On Musk switching off Starlink ahead of the Ukrainian offensive, I disagree with the popular view.

1. The consequences of permitting the offensive might well have been worse than the consequence of not permitting; so Musk was not wrong to exercise his judgement.

2. It was his judgement to make. Musk is neither a Ukraine ally nor does he have to take a side.

3. Allowing Musk to dominate LEO was a policy mistake.

4. Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine

#TechPolicy #TechGeopolitics

Regulating online harms is tricky. Let's hope this doesn't become a lesson in the law of unintended consequences. #onlineharms #techpolicy "Social media firms risk ‘humongous’ fines if they grant access to under-13s" https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/sep/05/social-media-firms-risk-humongous-fines-if-they-grant-access-to-under-13s

@jjaursch Die Veranstaltung fängt jetzt an, Sie können ihr unter https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86364179345 beitreten. #DSA #DSC #EUPolicy #Techpolicy

Chinese ChatGPT-alternatives receive government approval for widespread public access - On Wednesday, Baidu, one of China’s leading artificial intelligence companies, announced... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/30/1078714/chinese-chatgpt-ernie-government-approval/ #artificialintelligence #techpolicy #china #ai

(25 Aug) - Fox TV license renewal may be in jeopardy as FCC invites public response https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/petition-to-deny-fox-tv-license-over-false-election-info-gains-steam-at-fcc/ #FoxTVLicenseRenewal #FCCPublicResponse #PetitionToDenyFoxTVLicense #FalseElectionInfo #GainsSteam #TechPolicy #Politics #News https://mastodon.sdf.org/@uspolitics/110951138344611480

Fox TV license renewal may be in jeopardy as FCC invites public response

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/petition-to-deny-fox-tv-license-over-false-election-info-gains-steam-at-fcc/

#FoxTVLicenseRenewal #FCCPublicResponse #PetitionToDenyFoxTVLicense #FalseElectionInfo #GainsSteam #TechPolicy #Politics #News

This is some cool research, but I also fundamentally think we should be encouraging people NOT to use #TextGenerators as search.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7100577024452300800/

#TagZone #LLM #AI #MachineLearning #TechPolicy

On space.

The enduring challenge of the coming generation will be to manage the traffic jam, garbage dump & market dominance in the Low Earth Orbit.

#MastIndia #SpaceMission #Space #India #Chandrayaan #SpacePolicy #TechPolicy

Ergo:

Small, gate-kept & moderated social media networks are the only ones a sane (or want-to-recover-sanity) person should join.

#TechPolicy #SocialMedia #CognitiveAutonomy #Networks

I wish Kahneman, Tversky and Haidt had come up with their insights 30 years before humans invented social media.

#TechPolicy #CognitiveAutonomy

Tech is broken—can collective action fix it? - For Silicon Valley venture capitalists and founders, any inconvenience big or small is a... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/16/1077490/collective-action-tech-work/ #techpolicy #policy

I spent the last few days having great conversations with some of India’s smartest people on #AI. Helped clarify my thinking on the subject.

At this time I think we’re being railroaded into philosophical debates that can afford to wait. The more immediate issue is to put the industry under a robust governance framework. https://www.nitinpai.in/2023/08/14/the-immediate-and-important-task-for-ai-policy-is-to-govern-the-industry

#ideas #TechPolicy #Regulation #FreeMarket #Competition

AI isn’t great at decoding human emotions. So why are regulators targeting the tech? - This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy n... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/14/1077788/ai-decoding-human-emotions-target-for-regulators/ #techpolicy

What happened to the microfinance company Kiva? - One morning in August 2021, as she had nearly every morning for about a decade, J... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/14/1077351/microfinance-money-making/ #techpolicy

While I patiently apply for all the jobs in the world, I hope you enjoy this short introduction to my capstone research paper on tech policy and the super mega evil corp. 😈 I hope to strike a balance between my love for how technology has changed my world for the better and the honest critique of how it’s made life worse for us all.

https://retrospect.substack.com/p/artificial-equity

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #PublicPolicy #TechPolicy

China is escalating its war on kids’ screen time - This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter abo... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/09/1077567/china-children-screen-time-regulation/ #techpolicy #tiktok #china

Wired: The Internet Speech Case That the Supreme Court Can’t Dodge https://www.wired.com/story/tech-policy-netchoice-scotus/ #Tech #wired #TechNews #IT #Technology via @morganeogerbc #contentmoderation #TechPolicyandLaw #SupremeCourt #censorship #techpolicy #Ideas

"FaceBook decides which news your see and which news you don't. If FB or InstaGram or WhatsApp kicks you off their platform, it can cost you your artistic career... Or contact with your distant family... Microsoft, AirBnB, Uber, LinkedIn, the largest tech firms structure our lives in myriad ways, without regard to our wellbeing, without fear of competition, and largely without regulation. For now."

#CoryDoctorow, 'The Internet Con', 2023
https://craphound.com/news/2023/08/01/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation-audiobook-outtake/

#DataFarms #TechPolicy

The race to find a better way to label AI - This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review’s weekly tech policy newslett... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/31/1076965/the-race-to-find-a-better-way-to-label-ai/ #techpolicy #aiethics

Six ways that AI could change politics - ChatGPT was released just nine months ago, and we are still learning how it will affect ... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/28/1076756/six-ways-that-ai-could-change-politics/ #techpolicy #politics #ai