Notices by Frank Pasquale (frankpasquale@mastodon.social), page 2

Can “85 of the world’s most renowned scientists, combining data from 43 studies, mining hundreds of variables collected from more than 10,000, and utilizing state-of-the-art machine learning models—help people pick better romantic partners?

No.”
https://www.wired.com/story/data-marriage-behavior-love-psychology-romance/

“Some of the established concerns with large-language models:
1) they are inherently inaccurate and biased; 2) their size and scale means that only large corporations (or states) can develop and administer them, exacerbating various forms of marginalization and inequality;
3) they have a vast, detrimental environmental impact;
4) they intensify the demand for more pervasive and invasive kinds of surveillance”
https://robhorning.substack.com/p/every-answer

“Part of the problem is that many police and city officials, rather than denouncing scofflaws or enforcing the license plate laws, are some of the most brazen offenders. He and other advocates say they frequently observe high concentrations of illegal plates around courthouses and police precincts.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/17/nyregion/license-plate-vigilantes.html