Continue reading
Posted Sep 7, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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On Foucault on “Chardino-Marxism,” part 4
By Gordon Hull Over the course of a few posts (first, second, third), I’ve been exploring the question of what Foucault means when he refers disparagingly to “Chardino-Marxism” in a mid-1960s interview, comparing it unfavorably to what Althusser and his circle are doing. Although the “Chardino” part refers to Teilhard... Continue reading
Posted Aug 31, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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AI Is not a (Copyright) Author (at least not today)
Posted Aug 24, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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On Foucault on “Chardino-Marxism,” Part 3
By Gordon Hull The last couple of times (here then here), I’ve started trying to work through a disparaging reference in the mid-1960s Foucault to “Chardino-Marxism.” Foucault is associating it with Marxist humanism, and comparing it unfavorably to the Althusserian alternative. As I noted, the name Foucault uses is Teilhard... Continue reading
Posted Aug 10, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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What is Chardino-Marxism and Why does Foucault Care? (part 2)
By Gordon Hull Last time, I noted that mid-late 1960s Foucault aligned himself in favor of Althusser’s work on Marx, and against what he called “Chardino-Marxism,” which turns out to be a shorthand for humanist Marxism, in particular any efforts to synthesize Marx and Teilhard de Chardin, as well as... Continue reading
Posted Aug 3, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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What is “Chardino-Marxism” and why is Foucault talking about it? (part 1)
By Gordon hull In a 1966 interview with Madeline Chapsal, Foucault proposes that “our task currently is to definitively liberate ourselves from humanism” and offers the following example: “Our task is to free ourselves definitively from humanism, and it is in this sense that our work is political work, insofar... Continue reading
Posted Jul 27, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Signal or Noise? Foucault and Communication Theory (part 2): Noise as Resistance
By Gordon Hull Last time, I followed up on a reference in Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan’s Code to Foucault’s short text “Message ou bruit” (1966). Here I want to trace out some of the political implications of that text, or at least to suggest a path from it to some of... Continue reading
Posted Jul 20, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Signal or Noise? Foucault and Communication Theory (Part 1)
By Gordon Hull Last time, I offered a quick synopsis of Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan’s excellent new book Code. Here, I’d like to track one specific Foucault reference in it. Geoghegan takes Lévi-Strauss’s Savage Mind as a central text in the ambivalence French theorists came to feel about American communication theories,... Continue reading
Posted Jul 13, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Reading List: Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan, Code
By Gordon Hull I made myself wait until I was settled into the summer to read Bernard Dionysius Geoghegan’s Code: From Information Theory to French Theory. It was absolutely worth the wait. Code offers a look into the role of cybernetic theory in the development of postwar French theory, especially... Continue reading
Posted Jul 6, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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The Supreme Court’s Disappearing Public
In the face of the general disaster of the Republican majority on the Supreme Court’s ongoing power grab in the student loan case, I worry that the damage of the LGBTQ Wedding Website decision, Creative LLC v. Elenis, will get overlooked. It seems to me, based mainly on a reading... Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Bing also hallucinates, even with footnotes
Posted May 4, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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ChatGPT Reread Kierkegaard but still makes up cites
Posted Mar 17, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Some Reasons to be Skeptical of AI Authorship, Part 3: Capitalism and Social Justice
By Gordon Hull In the previous two posts (here and here) I’ve developed a political account of authorship (according to which whether we should treat an AI as an author for journal articles and the like is a political question, not one about what the AI is, or whether its... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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ChatGPT Putting Words in Sartre's Mouth
As if Sartre didn't produce enough words all by himself! ChatGPT's response to the following prompt is instructive for those of us who are concerned about ChatGPT being used to cheat. Read past the content of the answer to notice the made-up citations. The "consciousness is a question..." line is... Continue reading
Posted Feb 17, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Some Reasons to be Skeptical of AI Authorship, Part 2: Accountability
By Gordon Hull As I argued last time, authorship is a political function, and we should be applying that construction of it to understand whether AI should be considered an author. Here is a first reason for doing so: AI can’t really be “accountable.” (a) Research accountability: The various journal... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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ChatGPT Didn't Do the Kierkegaard Reading
Posted Feb 10, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Come Study Philosophy in Charlotte!
Posted Feb 8, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Some Reasons to be Skeptical of AI Authorship, Part 1: What is an (AI) Author?
By Gordon Hull Large Language Models (LLMs) like Chat-GPT burst into public consciousness sometime in the second half of last year, and Chat-GPT’s impressive results have led to a wave of concern about the future viability of any profession that depends on writing, or on teaching writing in education. A... Continue reading
Posted Feb 6, 2023 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Gatecrashers, Blue Buses and Speeding Drivers: Philosophy of Law as a way into AI Accountability (part 2)
By Gordon Hull Last time, I introduced a number of philosophy of law examples in the context of ML systems and suggested that they might be helpful in thinking differently, and more productively, about holding ML systems accountable. Here I want to make the application specific. So: how do these... Continue reading
Posted Nov 3, 2022 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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Gatecrashers, Blue Buses and Speeding Drivers: Philosophy of Law as a way into AI Accountability (part 1)
By Gordon Hull AI systems are notoriously opaque black boxes. In a now standard paper, Jenna Burrell dissects this notion of opacity into three versions. The first is when companies deliberately hide information about their algorithms, to avoid competition, maintain trade secrets, and to guard against gaming their algorithms, as... Continue reading
Posted Oct 25, 2022 at New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science
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