But we all are already studying the risks and striving for safe AI. More letters will not make the AI safer. It’s just some weird virtue signaling.
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Amazon settles $25M FTC case over illegal Alexa children data collection
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in 2018 i wrote RE how disturbing it was that Alexa recorded mundane chitchat, including my then-toddler's chatter, so i'm RE Amazon agreeing to pay $25M to settle w/ the FTC RE Alexa speakers illegally collecting kids' data. https://
technologyreview.com/2018/05/25/142
713/yes-alexa-is-recording-mundane-details-of-your-life-and-its-creepy-as-hell/
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Media Coverage of ChatGPT: Beyond Sentience
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Great article by @jembartholomew + Dhrumil Mehta for @TowCenter & @CJR on #ChatGPT media coverage. "We need to move away from focusing on red herrings like AI's potential "sentience" to covering how AI is further concentrating wealth and power." #GenAI http://ow.ly/Golf50OBlIW
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UK: £200 million for its semiconductor strategy
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The United Kingdom unveils its national semiconductor strategy: £200M investment. Shortage exposes Western countries' dependence. Learn more: https://actuia.com/actualite/royaume-uni-le-gouvernement-presente-sa-strategie-nationale-pour-les-semi-co…
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Why Google and OpenAI experts signed a letter
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Surprisingly, one of these articles excellently explains one of the viewpoints on why people from Google / OpenAI etc. signed this kind of letter.
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for AI Regulation
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for #AI regulation https://
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UK Government Reviews University Spinout Framework for Startups
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For a few years now, I’ve been urging universities and policy makers to revamp the university spinout playbook re: @spinoutfyi The UK government is running an official review now. We invite spinout founders as well as folks who tried but stopped to share their experience via
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AI risk compared to nuclear weapons and pandemic deemed ridiculous and irresponsible
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Comparing for even a moment the risk of an AI system to nuclear weapons or a pandemic is ridiculous, irresponsible, and completely disconnected from reality.
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India’s Generative AI and Machine Learning Policy Initiative
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@SilverneedleV @_DigitalIndia @GoI_MeitY @NeGD_GoI @nasscom #GenerativeAI #machinelearning #INDIAai
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Four Future Scenarios: How Humanity Relates to AI
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Dans La Guerre des Intelligences à l’heure de ChatGPT j’évoque 4 choix face à l’IA 1 lnterdiction 2 Acceptation du grand remplacement cognitif de l’homme par l’IA
3 Cohabitation 4 Fusion voulue par @elonmusk en mettant des microprocesseurs dans nos cerveaux Que voulez-vous ?