I don't think it specifically talks about the natural state of things, rather Hobbes argues that rules are necessary to live in a society, and as citizens we agree to 1) establishment of a set of moral rules to govern us and 2) the government can enforce them.
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Frontier AI Regulation Paper by OpenAI and Google DeepMind
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It's from the Frontier AI Regulation paper, co-authored by folks at OpenAI & Google DeepMind. https://
openai.com/research/front
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Canada’s AIDA: Artificial Intelligence and Data Act Overview
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What about AIDA? https://
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/innovatio
n-better-canada/en/artificial-intelligence-and-data-act
… https://
ised-isde.canada.ca/site/innovatio
n-better-canada/en/artificial-intelligence-and-data-act-aida-companion-document
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Kantian Ethics and Rights-Based Language in AI Governance
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But also has Kantian language such as "people shouldn't be used as a means to an end" and rights-based language (consent, inclusivity, data access) that can be used in concert with the utilitarian calculus.
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AI Ethics Principles Combining Utilitarianism and Cost-Benefit Analysis
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One example of a set of AI principles that contains a mix of ethical perspectives: https://
thehumeinitiative.org/guiding-princi
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Social Contract and Human Rights in AI Ethics
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Social contract theory talks about rights, like all of those written in the UN Declaration of Human Rights.
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CFIUS: Committee on Foreign Investment in the US Explained
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(I’m finding ChatGPT absurdly useful for things like “Expand out CFIUS if the next word is lawyers, please.” Saving the world an API call: Committee on Foreign Investment in the US.)
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Compliance departments may reinterpret AI model regulations creatively
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I, erm, think it is very probable that many compliance departments are going to wake up in the morning and start sharpening their pencils on “We know this wasn’t what you meant, however, you may be surprised to learn that we do call FICO a ‘model’ and we have crunched on it, so.”
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US Government Workers’ Understanding of Floating Point Operations
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I’m idly curious how many people working for the USFG a) know what 10^26 is
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Big Tech Open Sources AI Models While Debating Existential Risk
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Well, at least *one* Big Tech company is open sourcing AI models and not lying about AI existential risk