Every time I post something negative about AI, I get comments about why I am positive about it in other posts, and vice-versa. The consequences of AI, like any General Purpose Technology, will be mixed. So we need to model the positive changes while mitigating negative outcomes.
POLICY
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AI-Generated Content Problem on Amazon Demands Better Curation
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And now there is an AI-generated workbook for my new book, which isn't even released yet (and I can be almost certain that the author, if they were real, which they are not, has not seen it) The issue with AI generated content on Amazon is already acute. Curation will be needed
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Corporate Climate Responsibility Displacement in AI Industry Reports
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Note that this specious and self-serving displacement of climate responsibility is effectively mirrored in this report, which sloppily assumes that people engaged in waged work for a corporations are themselves responsible for the climate impact of said work.
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Susan Athey: Economist Bridges Machine Learning and Government Policy
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Economist @Susan_Athey helped to plan the launch of @StanfordHAI & became one of its founding associate directors. Her work covers the intersection of machine learning and econometrics. In 2022, she joined the U.S. Dept. of Justice as chief economist. 3/n https://
hai.stanford.edu/news/technolog
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AI Misinformation Echo Chambers Fuel Societal Polarization
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I already see people dismissing information they don’t like as “AI generated.” AI content will not create echo chambers where people reject things that they don’t believe. But it will clearly supercharge that already dangerous trend; giving even more excuses for not listening.
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San Francisco reverses facial recognition restrictions amid rising crime fears
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San Francisco lead U.S. in restricting facial recognition in the US five years ago. With fears about crime rising, voters have now asked for more surveillance, drones, and robots. (by @LaurenGoode and @tsimonite
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EU EIC Summit: AI Innovation and High-Performance Computing Access
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Join us at the @EUeic Summit event on March 18-19! Our CEO, @FabAroundEU
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eic.ec.europa.eu/eic-summit-202
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Gell-Mann Amnesia Effect: Media Bias and Expertise Blind Spots
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The "Gell-Mann Amnesia effect”. It describes the phenomenon where individuals often believe that news articles are inaccurate or biased in areas they're knowledgeable about but then accept information from the same sources in areas where they lack expertise.
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Free speech advocacy and AI governance in China
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Why don’t you take this same passion and energy for free speech for American citizens and redirect it to advocate the same for your own fellow citizens in China.
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ASI Rule of Law Argument Based on Analogy, Not First Principle
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And furthermore, the claim that ASIs would need to imitate human-style "rule of law" to the point of it respecting human life and property rights, is itself an argument from sheer analogy. I replied to an analogy with another analogy; I did not throw the first punch.