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AI and Surveillance: Shaping Technology’s Future

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28 September 2024 11h06

I loved talking to @madhumita29 for Lunch with the FT! We spoke on my personal journey through the enchanted forest of 2000s era-tech, why we must connect AI + surveillance, and the nascent rumblings of a better tech future that I see on the horizon.

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OpenAI drama highlights need for decentralized AI development

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28 September 2024 9h07

Seeing the continuing OpenAI dramas over the past year I'm quite happy we don't depend on a single company to build AI responsibly for everyone

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EU Degrowth Movement Challenges Consumption and Population Growth

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28 September 2024 8h59

In some EU countries degrowth is quite popular. You can hear people saying there’s too much people on this planet, or that we need to consume less.

Targeted Information Restrictions Based Real Safety Experience

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28 September 2024 8h19

These highly targeted restrictions of specific information based on actual experiences of real safety issues seem like a great idea.

Democratizing AI Capabilities Safer Than Limiting to Wealthy

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28 September 2024 8h16

We do not ban these things (although historically many have tried, in various forms) because enlightened society believes spreading these capabilities widely is safer than limiting them to the rich and powerful.

Open Source AI: Why Damage Undermines Safety and Security

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28 September 2024 8h13

tldr: the issue is that damaging open source is enormously damaging to safety and security. This has been true of much of computer security, but it's doubly so for AI, and doubly important. Since AI is potentially dangerous, we shouldn't make it a rivalrous source of power.

Lessig’s AI Policy Competence Questioned by Expert Critics

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28 September 2024 3h49

The issue is that @lessig is very very new to AI and doesn't understand it at all. He understands many things extremely well and has often had extremely good policy recommendations about those things. But on AI he's not competent, but for some reason has strong opinions anyway.