Current Projects

Ethical Artificial Intelligence

A recorded livestream discussion on ethical issues in generative artificial intelligence featuring CJ Trowbridge, Future Inifinitive, and The Real Cornpop.

My main takeaways of the topics discussed:

  • The practical impossibility of any real ban or limits in a post-international-law world
  • Lack of explicit consent vs fair use rights
  • Derivative work vs stolen work
  • Alignment
    • Elon assumes he can force AI to act like Stephen Miller; it’s more likely to act like the hundreds of thousands of administrative beurocrats who refused to go along with him.
  • Consolidation of power/ wealth
    • Epistemic Power
      • Centralized corporate/oligarch control over the social construction of truth and knowledge
      • The only truth is whatever serves capital
      • Bias and representation
        • What perspectives does a model built by {Sama, Elon, Zucc} ignore, exclude, or erase
    • Cloud Capital
      • Very large models are almost exclusively built/run by rent-seeking coprorations/oligarchs

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CJ’s AI Toolbox

All the tools and skills you need for your AI toolbox.

Get Involved: Build Your Own AI Toolbox! Always-free Substack

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Castro Media

Independent, flat media nonprofit featuring progressive, intersectional perspectives on current events.

Coming Soon:

  • Weekly round table live streams about current events.
  • Regular updates from a diverse set of contributors, in the same vein as Novara Media from the UK.
  • A merchandise shop where 100% of proceeds go to specific charities. Submit designs, sponsor causes, drive support.

Always-free Substack

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The High Desert Institute

Building a foundation for the survival of humanity.

Get Involved: GoFundMe: Help Us Build the Cyberpony Express GoFundMe: Help Us Buy Land Join the Discord Always-free Substack

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Learn more at the website: High Desert Institute

BWB/SF

Burners Without Borders in the SF Bay Area is working on disaster preparedness and response.

Get Involved: Several new projects being announced soon!

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Past Projects

Backup your favorite TikTok accounts

Backs up tiktok accounts in case of disasters.

Analysis Lab — Hardware & Software Stack

My new homelab architecture

Future Projects

GS-Aparat

Comprehensive Specification for Web-Based Composable Logic App

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CJ Trowbridge

CJ Trowbridge

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