Do I know anyone who is familiar with the Ithaka S+R AI research project? (https://sr.ithaka.org/blog/making-ai-generative-for-higher-education-2/) It looks like my director has signed us up, and I have questions. #AI #AIPolicy #HigherEd #AcademicLibraries @academicchatter

" US FTC Says It Will Target AI in Violation of Discrimination Laws as Calls for Regulating ChatGPT Grow"

https://www.gadgets360.com/internet/news/us-ftc-target-ai-civil-rights-violation-desicrimination-deceptive-chatgpt-openai-3960675 #AI #AIpolicy #AIregs

"Rapid rise of AI has sparked concerns around the world about the possible use of the innovation for wrongdoing."

A little shameless book promotion. If you are connected to a library at work or play, feel free to recommend my 2021 book to them to add to their reference section: Machine Law, Ethics, and Morality in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Thanks you. https://www.igi-global.com/book/machine-law-ethics-morality-age/244609 #AI #AIethics #AIpolicy #AIregs

"European Data Protection Board Launches ChatGPT Task Force"
https://gizmodo.com/edpb-launches-chatgpt-task-force-gdpr-privacy-violation-1850336289
"The board is composed of the data protection authorities of each EU member state and is charged with ensuring the consistent application of GDPR" #AI #AIpolicy #AIregs #AIethics

" Italy’s new rules for ChatGPT could become a template for the rest of the EU"
https://thenextweb.com/news/italys-new-rules-chatgpt-could-become-template-for-rest-of-eu
"The Italian watchdog has given OpenAI a set of demands to lift ChatGPT's ban" #AIpolicy #AIregs

My constant frustration with discussions around #AIEthics is that having a well-informed view usually requires genuine competence in at least 4 fields:

machine learning
ethical theory
cognitive science
sociology/STS

And if we want to talk about #AIPolicy, then add

law
economics

Problem is most people max out at about 1.5 of these, and then ignore or bullshit the remainder.

"India Says It Won't Regulate AI" 👀

Apparently, their gift to Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI, among others. https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatgpt-google-bard-india-will-not-regulate-ai-1850305129 #chatbots #artificialintelligence #AIethics #AIpolicy #AIregs

"India Says It Won't Regulate AI" 👀 https://gizmodo.com/ai-chatgpt-google-bard-india-will-not-regulate-ai-1850305129 #chatbots #artificialintelligence #AIethics #AIpolicy #AIregs

Ahem. "AI Desperately Needs Global Oversight: As ChatGPT and its ilk continue to spread, countries need an independent board to hold AI companies accountable and limit harms." https://www.wired.com/story/ai-desperately-needs-global-oversight/ #AI #AIethics #AIpolicy #AIregs

They are scared. But nobody seems to really be listening. I've done my part and am about ready to throw in the towel. It's here. It's now. It's not going away. And it's not good.

"‘We are a little bit scared’: OpenAI CEO warns of risks of artificial intelligence" #AI #AIethics #AIpolicy #AIregs #chatbot #GPT4 #OpenAI which is not really Open https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/17/openai-sam-altman-artificial-intelligence-warning-gpt4

This is what happens when there is no accountable oversight and you don't have to answer to anyone but yourself. Ethics are the first thing to go. .

''Microsoft Scraps Entire Ethical AI Team Amid AI Boom'' https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-ai-ethical-ai-bing-chatgpt-layoffs-1850223358 #AI #AIethics #chatgpt #AIpolicy #Microsoft #AIresponsibility

''Microsoft Scraps Entire Ethical AI Team Amid AI Boom'' https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-ai-ethical-ai-bing-chatgpt-layoffs-1850223358 #AI #AIethics #chatgpt #AIpolicy

Some new questions come to mind today with this #LLaMA release! I bet @luis_in_brief will guess what they are, and cover them in his open(ish) newsletter.

#OpenSource #FreeSoftware #FOSS #GenerativeAI #LLM #OpenIsh #AIPolicy

Doubt the dolts in Congress will be on top of this. No one else is there to really regulate. "ChatGPT creator Sam Altman says the world may not be 'that far away from potentially scary' AI and feels 'regulation will be critical'" https://www.msn.com/en-US/news/scienceandtechnology/chatgpt-creator-sam-altman-says-the-world-may-not-be-that-far-away-from-potentially-scary-ai-and-feels-regulation-will-be-critical/ar-AA17GYn1 #AI #AIpolicy #sentience

Doubt the dolts in Congress will be on top of this. No one else is there to really regulate. "ChatGPT creator Sam Altman says the world may not be 'that far away from potentially scary' AI and feels 'regulation will be critical'" https://www.msn.com/en-US/news/scienceandtechnology/chatgpt-creator-sam-altman-says-the-world-may-not-be-that-far-away-from-potentially-scary-ai-and-feels-regulation-will-be-critical/ar-AA17GYn1 #AI #AIpolicy #sentience

"Generative AI is here, along with critical legal implications" https://venturebeat.com/ai/generative-ai-is-here-along-with-critical-legal-implications/ #AI #GenAI #AIlaw #AIethics #AIpolicy

? It's way too late, but yeah, at least go through the motions and add to the grand illusion. #AI

"How dangerous is AI? Regulate it before it’s too late"

https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/3849751-how-dangerous-is-ai-regulate-it-before-its-too-late/ #AIpolicy

Not sure I can think of a worse application for AI than treating mental illness, but here we are:

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/19/1147081115/therapy-by-chatbot-the-promise-and-challenges-in-using-ai-for-mental-health

#ai #aiharm #aigovernance #aipolicy

Money quote from an interesting interview with head of the NYU AI Now Institute, which studies the social implications of artificial intelligence.

https://www.thesgnl.com/2023/01/chatgpt-sarah-myers-west/

My semi-educated .02: Until society *requires* companies to engineer algorithms for *human society* (and not just for mechanical utility and shareholder profit) the juggernaut can barrel onward, mutating and perhaps mangling the ways that we interact with power structures and with each other.

#ai #aipolicy #aigovernance

"proof-of-concept of a large language model conducting corporate lobbying related activities," namely #chatgpt, and the "core question raised is where to draw the line between human-driven and AI-driven policy influence." #lawfedi #AIPolicy
https://github.com/JohnNay/llm-lobbyist