How the DMCA Anticipated the DSA’s Due Process Obligations by Eric Goldman, Sebastian Felix Schwemer :: SSRN

Basically: how the obligations which the DSA imposes upon platforms were foreshadowed in the American DMCA, and the substantial issues which are caused by placing due-process obligations upon private platforms:

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4733551

Via https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2024/03/new-essay-comparing-due-process-approaches-in-the-dmca-and-dsa.htm

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109476

#digitalServicesAct #regulatoryHeadcanon

How to solve all AI-oversight issues at a stroke: Nationalised Foundation Models and free GPU access in Public Libraries; cc: @vestager

Apparently the big problem with Foundation Models is not that they are a concordance of online speech which — given enough time and resource — absolutely anyone can build, which is an issue that nobody wants to address yet.

No, the problem is Capitalism, and Monopoly, and apparently all these companies giving away foundation models for free is all about establishing dominance or something.

There’s a simple solution: the countries should build their own and give them away for free themselves, therefore the marginal cost of creation (or something like that) means that people will stop using risky corporate-sourced foundation models, and instead will obviously use ones created by sensible countries like Norway or Sweden or Switzerland or something like that. Perhaps even the UN could create one?

The experts in each country can then ensure that its National Foundation Model (NFM) is free from bias and racism and even free from political opinion, and therefore perfect for use by citizens to perform useful tasks — and as an incentive, use of the NFM will lower regulatory and compliance burdens.

And then we — the citizens — will just pop down to the local public library, each of which (the larger ones, just to start) will be equipped with a handful of H100s in rack-mounts, each wired-up to a Raspberry Pi.

Nationalised AI Utilities: the perfect solution for corporate monopolies.

Simply look at the NHS by comparison.

.@vestager raises concerns on fair competition in Artificial Intelligence foundation models:

There are "huge barriers to entry…it's very difficult if you not have access to sufficient amounts of GPUs, to sufficient amounts of data." https://t.co/kP4cRDY1xv

— Samuel Stolton (@SamuelStolton) February 19, 2024

Create GPUs as a public utility. https://t.co/fjmfg5E56a

— Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) February 19, 2024

That way we would solve the "corporate" thing, plus state regulators (who of course are wise to the ways of AI) can solve all the "bias" and other issues, and also it will arrive smelling of pine forests and dried salt cod.

Then: free access to GPUs in public libraries to use it

— Alec Muffett (@AlecMuffett) February 19, 2024

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109215

#ai #foundationModels #humour #llm #regulatoryHeadcanon

The WhatsApp group Smartphone Free Childhood was created […] in response to their fears around children’s smartphone use | … I think I can see several issues here

Like: how do they usually communicate remotely with their kids?

Quote:

‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood …

More than 4,000 parents have joined a group committed to barring young children from having smartphones

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/thousands-join-uk-parents-calling-for-smartphone-free-childhood

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109195

#parenting #regulatoryHeadcanon #whatsapp

Canada Moves to Ban the Flipper Zero Over Car Hacking Fears

Remember:

(a) it’s never the vulnerabilities of extant systems

(b) it’s never the prevalence of criminals

https://gizmodo.com/canada-moves-to-ban-the-flipper-zero-over-car-hacking-f-1851242790

https://alecmuffett.com/article/109135

#canada #censorship #regulation #regulatoryHeadcanon

“…policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues” | …some common sense, some utterly bonkers stuff in this European Parliament report

Link is below; what worries me is not the reflective stuff which describes where we are, but the direction which their virtual finger is implicitly pointing by merely writing some of this stuff.

Goodbye anonymity. Hello legally-mandated online identity and “rights for digital avatars”. And does anyone remember what a “NFT” was?

REPORT on policy implications of the development of virtual worlds – civil, company, commercial and intellectual property law issues

20. Is concerned that the use of avatars and decentralised systems, such as those built on blockchain technology, might make it extremely challenging to hold tortfeasors accountable; considers that the implementation of effective identity management systems is key in order to allow for their proper and timely identification and to combat fake identities, also taking into account the specificities linked to the governance of decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) and to collective liability; welcomes in this regard the Commission’s intention to study the added value of a possible legal framework for DAOs;

21. Recalls that avatars do not have legal personality so any issues regarding their legal capacity, rights, obligations and liabilities needs to be addressed with reference to the natural or legal persons using them; considers that, as virtual worlds evolve and become more complex, consideration should be given to the appropriateness of granting a specific legal status to avatars; considers that the avatar or the person behind the avatar should be identifiable and a know-your-business-customer principle should be applicable;

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0442_EN.html

https://alecmuffett.com/article/108947

#europeanUnion #regulation #regulatoryHeadcanon #virtualReality