In Germany, even "the attempt is punishable" for many of the things covered in the news article.
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Inference Services Legal Liability in AI Deployment Pipeline
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On the "user" side, almost everything is covered. On the dataset side as well IMHO. The parts in the middle of the pipeline such as inference services it's not clear yet — but if there are crimes either side inference services would be under pressure to do something.
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Child Abuse Material in AI Image Datasets: German Legal Framework
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These applications are powered by child abuse material that's been reported in popular image datasets. Thousands of illegal photos ensure generated nudes are realistic. In Germany, multiple (if not all) stages of this generative abuse pipeline fall under criminal law.
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Musk’s PR Strategy for Invasive Brain Device Challenges Ethics
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Yes, Musk & co. are carefully planning and executing the PR for their invasive device to get around the reluctance you see. Since that started, I'm sure they'll find more volunteers among the techno-optimist crowd.
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Manufacturing Consent for Technology: Beyond Bike Shedding Debates
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What makes it bike shedding rather than falling for an explicit and intentional agenda to manufacture consent for technology that people would otherwise reject?
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Generative AI’s dual impact on climate crisis and energy solutions
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Examine the dual role of #GenerativeAI in the #climate crisis, where its significant #energy consumption raises concerns, yet its potential to drive #innovative #solutions in energy management could be pivotal in combating #environmental #challenges. https://
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arr/2024/01/25/will-generative-ai-help-us-solve-the-climate-crisis-or-will-it-make-it-worse/
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Can AI Follow Rules Effectively? Prompt Engineering Insights
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Does instructing the bot in "Rules for AI" work?
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Unions Essential Against AI-Driven Wage Arbitrage and Outsourcing
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Slowing down intl outsourcing is not far from UAW’s recently winning contractor wage gains at US auto plants (contracting = wage arbitrage via ‘outsourcing’ locally). If worker wellbeing amid AI assisted capitalism is the goal, unions aren’t the only solution but are v important!
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World Rejects Radical Responsibility of Fully Automated Systems
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I agree — most of the world does not actually want the radical responsibility that a perfectly automated system with no recourse entails.
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Creator Data Initiative: Funding Discrepancies and Commons Growth
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I do question the origins of the initiative in retrospect, and whether it was ever about helping creators but more about growing the commons — feeding a beast that always wants more data. Either way, the funding discrepancies need to be explained!