4/ Use of LLMs for Illicit Purposes – provides an overview of existing efforts to identify and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities arising from LLMs; serves as a guide to building more reliable and robust LLM-powered systems.
ETHICS
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LLMs Water Consumption Raises Ecocide Concerns Globally
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Growing number of countries consider making ecocide a crime https://
theguardian.com/environment/20
23/aug/26/growing-number-of-countries-consider-making-ecocide-crime
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FAccT Conference Videos: Alondra’s Thick Alignment Provocation
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For all of us needing to catch up on the work @FAccTConference this year, all the videos are online now I’m starting by catching up on @alondra
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Military AI, Henry Kissinger, and the Age of AI Hype
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And the winner (first across 1k views) is … Episode 14! “Henry Kissinger, Machines of War, and the Age of Military AI Hype” https://
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/h33StnpVknj2
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AI Consciousness Claims: Speculation Driven by Financial Interests
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Has anyone coined the term, “distractholes” yet? Writing papers saying “AI isn’t conscious yet, but could be if it reaches these computational metrics” puts people in this category. Speculation by any other name is speculation. These people have monetary agendas. Enough.
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NIST AI Risk Management Roadmap Advances Risk Framework
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Here is @NIST AI Risk Management Roadmap (RMF). It identifies key activities for advancing the AI RMF that could be carried out by NIST in collaboration with private and public sector organizations. @NACD #RiskManagement #CEOs #ArtificialInteligence #GenerativeAI
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Cruise autonomous vehicles involved in multiple collisions in San Francisco
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Thu Aug 17th @cruise collided with emergency vehicle in SF. There were 300 Cruises operating then. On Aug 24th when there were 150 Cruises operating (permissions downgraded after crash) & another one collided with a backhoe on Gough. Not good numbers.
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George Hotz Podcasts Same Duration AGI God Simulation Hacking
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I was just made aware that the last two podcasts I did with @realGeorgeHotz are exactly the same duration, to the second Notice how the topics include:
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Bringing Weizenbaum’s Computer Power and Human Reason Back to Print
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Speaking of which — what would it take to get _Computer Power and Human Reason_ (Weizenbaum 1976) back in print?
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AI Leaders Publicly Acknowledge Dangers of Artificial Intelligence
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AI leaders sign a statement to openly acknowledge the dangers of #AI https://
zd.net/42xbqyu #leadership #ethics
