The AI doomers are the "useful idiots" of the proprietary AI industry.
REGULATION
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Billionaire Influence and AI Doomerism: Financial Corruption Concerns
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You were talking about corruption?
Kersti Kaljulaid, the FLI, and yourself are under the (financial) influence of Estonian billionaire Jaan Talinn. I don't doubt that Jaan has good intentions (perhaps with a slightly excessive savior syndrome). But his and your AI doomerism is -
Information Control and Intellectual Worker Protection in AI Era
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Both the control of information (and religious dogma) and the protection of scribes.
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UAE Minister Warns Against Premature AI Technology Regulation
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The UAE Minister of AI @OmarSAlolama points to a historical precedent of premature technology regulation motivated by fear: the ban of the printing press in 1515 by Sultan Selim I led to the decline of the Ottoman Empire. “We overregulated a technology, which was the printing
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We Must Embrace AI’s Uncertain Future with Optimism
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Le journal @LaTribune résume ma pensée sur l’IA : « Nous sommes montés dans un véhicule qui va de plus en plus vite et dont on ne sait pas où il va, s'exclame Rafik Smati […]. Mais il se veut optimiste.» Optimiste ? À vrai dire, nous n’avons pas le choix. Soit nous embrassons
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Pragmatic Tech Policy Solutions Praised for Cutting Through Hype
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Thanks very much to @NeelGuha and others for producing this. Much needed expertise at the interface of tech and policy cutting through some of the fantastical solutions we've heard and giving pragmatic alternatives.
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Democratic Process Establishes Good Bad Standards
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We have a democratic process to establish what constitutes "good" and "bad".
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Regulating Bad AI Through Law Enforcement and Legal Frameworks
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No.
It's like every society: you stop the bad guys AI with laws and law enforcement, i.e. with a well-equiped and well-trained AI police. The American trope refers to people taking the law into their own hands.
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French Minister Responds to EU AI Act Corruption Accusations
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Former French minister @cedric_o responds to @tegmark
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Why AI Platforms Must Remain Open and Accessible
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Right, that's precisely why we need AI platforms to be open.