“Over the last 3 years, transparency is on the decline while capability is going through the roof. This is highly problematic because we've seen in areas like social media that when transparency goes down, bad things happen." – @percyliang via @reuters
REGULATION
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ICOs as Iterated Improvement: Securities Risk and Regulatory Evolution
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Yes; the right way to think of them is an interated improvement on ICOs with less securities regulatory risk. ICOs made promoters a huge amount of money and little was clawed back; iterations were inevitable unless aggressively policed.
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Foundation Model Developers Lack Transparency Say Scholars
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Foundation model developers are becoming less transparent, making it difficult for researchers, policymakers, and the public to understand how these models work, as well as their limitations and impact. Scholars assess the transparency of 10 developers. https://
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Transparency Essential for AI Regulation and Oversight
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“If you don’t have transparency, regulators can’t even pose the right questions, let alone take action in these areas.” – @RishiBommasani Check out @StanfordCRFM
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Buffett’s Legal Strategy Against Frivolous Business Claims
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I model most claims against businesses as being frivolous and Warren Buffett's lawyers as a) knowing this and b) acting as transactional friction on frivolity then as emotionless negotiators after someone successfully presents as non-frivolous for a period of months.
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Who Delivers Fake News Matters More Than Platform
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Back in 2016 I made the case that the problematic impact of fake news was ultimately a function of who delivered it, and that to focus on social media was a red herring. Seems pertinent. https://
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Propaganda and AI: Stoking Outrage Through Digital Manipulation
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Propaganda machines are hard at work stoking the fires of outrage and division, while more and more innocent people suffer.
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France Appoints New Education Minister for First Time
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Rafraîchissant de voir que pour la 1ere fois depuis bien longtemps, la France a un vrai Ministre de l’Éducation Nationale. https://t.co/EtgscbBKcU
— Rafik Smati (@RafikSmati) 18 octobre 2023Rafraîchissant de voir que pour la 1ere fois depuis bien longtemps, la France a un vrai Ministre de l’Éducation Nationale.
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China’s Sanctions Impact on Nvidia: Long-Term U.S. Tech Strategy
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The drip, drip, drip of China’s sanctions hard to gauge for Nvidia I’ve been following the U.S. regulations regarding tech to China for years now. When I was at Barron’s, I predicted that restrictions on China were a lasting, long-term change in the U.S.’s stance — and I was
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Structural Barriers to AI Adoption Beyond Decision Maker Age
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I don’t think it is primarily age of decision makers which functions as a barrier to it. Mostly structural factors.