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Hessie Jones

(She/Her)
Toronto
As seen in: Medium, Forbes, HuffPost, Substack, Flipboard, Digital Journal, Towards Data Science, NewsBreak, Forbes Japan, Forbes Argentina and
Covers:  AI Adoption, Entrepreneurship, Ethics, Privacy, Responsible Tech, Decentralization, Blockchain, AI/ML tech, Diversity and Inclusion
Doesn't Cover: Marketing

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Hessie Jones’s Biography

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Hessie Is a Privacy Technologist, Investor, Strategist, Journalist and Author. She is currently working in Startup Technology and Privacy. She has 20 years in start-up tech: data targeting, profile and behavioural analytics, AI tech and more recently data privacy and security. Hessie is a cofounding member of PIISA.org, to detect and remediate personal information in LLMs. Hessie is also a writer at Forbes, GritDaily and former editorial associate, Towards Data Science, a Cofounding member of M…

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The AI Critic: What Happens When Everyone Believes LLMs are AGI?

The AI Critic: What Happens When Everyone Believes LLMs are AGI?

A discussion with Mounir Shita, Scientist and AGI researcher

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AI Critic: Stochastic Flocks, Delusion and Human Agency

AI Critic: Stochastic Flocks, Delusion and Human Agency

Discussion with Eryk Salvaggio, Researcher, Artist and Gates Scholar, University of Cambridge

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Tackling AI Psychosis at the Application Layer

Tackling AI Psychosis at the Application Layer

Circuit Breaker Labs is building an automated red-teaming solution to remediate AI harms for mental health ap…

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Karen Hao:"The AI Systems that Dominate Our Headlines Represent the Worst Possible Trade-offs of ...

Karen Hao:"The AI Systems that Dominate Our Headlines Represent the Worst Possible Trade-offs of ...

Empire of AI Author Calls for Urgent Shift Away from Large-Scale, General-Purpose Systems like ChatGPT

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Canada's Aggressive Defence Strategy is an Act of Sovereignty

Canada's Aggressive Defence Strategy is an Act of Sovereignty

Defence Minister McGuinty:"In this environment, we can no longer assume that our geography or our reputation …

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BENEATH THE HOOD OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS AGENTS

BENEATH THE HOOD OF FULLY AUTONOMOUS AGENTS

ARE OPENCLAW AND MOLTBOOK LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A NEW REALITY?

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The AI Critic: What Happens When Everyone Believes LLMs are AGI?

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By Hessie Jones
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In our series about the AI Critic, I interview long-standing researchers and practitioners in the AI sector—voices who have worked with artificial intelligence in the advent of machine learning and its evolution to deep learning, which has laid the foundation for current large language models. These experts in their field have experienced mainstream pushback against current general-purpose technologies as the path towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
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AI Critic: Stochastic Flocks, Delusion and Human Agency

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By Hessie Jones
| Substack
As these general-purpose models pervade our lives, what has been around for some time is the AI critic, someone who examines current technology, understands its foundations, scrutinizes its outputs, applies a critical lens to what is happening, and communicates a judgment. That critic is often dismissed, accused of being a technological pessimist and largely ignored by the wider community, especially at a time when we’re seeing record adoptions of frontier models like Claude and ChatGPT.
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Tackling AI Psychosis at the Application Layer

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By Hessie Jones
| Substack
In this episode, I decided to focus on AI psychosis, the rise of AI-driven loneliness, and its impact on mental health. We take a look at the emergence of AI psychosis, define it and delve into the growing epidemic and meet two innovators who are meeting this problem head-on. I’m joined by Arul & Shirali Nigam, co-founders of Circuit Breaker Labs, who have built a solution that tests AI systems for safety. They are currently focused on mitigating downstream risks for mental health applications.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

YES I have and I will never go back to it again.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lois Lane - tenacity and spirit.

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

Via email or LinkedIn, but it has to be on topics I write about NOT on technology to promote.
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