As a counterpoint to the "tech moves so fast/can't keep up" trope, I'd like to point out that many of the issues actually don't change. Here's me in 2019 arguing against proposals to use LLMs as a source of info about the world — and already worrying about the info ecosystem.
ETHICS
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Crowd Attacks and Sets Waymo Autonomous Vehicle on Fire
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Crowd Attacks Waymo, Sets It On Fire https://
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Pre-release testing and impact assessment for AI tools critical
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Or crazy idea – more thorough testing before public release, with impact assessments for environment and mental health determining if anthropomorphic water ignoring tools disregarding human labor, agency and creativity should have been released at all. Short answer = no.
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AI Messages Promoting Human Isolation Raise Ethical Concerns
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Social isolation is such a powerful force. That’s why it’s a pandemic. That’s why messages saying AI is better than humans, or will be, are so insidious. Or the messages saying AI can help people better than people can help themselves. To do what? Be more isolated.
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AGI as Existential Survival Strategy: 10% vs 100% Mortality
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With AGI : 10% probability of dying. Without AGI : 100% probability of dying. #AGIFirst
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Non-profits Tax-Free Status Should Require Open-Source Software
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If a non-profit benefits from tax-free status, any software it produces must be open-source, since the software and IP was partially publicly funded. What's your opinion?
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AI-generated face blending and data privacy concerns
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It *could* technically be unrecognisable blend of faces with infinitesimally small contributions from the input data. But it would look average and suspicious…
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Fake AI-Generated Biography Floods Amazon With Misinformation
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Apparently I have an unauthorized biography that is 100% made up AI stuff, 118 pages of looping & repeating vagueness without any true facts. Just my official school biography used as a prompt. It manages to be both insane and boring. Amazon is getting completely overwhelmed.
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Training AI to Forget and Forgive Optimally
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It should be easy enough to train an AI to also forget and forgive. Maybe there's even an "optimal" amount of forgetting that we should all aim for, perhaps with help.
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Understanding True AI System Capabilities and Their Uncertainties
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It is really hard to know the true capabilities of AI systems. There are no instructions. No one knows what is in the training data (even the AI labs don’t know the content of all the web pages, articles & books). And variability in prompts, seeds, and versions adds randomness.