Novel #VIS4ML tools aid human-in-the-loop ML work, but fall short of bold claims. An analysis of 52 papers by @HariSubramonyam and @JessicaHullman shows limitations and risks.
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Human Extinction Risk from AI Within 30 Years Assessment
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I agree with Yann on this. The risk of human extinction within 30 years is extremely low — it likely requires making Earth inhospitable to human life, so that it’s not possible even for small pockets of humans to survive. This could happen from global thermonuclear war,
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Why Big Tech Really Wants AI Regulations: Liability Protection
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I suspect that Andrew Ng and Yann LeCun have missed the main reason why the big companies want regulations. Years ago the founder of a self-driving company told me that he liked safety regulations because if you satisfied them it reduced your legal liability for accidents.
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Understanding Over Experience: Novel Risk Management Strategy
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Risk management of things that are totally novel and for which you have zero experience and little understanding is very different from normal risk management. In the absence of any experience, understanding is all you have. I'd go with whoever has the best understanding.
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Model Transparency and Training Data Release Critical for AI Accountability
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They really need to release their model and full transcripts to see what happened, but I'd be extremely shocked if the model described anything not already in the training data.
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AI Risks, Diversity Challenges, and Reasons for Optimism
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LISTEN: @drfeifei joined @karaswisher in a wide-ranging conversation about human/societal risks and lack of diversity in AI – and why we should remain optimistic nevertheless.
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AI Safety Summit: Nations and Institutions Unite for Safe AI
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Today at the #AISafetySummit my co-chair #GPAI Minister Yoichi Iida and incoming chair India the hon. Mr Abhishek Singh celebrating that all nations and AI institutions will work together for a safe AI. @AISafetySummit @_DigitalIndia @OfficialINDIAai @JAPANinUK @FCDOGovUK
→ View original post on X — @inma_martinez, 2023-11-01 19:00 UTC
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Public Chemistry Resources Access Without Surveillance Implications
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The textbooks used by chemistry students, along with the papers they're based on, are publicly available, and you don't go on a list.
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Virologists Are Not Soldiers: Knowledge Access Ethics
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Virologists are not soldiers, and people learning virology (regardless of whether by reading textbooks or chatting with an LLM) are not toddlers.
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Tech Company Reports Progress on Gender and Racial Pay Gap
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'As of September 2023, our analysis shows that we have made progress in narrowing the median unadjusted pay gap for women in the U.S., women outside of the U.S., and Asian, Black and African American, and Hispanic and Latinx employees in the U.S.'