AI trailblazers putting people first

Practical AI: Machine Learning, Data Science, LLM

According to Solana Larsen: “Too often, it feels like we have lost control of the internet to the interests of Big Tech, Big Data — and now Big AI.” In the latest season of Mozilla’s IRL podcast (edited by Solana), a number of stories are featured to highlight the trailblazers who are reclaiming power over AI to put people first. We discuss some of those stories along with the issues that they surface.

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Featuring:

• Solana Larsen – Twitter, LinkedIn
• Chris Benson – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, Website
• Daniel Whitenack – Twitter, GitHub, Website

Show Notes:

• Blog post announcing this season of IRL about putting people first in AI
• The IRL podcast

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Chapters

1. Welcome to Practical AI (00:00:08)

2. Sponsor: Traceroute Podcast (00:00:35)

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3. Mozilla & AI (00:02:23)

4. Curating season 2 (00:07:13)

5. People over profit (00:11:18)

6. AI doomerism (00:17:50)

7. Regulation's affect (00:23:55)

8. Ghost workers? (00:26:47)

9. Lend me your voice (00:30:15)

10. Mass experimentation (00:34:34)

11. We're all crash test dummies (00:38:23)

12. An encouraging future (00:42:15)

13. Outro (00:46:57)