In this post we are going to walk through a proposal for a new mechanism for structuring on-demand work. For those new to this topic let me set the scene before we dive deep. On-demand work is work done by humans paid by the task, like per ride for Uber’s drivers, or per judgement for …
Trained Trust: A two-way, refereed feedback mechanism for on-demand work Read More »
Back in March this year we headed to Detroit for RadicalxChange, a conference with the stated goal of finding positive alternatives to “rising inequality, stagnating economies and increasing threats to liberal democracy from populists of the left and right.” Our contribution was a talk showing four concrete examples of ways people could buy and sell …
Recently Governor Gavin Newsom announced that his administration plans to pursue a “data dividend” law in which businesses would be required to make payments to the state or consumers when their data is sold. In an effort to ensue the long term viability and cultural adoption of such a scheme I’m going to explore here …
Certified Sustainable: USDA Organic, LEED Platinum, and the future of ethical AI Read More »
Introduction Alan Turing created the Turing Test in 1950, Marvin Minsky wrote the first neural network in 1951, and arguments about whether AI will destroy us all or lead to technological utopia have been around ever since. In this piece I’ll be talking about two particular bits of rhetoric that have found an apparently unlikely …
Changing my Mind about AI, Universal Basic Income, and the Value of Data Read More »
