This is a best summary of what went wrong with the EU AI Act that I’ve seen.
POLICY
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Legislative Act Version Changes Criticized for Poor Implementation
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Well said – I totally agree with everything you say. The original version of the act, years in the making, was great. Then they turned it upset down at the last minute and totally blew it. What a disaster!
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Legal and Political Restrictions on AI in the United States
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Sadly, the current legal and political landscapes makes many of those restrictions necessary, at least in the US.
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Regulating Critical AI Products While Protecting Open Source Technology
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Product deployment should be regulated, particularly if they are life critical, like driving assistance.
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Mistral AI Clarifies Stance on EU AI Act Safety
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We have heard many extrapolations of Mistral AI’s position on the AI Act, so I’ll clarify. In its early form, the AI Act was a text about product safety. Product safety laws are beneficial to consumers. Poorly designed use of automated decision-making systems can cause
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Social Media Political Polarization: Beyond AI Algorithms
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1. The effect of social media on political dysfunction is probably not what you think. For example, social science studies of polarization don't point to social media as the main cause: https://
docs.google.com/document/d/1vV
AtMCQnz8WVxtSNQev_e1cGmY9rnY96ecYuAj6C548/edit?usp=drivesdk
… 2. You don't need AI to make ranking that polarizes people. 3. In -
Mismanagement of Large Funding Threatens Initiative Success
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You should not give disorganized people of good will tens of billions of dollars because they will very predictably lose that money then be uncertain as to why it happened.
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AI PhDs Program Aims to Boost Government Workforce Recruitment
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Less than 1% of all new AI PhDs graduating in North America go into government work. The first cohort of HAI Tech Ethics & Policy Fellows aims to reverse that trend. @stanfordethics @dzhang105
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Bipartisan Senators Co-Sponsor Comprehensive AI Regulation Bill
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The group of senators co-sponsoring the new AI bill includes three Democrats and three Republicans: @amyklobuchar
, @SenJohnThune
, @SenatorWicker
, @SenCapito
, @SenatorLujan
, @SenatorHick
. For anyone who wants to read it, here's all 58 pages: https://
thune.senate.gov/public/_cache/
files/7dea8daa-f6d1-4881-ad21-2381fcbe0785/6362CE1D0A17743166BC170A593B5CDA.ccaskfall23a15.pdf
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U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan AI Transparency and Accountability Bill
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Six U.S. Senators introduced a new bipartisan bill today that would create new transparency and accountability standards for AI while also aiming to foster innovation. The legislation is called the "Artificial Intelligence Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023."