• Shrinking deep learning’s carbon footprint

    Shrinking deep learning’s carbon footprint
    In June, OpenAI unveiled the largest language model in the world, a text-generating tool called GPT-3 that can write creative fiction, translate legalese into plain English, and answer obscure trivia questions. It’s the latest feat of intelligence achieved by deep learning, a machine learning method patterned after the way neurons in the brain process and store information.But it came at a hefty price: at least $4.6 million and 355 years in computing time, assuming
  • Australia needs to face up to the dangers of facial recognition technology | David Paris

    Australia needs to face up to the dangers of facial recognition technology | David Paris
    State and federal governments must follow the lead of cities here and abroad to suspend its use and develop a regulatory frameworkIn the 20 years of the “war on terror” Australia has led from the front in expanding powers for law enforcement and ramping up surveillance at the expense of public rights and freedoms. Among the seemingly endless barrage of national security legislation and surveillance that creeps into every aspect of our personal lives, more and more of our public space