See the follow on tweets. Had a green light but got hit by an emergency vehicle. Passenger injured. Without knowing more details feels like an edge case for which a rule needs to override learning. https://
t.co/TC07h3zRpu
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Autonomous Vehicle Hit by Emergency Vehicle at Green Light
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Fear to Action: Confronting Big Tech and Environmental Crisis
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Really tired of being scared of big oil. And the data brokers. And the bigots. Trying to shift the fear to a form of “don’t take any shit” kindness. Where the madness stops first where we may have a slim chance of saving the planet.
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Tech Leadership’s Sensationalism on AI Existential Risks Questioned
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to be clear – i suppose i get the incentives on both sides (media wants sensational heds; i guess its good PR if Sam is talking about end times) it all just seems dumb to me, especially from the tech co perspective
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Media focuses on AI apocalypse instead of current capabilities
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i don't understand what the point of all this is — both from the media perspective of focus on APOCALYPSE and also from Sam/OpenAI's perspective of talking so much about it. we're just so stuck on the ai hypotheticals instead of being interested in what they do/don't do now
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Tech Ethics Teams Lack Resources and Authority to Ensure Fairness
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Many tech companies pledged to ensure their products are fair, transparent, and accountable, but do they walk the talk? Because tech industry ethics teams lack resources and authority, their effectiveness is spotty at best, according to a new study. https://
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AI Leaders Acknowledge Dangers in Joint Ethics Statement
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FTC Warns Generative AI Companies on Consumer Deception
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"Generative AI tools that produce output based on copyrighted or otherwise protected material may, nonetheless, raise issues of consumer deception or unfairness. That’s especially true if companies offering the tools don’t come clean about the extent… https://
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Web2 Lessons for Generative AI: Avoiding Past Mistakes
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Since the generative AI boom began, I’ve been asking experts what the evolution of Web2 can teach us for the LLM era. How can companies avoid past mistakes and mitigate unseen risks? My latest story begins to scratch the surface of that question.
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Simon Willison’s Talk on LLM Developments and Challenges
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Such a great talk "Catching up on the weird world of LLMs" by Simon Willison(
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Human Intimacy Cannot Be Reduced to AI Codes
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"Human intimacy cannot be reduced to a set of codes." Read here https://
adiowrites.wordpress.com/2023/07/31/of-
ai-girlfriends-heady-cocktail-of-fallacies-and-ethical-quandaries/
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