For context, the Head of the Copyright Office was fired shortly after by the Whitehouse, but theoretically it's under the purview of Congress not the executive.
ETHICS
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Payment for Speech vs Free Speech: The Real Issue
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it’s the problem with payment for speech, not free speech
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USCO Firings and Legal AI Interpretation Publishing
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Maybe! I believe the key firings at USCO were known in advance and that was the deciding factor. People getting fired wanted to leave a mark by publishing a correct legal interpretation instead what they were being (implicitly) told…
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USCO AI Report Released Amid Political Polarization and Debate
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USCO's report is correct and obvious; nothing new or unknown 18 months ago. Most notable is that it's released at a time and in a context that opens up maximal debate: left/right polarization, executive vs. legislative, not final publication. (Should have published last year!)
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Reliable World-Class AI Service Standards Beyond Preview Status
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true but we still need to provide a reliable world class service, regardless of if we say a model is "preview" or not
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AI Sorting: Winners and Losers Across People and Places
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It’s not obvious the Sort is bad on net, but there are winners and losers, both in terms of people and in terms of places/institutions/areas where you can measure.
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Corporate Autonomous Vehicles: Vandalism Ethics and Ownership Shift
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Fascinated by the shift of ownership from “your car” or “uber driver’s car”
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Reviewer Bias: Personal Grudges in Academic Peer Review
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we are sorry to inform you that reviewer 2 thinks he once avoided some people from a field similar to yours at some party
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AI Absent from Education Despite Its Major Importance
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Je suis encore étudiant et, au cours de toute ma scolarité, je n’ai jamais entendu parler de l’IA, alors qu’elle représente la plus grande révolution cognitive du XXIᵉ siècle. Ma génération évoluera dans un monde entièrement imprégné d’intelligence artificielle et devra… https://t.co/Ta29bohyN5
— Alexandre Tsicopoulos (@Alex_Tsico) 11 mai 2025I am still a student and throughout my entire education, I have never heard about AI, even though it represents the greatest cognitive revolution of the 21st century. My generation will evolve in a world entirely permeated with artificial intelligence and will have to
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Geoffrey Hinton Warns of Extinction Risk from Super AI
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Geoffrey Hinton nous met en garde contre le danger que représente l’intelligence artificielle, selon lui, il est hautement probable que l’émergence d’une super IA d’ici 2040 conduise à la destruction de l’humanité. pic.twitter.com/daHe42oJVr
— Alexandre Tsicopoulos (@Alex_Tsico) 11 mai 2025Geoffrey Hinton cautions us against the danger that artificial intelligence represents. According to him, it is highly probable that the emergence of a super AI by 2040 will lead to the destruction of humanity.