Ron Baecker
@ronbaecker
Followers
101
Following
3
Media
6
Statuses
119
Author, teacher, consultant. CS Emer Prof Univ of Toronto. Just published Digital Dreams Have Become Nightmares — What We Must Do. https://t.co/mRes5SoeOL
Toronto
Joined March 2011
@CharlieWurzel writes interestingly about his process of building to follow 2000 people on #Twitter, feeling overwhelmed, nuking them all, then rebuilding, leveraging recommendations from people he has grown to trust, see @TheAtlantic. #socialMedia
0
0
2
I am speaking Friday at noon EST at TEDxUofT Salon on Ethical Tech Startups: The Keys to Success. Register at https://t.co/3Wo7h5YWyF.
#startup #entrepreneur #ethics #techevents
0
3
5
Worth reading is a comprehensive thoughtful paper, Telelife: The Future of Remote Living, discussing the marriage of #virtual reality and remote #collaboration technologies and issues such as #privacy, #security, #accessibility, and #ethics, see https://t.co/26s07zuVnE.
frontiersin.org
In recent years, everyday activities such as work and socialization have steadily shifted to more remote and virtual settings. With the COVID-19 pandemic, th...
0
1
1
Another firing of an #AI researcher at #Google, the internal conflict illustrating the global battle for the soul of AI, and the deep social and ethical issues underlying its deployment, see https://t.co/pndyHesjZG. Learn more at https://t.co/wDjpWeqfJ6..
ronbaecker.com
innovator | author | teacher | speaker | consultant
0
0
1
Amidst the understandable media sound and fury about the soul of @Twitter and the real risks posed by Elon Musk's purchase, this @NYTimes essay about the experience of being harassed on the platform is the most moving, see https://t.co/jino1AEL5C.
0
1
1
Wealth, ego and arrogance — @ElonMusk — buys @Twitter. There is much in the news, but I recommend the very thoughtful and scary essay by @CharlieWarzel in his @GalazyBrain newsletter, see https://t.co/7i909RKDbr.
#FreeSpeech #HateSpeech #Disinformation #ContentModeration
theatlantic.com
Plus: the more likely one.
0
2
0
Read at https://t.co/vLbpLFMn7o a compelling essay by @MoiraWeigel discussing the dangers resulting from purchases through Amazon of #unsafe goods from 3rd party sellers, insufficiently vetted and supported by purchased fake reviews. Learn more at https://t.co/qcVwt2rFHR.
computers-society.org
Resources for Learning and Thinking Ethically
0
0
0
Tune in today at 12:15 PST for former President @BarackObama's speech at @Stanford on the threats to #democracy from #disinformation on the #internet. See
0
1
1
The @NYTimes seeks to learn about experiences with software that monitors for cheating on online tests by watching eye movements, listening for whispers, and tracking online activity, see https://t.co/2G16AZQekT to tell your story. #privacy #surveillance
nytimes.com
Tell us about your experience with automated tools meant to detect suspicious student behavior.
0
0
0
Will @ElonMusk's purchase of 9.8% of #Twitter lead to an effort to change its content moderation of #disinformation and #hateSpeech in favour of unfettered #FreedomOfSpeech, see https://t.co/pakUaFLIsT and https://t.co/XTCyGXHMAG. Learn at https://t.co/wDjpWeqfJ6.
ronbaecker.com
innovator | author | teacher | speaker | consultant
0
0
1
A fascinating article in @Bloomberg's chronicles @Amazon's decade-long unsuccessful attempt at #drone delivery, plagued by technical challenges, safety concerns, high turnover, and competition from @Alphabet, @Walmart, and @UPS, see
bloomberg.com
A Bloomberg investigation reveals a program beset by technical challenges, high turnover and safety concerns.
0
0
0
A bill now in Canada's Parliament, patterned after an Australian law, allows local media firms to negotiate with major digital platforms for fair compensation for their work, supported by binding arbitration, see https://t.co/NvXl82JTJh,
@Comp4Good.
financialpost.com
0
0
0
Insightful political journalist @ThomasFriedman calls the War in #Ukraine "World War Wired" —the first true #worldwar — in which almost everyone on the planet can observe and even participate using modern #digitalmedia, see https://t.co/D1o04bmRFx.
nytimes.com
In World War Wired, virtually everyone everywhere can observe the fighting at a granular level, participate in some way or be affected economically.
0
1
0
My review of the excellent and important new book — Human-Centered AI by Emeritus Professor @BenShneiderman appears today on the blog at https://t.co/qcVwt2rFHR.
computers-society.org
Resources for Learning and Thinking Ethically
0
3
2
Representative (from Silicon Valley) Ro Khanna focuses on skills training and job creation and on the control of #BigTech in a thoughtful new book, A Manifesto for Dignity in a Digital Age. A review may be found at https://t.co/kaIw6J9OmE. Learn more at https://t.co/qcVwt2rFHR.
computers-society.org
Resources for Learning and Thinking Ethically
0
0
0
#Turing Award Winner @YannLeCun discusses his research on self-supervised learning by artificial neural networks and suggests "amplification of human intelligence" as a major goal for #AI, see #VentureBeat
https://t.co/5mY5h5uGoR. Learn more at https://t.co/wDjpWeqfJ6.
ronbaecker.com
innovator | author | teacher | speaker | consultant
0
1
1
#Wired reports on the huge role that #Tiktok is playing with videos about the war in #Ukraine ... some have been viewed tens of millions of times ..., and its failure to remove misleading #disinformation and stop sabotage, see https://t.co/inQSd6jzNc.
wired.com
As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine plays out online, the platform’s design and algorithm prove ideal for the messiness of war—but a nightmare for the truth.
0
1
2
Uber seems to be working hard to enhance safety and establish more trust with both drivers and passengers, see https://t.co/XcFUa8Br7J. Learn more at https://t.co/wDjpWeHQAE and https://t.co/qcVwt2a4jh.
computers-society.org
Resources for Learning and Thinking Ethically
0
0
0
See the thoughtful blog by GWU Emeritus Professor C. Dianne Martin on the internet as a reverse Panopticon in which everybody is under constant possible surveillance by countless others ... https://t.co/qcVwt2a4jh.
computers-society.org
Resources for Learning and Thinking Ethically
0
0
0
Hollywood has decided to focus on immoral entrepreneurs, with new videos on @ElizabethHolmes of #Theranos: https://t.co/XWXHD9DxiR,
@TravisKalanick of #Uber: https://t.co/koHQmR5hic and @AdamNeumann of #WeWork: https://t.co/t8JEzMV3xy. See https://t.co/zUIiQa1sAu.
nytimes.com
With limited series like “The Dropout,” “WeCrashed” and “Super Pumped,” the culture is saturated with ripped-from-the-headlines tales of self-immolating moguls.
0
1
1