As a tribute, I'll note how brave it is for someone w his profile to wade into the viciously politicized convo on online harms & children, particularly to do so w a critique of the profitable proposed "solutions." But he did, with clarity and dignity! https://
cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/
chatcontrol.pdf
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ETHICS
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Online Child Safety Solutions: Critique of Profitable Regulatory Approaches
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Tribute to Ross: A Pioneer in Technology and Innovation
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This is a significant and sudden loss. A blessing to his family and loved ones. Ross was a real one and his brave work contributed to a better world. Rest in peace, Ross!
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Critique of Perry Metzger’s Mischaracterization of AI Alignment
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Much of this is false-speaking as always with Perry, but this in particular: > They say, instead, that we need to carefully develop “alignment” technologies that must be proven to be absolutely perfect in advance of permitting more development — an idea that defies the x.com/perrymetzger/s…
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State Relations and Social Structures: Pragmatic Engagement
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Yes, I think this is right. I'm also less concerned rn with what I want from a state (or whether I want "the state" to be the naturalized form by which social relations are structured), than what I have from the state as-it-is and thus what I must deal with, like it or not.
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Fei-Fei Li: ImageNet Pioneer and AI Trailblazer’s Journey
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Early in her career, @StanfordHAI co-director and AI trailblazer @drfeifei created ImageNet, a groundbreaking project that set the stage for future AI advances. In a 2023 memoir, she writes about her journey as an immigrant and scientist: 16/n https://
hai.stanford.edu/news/fei-fei-l
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Healthcare AI Liability: Who Bears Responsibility for Patient Harm?
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When use of a healthcare AI tool harms patients, who is responsible? Leading empirical health law scholar @MichelleM_Mello studies liability risk in healthcare AI tools & advises governments on how to proceed. Watch her talk at a @StanfordHAI seminar: 15/n https://
hai.stanford.edu/events/michell
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Poetry Will Not Optimize: Literature and AI Ethics
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Michele Elam is a Professor of Humanities at @Stanford
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Free Speech Concerns in AI Policy and Regulation Debate
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Hi, I recognize this is an emotional issue for you & you've made up your mind. I respect that. But your summary of my arg is very inaccurate & I suggest those here read the piece themselves to understand my position & the deep concern for free speech & expression that animates it
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Separation as fundamental AI safety problem distinct from prompt rejection
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"we consider the separation as a fundamental problem that should be disentangled, conceptually and technically, from other safety training measures, such as rejecting harmful prompt"
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Doctor Skill Variation: Critical Impact on Patient Outcomes
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The skill of doctors:
Bottom quartile surgeons have over 4x the complications as the best in the same hospital
A 1SD better doc lowers chance of giving birth to an unhealthy child by 6.3% Skill differences among radiologists accounts for 44% of the differences in diagnoses