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Challenge – AI Initiative
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#12A little awkwardly named as this appears to have little to do with OpenAI.
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#13So basically what they want is somebody to start working on solving the fake news problem? Can anybody explain to me why exactly we find it increasingly necessary to try and censor the internet?
> increasingly necessary to try and censor the internet?
Most BBSs were moderated.
Most IRC channels were moderated.
Most PHPBB forums were moderated.
This very comments section (and news article listing it's attached to) is moderated.
Anyone who has been around the internet for a while knows that moderation and curating is basically ubiquitous and necessary because of both intentionally bad actors and also because of low-quality contributors.
I would laugh at you if you told me in 1990s or even 2000s that congresspeople would be concerned about internet trolls. But I also would have laughed at you if you told me most people would carry palm pilot-like devices everywhere.
What changed in eternal September was not the instinct or moderate or the necessity of moderation. If anything, the amount of moderation per user post probably substantially decreased. But the stakes did change. The stakes changed because the userbase got massive enough to matter in the national and international balance of power.
That scale is also the reason this is now an AI challenge instead of a "call/DM/PM Johnny the admin and ask him to deal with the asshat derailing every conversation about Blah De Bloop with stupid conspiracy theory shit" challenge.
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#14A little awkwardly named as this appears to have little to do with OpenAI.
This does not have anything to do with OpenAI (though it's a cool initiative.) Source: I work at OpenAI.
Re: Challenge – AI Initiative
#15> From Sept. 12 to Oct. 14, 2018, we’re inviting you to submit your idea to win a share of $750,000, which we’ll award in February 2019 to the most compelling teams and projects.
It’s a bit late.
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#16So basically what they want is somebody to start working on solving the fake news problem? Can anybody explain to me why exactly we find it increasingly necessary to try and censor the internet?
We don't want to censor the whole internet, just the parts we don't like. Adblockers do this well.
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#17I don't understand what they are looking for.
What kind of year-long project can say a journalist, designer, or lawyer run for $75k - $200k to address those problems?
It's too much time and money to simply write an article about it, but not enough money to build say a software solution.
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#19I don't understand what they are looking for. What kind of year-long project can say a journalist, designer, or lawyer run for $75k - $200k to address those problems? It's too much time and money to simply write an article about it, but not enough money to build say a software solution.
I personally submitted one of my past projects, https://www.quod.us - I stopped working on it, but with a grant I would put some more time in.
It's already built and live (although it didn't take very long to make). It's just a simple platform for people to report misinformation encountered online, and the idea is to make the database open to developers who want to make tools to address the problem of misinformation.
I requested 85k from them. I'm not getting my hopes up, however it seems like a good fit for my project.
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#20I don't understand what they are looking for. What kind of year-long project can say a journalist, designer, or lawyer run for $75k - $200k to address those problems? It's too much time and money to simply write an article about it, but not enough money to build say a software solution.
I personally submitted one of my past projects, https://www.quod.us - I stopped working on it, but with a grant I would put some more time in. It's already built and live (although it didn't take very long to make). It's just a simple platform for people to report misinformation encountered online, and the idea is to make the database open to developers who want to make tools to address the problem of misinformation.…
First impression: your site claims that $15/hr is a living wage in a major city, when in Seattle you'll be spending at least half that on an apartment anywhere in the metro area.