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Global Forum Regulates AI and Digital Technologies

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24 November 2023 7h56

Source #innovation #tech #Robotics #robots #MachineLearning #ML https://weforum.org/agenda/2023/11/un-forum-regulate-ai-and-other-digital-technology-stories-you-need-to-read/
… by @wef & @OurWorldInData

Focus on Real AI Harms, Not Existential Risk Hype

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24 November 2023 6h47

Please don't get distracted by the dazzling "existential risk" hype. If you want to be entertained by science fiction, read a good book or head to the cinema. And then please come back to work and focus on the real world harms and hold companies and governments accountable. /fin

Labor Exploitation, Mass Surveillance, and Environmental Impact in AI Systems

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24 November 2023 6h47

Whose labor is being exploited? How is mass surveillance being extended and normalized? What are the impacts to the natural environment and information ecosystem? 26/

Accountability and data protection in automated decision systems

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24 November 2023 6h47

There are important stories to be reporting in this space. When automated systems are being used, who is being left without recourse to challenge decisions? Whose data is being stolen? 25/

TESCREAL Acronym Explained: AI Existential Risks Framework

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24 November 2023 6h45

If TESCREAL as an acronym is unfamiliar, start with this excellent talk by @timnitgebru
, reporting on joint work with @xriskology connecting the dots: 22/

Billionaires Disrupting Science Through AI Speculation

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24 November 2023 6h44

It is an enormous disservice to the public to report on this as if it were a "debate" rather than a disruption of science by billionaires throwing money at the hope of bringing about the speculative fiction stories they grew up reading — 20/

OpenAI’s Existential Risk Rhetoric and Transhumanist Culture

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24 November 2023 6h43

Next stop: both-sides-ing reporting of "existential risk". OpenAI is deep within the TESCERAList cult. It's staffed by people who actually believe they're creating autonomous thinking machines, that humans might merge with one day, live as uploaded simulations, etc. 19/