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AI Ethics and Governance in Practice
AI Ethics and Governance in Practice
In 2019, the Public Policy Programme, in collaboration with the UK’s Office for Artificial Intelligence and the Government Digital Service, published the UK Government’s official Public Sector Guidance on AI Ethics and Safety. This document provides public sector organisations with the Process-Based-Governance (PBG) Framework, a framework for applying principles of AI ethics and safety to the design, development, and deployment of algorithmic systems.
·turing.ac.uk·
AI Ethics and Governance in Practice
‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
On July 24, 2020, Tesla’s Elon Musk wrote on Twitter that a second U.S. “government stimulus package is not in the best interests of the people.” Someone responded to Musk soon after, “You know what wasn’t in the best interest of people? The U.S. government organizing a coup against Evo Morales in Bolivia so you could obtain the lithium there.” Musk then wrote: “We will coup whoever we want! Deal with it.”
·counterpunch.org·
‘We Will Coup Whoever We Want’: Elon Musk and the Overthrow of Democracy in Bolivia
Portugal orders Sam Altman's Worldcoin to halt data collection
Portugal orders Sam Altman's Worldcoin to halt data collection
Portugal's data regulator has ordered Sam Altman's iris-scanning project Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data for 90 days, it said on Tuesday, in the latest regulatory blow to a venture that has raised privacy concerns in multiple countries.
·reuters.com·
Portugal orders Sam Altman's Worldcoin to halt data collection
Q&A: How refusal can be an act of design
Q&A: How refusal can be an act of design
In a Q&A, MIT PhD student and recent Design Fellow Jonathan Zong discusses a new proposed framework to map how individuals can say “no” to technology misuses.
·news.mit.edu·
Q&A: How refusal can be an act of design
Looking for a better story
Looking for a better story
Updates for old friends, and for new followers some links back to where we've been
·helenbeetham.substack.com·
Looking for a better story
Ravit Dotan, PhD on LinkedIn: Africa AI regulation | 40 comments
Ravit Dotan, PhD on LinkedIn: Africa AI regulation | 40 comments
New report on AI regulation in Africa! It’s the first I've seen and it's excellent. Some highlights and reflections. ➤ The report, by the Tech Hive Advisory,… | 40 comments on LinkedIn
·linkedin.com·
Ravit Dotan, PhD on LinkedIn: Africa AI regulation | 40 comments
Dismantling Public Values, One Data Center at the Time - NordMedia Network
Dismantling Public Values, One Data Center at the Time - NordMedia Network
“Nordic states are letting go of values and infrastructure resources that are dear to the welfare state", writes Julia Velkova, adding: "Rather than bending to Big Tech values and modes of operation, we should have them bend to comply with our Nordic, public values, if they are to operate in the region".
·nordmedianetwork.org·
Dismantling Public Values, One Data Center at the Time - NordMedia Network
Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research
Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research
A growing chorus of academics say the sky-high cost of working with AI models is boxing researchers out of the field, compromising independent study of the technology.
·washingtonpost.com·
Silicon Valley is pricing academics out of AI research
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·course.elementsofai.com·
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The digital revolution has failed
The digital revolution has failed
The benefits of the internet are eroding. The AI boom is only accelerating their demise.
·disconnect.blog·
The digital revolution has failed
A Hard Energy Use Limit of Artificial Superintelligence
A Hard Energy Use Limit of Artificial Superintelligence
We argue that the high energy use by present-day semiconductor computing technology will prevent the emergence of an artificial intelligence system that could reasonably be described as a “superintelligence”. This hard limit on artificial superintelli
·authorea.com·
A Hard Energy Use Limit of Artificial Superintelligence
Covert racism in LLMs
Covert racism in LLMs
Shocking new paper with potentially serious implications
·garymarcus.substack.com·
Covert racism in LLMs