How can we incentivize a meme factory against being taken over by ideologues, especially if it’s the certified top level indoctrinator of the teachers and the administration?
POLICY
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Government Control of AI Development and Risk Warnings
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Neither seems overwhelmingly likely. If govts grab the poison banana away from private companies and develop in themselves, I don't much expect it to be downstream of me, the guy yelling "THAT BANANA WILL KILL YOU AND EVERYONE."
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Corporate vs Government Risk: Distinguishing Legitimate Concerns
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But if you think it's okay for Google to kill everyone, but not okay for a government to do the same — if you care immensely about that, but not at all about "not dying" — then I agree you have a legitimate cause for action in opposing me. Like, if my policy push backfires and
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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Profit-Driven Violations
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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Sam Altman for Violating the Company’s Principles: Musk said the prominent A.I. start-up had put profits and commercial interests ahead of seeking to benefit humanity. https://
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AI Boom Privacy Challenges and Risk Mitigation Solutions
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The AI boom poses new challenges for privacy. What kinds of risks do we face and what can we do about it? @StanfordHAI fellow @kingjen describes the main findings from a recent white paper:
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Platforms Control Information Ecosystem Beyond Trade Issues
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It's not "simply" a trade issue given that these platforms happen to control our information ecosystem, within the US and beyond. It's a nice feeling to reach a strong conclusion and close the case and stop thinking about it. But here, doing so isn't appropriate given the stakes.
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Bill Misuse Risks in Authoritarian State Contexts
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Appreciate your time! I don't pay for twitter & am v swamed rn so, in brief: "the bill isn't meant to do that" isn't IMO a good rebuttal against args re how the bill could be leveraged otherwise + this ignores the v real dangers of an authoritarian state, which are core to my arg
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Government Warrants Threaten Speech Healthcare Dissent Rights
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The procedural specifics and their differences offer no comfort in practice. Particularly when we're talking about a state that would criminalize speech, healthcare, dissent, thus making these activities suitable targets for such warrants.
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Authoritarian AI Control: Policy Scholars Must Address Real Risks
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No they themselves cannot directly jail people. The concern is that an authoritarian US gov w/control over them could leverage them to jail/silence (etc) people. Not taking this concern seriously is the "counterfactual universe" I'm calling on law/policy scholars to abandon. See:
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Protectionism and Tech Regulation: China US Policy Comparison
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You're taking a v specific comparison out of context to claim I believe China and the US are the same across the board. I never make this claim. Further, you're doing it to defend protectionist policy that 10 years ago at Google you'd have called "the authoritarian splinternet"