The slippery slope from COULD to WILL has entered the public sphere in full force. No bueno.
REGULATION
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Public Communication on AI Risk: Beyond Alarmism
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Telling the general public that AI is going to kill us is not productive. I know you agree with that.
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IFOP-TALAN Survey: French Perceptions of Generative AI
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French people and #generative AI: discover the IFOP-TALAN survey exploring perceptions, fears and expectations The results:
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Japan’s Approach to Copyrighted Materials in AI Datasets
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Japan’s laws won’t protect copyrighted materials used in #AI datasets, setting a new precedent. Will other countries follow? #GenerativeAI #IP #FOMO http://
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AGI Will Accelerate Change at Unprecedented Rates
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“a much faster rate of change” is maybe my single highest-confidence prediction about what a world with AGI in it will be like.
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Major AI Advances: Google Ads, Microsoft Copilots, DeepMind Safety Systems
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00:04:44 — Google Introduces AI-Powered Ads 00:09:47 — Microsoft Rolls Out AI Copilots and AI Plugins 00:17:05 — Cities and Schools Embrace Generative AI 00:22:31 — AI Resources from Andreessen Horowitz 00:25:49 — DeepMind’s AI Risk Early Warning System 00:30:15 — OpenAI’s
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AI Safety Alignment: Beyond Fear-Based Messaging to Regulators
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Note that I am all for working on alignment and safety. In our 2021 @stateofai we sent a clear message on this topic before it was in vogue. However, I do not think it is productive to invoke the end of our days to prompt the general public, tech companies and regulators
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Amazon settles $25M FTC case over illegal Alexa children data collection
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in 2018 i wrote RE how disturbing it was that Alexa recorded mundane chitchat, including my then-toddler's chatter, so i'm RE Amazon agreeing to pay $25M to settle w/ the FTC RE Alexa speakers illegally collecting kids' data. https://
technologyreview.com/2018/05/25/142
713/yes-alexa-is-recording-mundane-details-of-your-life-and-its-creepy-as-hell/
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Media Coverage of ChatGPT: Beyond Sentience
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Great article by @jembartholomew + Dhrumil Mehta for @TowCenter & @CJR on #ChatGPT media coverage. "We need to move away from focusing on red herrings like AI's potential "sentience" to covering how AI is further concentrating wealth and power." #GenAI http://ow.ly/Golf50OBlIW
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls for AI Regulation
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U.S. Chamber of Commerce calls for #AI regulation https://
reut.rs/42awZWI #ethics