Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the "good guys" can use. When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect. https://
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EU ChatControl legislation poses serious cybersecurity threats experts warn
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Cultural Limits on Child Naming: Societal Constraints Across Nations
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most countries have limits what you can name your child we just are culturally so used to those limits that we are not realizing it
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Early ASI Power Acquisition Through Blackmail and Surveillance Tactics
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(From my perspective, the main relevance is expository. If you try to explain to Simplicio that early ASI can acquire real-world power through tactics such as blackmail, Simplicio by default thinks the AI is not allowed to watch people inside their houses and learn blackmail
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Tesla FSD Safety Data Comparison Flawed Methodology Concerns
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the data below are apples and oranges, because few miles driven by Tesla FSD are without humans in the loop. it’s just not a fair comparison. there are many other problems too (eg which roads, whether conditions, comparing accident rates in much cheaper and lighter cars with
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Policy and Technical Arguments on AI Safety from Expert Consensus
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More or less. You would expect that in this reality there was a published policy with technical justifications and that the arguments (not just the conclusions) were agreed-upon by technically literate folk such as Geoffrey Hinton.
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Why AI Safety Precautions Aren’t as Simple as They Should Be
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There's a reality in which this view would make sense; but we do not live in it. (Roughly: Suppose the precautions that needed to be taken were obvious to anyone technically literate, confusing to outsiders, and created no conflicts of interests between AI execs and humanity.)
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Net Assessment Methodology for Tech Business Geopolitical Risk
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The Net Assessment methodology got its start in the Pentagon with Andy Marshall, but is now so critically important to corporate intelligence activities. See it applied to issues of tech, business and geopolitical risk 6 Nov at OODAcon. For more info see: https://
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Democracy at Risk: Amnesty and One-Party State Threat
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Democracy is indeed on the ballot. We are one amnesty away from a one-party state.
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ChatGPT release impact on AI governance and oversight
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Why did chatgpt release cause a wire organization or a new monitor? I’m separating it from just “time passing”
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Platform Content Amplification and Long-term User Engagement
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The platform owners make choices about whether to amplify polarizing content. Amplifying anger gets more clicks and engagement in the short run, but turns people off in the long run.