Some weeks ago, I spoke to
@hlntnr
for @FT
Tech Tonic podcast on artificial general intelligence. A LOT has happened since, but here’s a glimpse into the perspective of the woman who took on Sam Altman, on
@FT
News Briefing this morning https://
on.ft.com/49ZWtdo
POLICY
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Woman who challenged Sam Altman on AGI perspectives
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Socially Contentious Questions in AI Development
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Answering the second part of that question is socially contentious.
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AI Technology Safety and Existential Risks Discussion with Hinton
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If you want to watch an #AI talk (esp. after some nice #Thanksgiving meal) ranging from the technology itself to its safety, societal and existential issues, I’m proud of this conversation (and friendly debate) I had with @geoffreyhinton Direct link: https://
youtu.be/E14IsFbAbpI?fe
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Pushing Back Against Compliance Teams: Rights and Escalation
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“Can you actually push back against a Compliance team?” Oh yeah. Heck, individual customers can push back against a Compliance team. “Can you define ‘push back’?” They tell them you can’t X. You argue you can. Someone there or senior to them backs your argument.
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Binance Compliance Waiver: Regulatory Implications for Financial Industry
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(Every Compliance department in financial industry is essentially a U.S. government proxy, but management or other teams can push back against Compliance and not automatically go to prison. Binance and CZ have essentially waived that going forward.)
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AI Monitoring Compliance and Legal Obligations for Organizations
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If you hire me as a consultant, and I tell you you should probably improve your onboarding flow, and you don’t, you will not go to prison. Would be crazy. If your monitoring consultants tell you to improve your onboarding flow, and you don’t, you have agreed to go to prison.
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US Government Surveillance Proxy at Binance Platform Monitoring
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As a specific example of speech which the ~contract compels, the monitoring apparatus getting installed in Binance is not the US government but is essentially their proxy. It will make policy recommendations which proxy for US’ aims.
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Compelled Speech Doctrine and Private AI Systems Regulation
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As one sub issue, consider the compelled speech doctrine. The USFG broadly can’t force private actors to say something they don’t believe. This includes performing work which embeds speech acts, like producing reports and analyses that would not exist but for compulsion.
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Coinbase Leadership: Compliance and Regulatory Approach in Crypto
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I was involved with Coinbase for many years, and I was proud of @brian_armstrong and team for always taking the compliant approach. Even when it wasn’t always clear what the compliant approach was, they took every measure to follow the letter and spirit of the law. This came at
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China 3-Year AI Development Follow-Up Report Editorial
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Editorial accompanying report from China 3 year follow-up