AI Bill of Rights coauthor. Prof@BrownUniversity. Former tech advisor to President Biden @WHOSTP. He/him/his. Thoughts my own.
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Here's a glitch/bug/MASSIVE-FSCKING-PRIVACY-RISK associated with the new #Bing #chatbot feature that I haven't seen documented.
Answers from one query bleed over into another.
Earlier today I asked it about the black power salute that Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Tonight I asked it about headlines referencing chatbot halluncinations.
Look what it did. It returned an utterly irrelevant answer, reflecting my previous query. How can this be production technology?
A flurry of new state legislation—in CT, IL, TX, VT, DC, IN, KY, NY, WA and the big CA—is aimed at AI harms
We (with two of my heroes -
@geomblog & @sorelle) wrote about some commonalities of, and recommendations for, the state approaches
State governments should address the challenge of artificial intelligence regulation by passing laws that covers any technologies that support critical decision-making, mandates algorithmic impact assessments, covers both public and private use, and identifies clear sectoral enforcement authority.
There's a lot happening in the world of algorithmic governance even within the US. But you have to look closely.
The first post from our new Center at Brown (stay tuned for more) focuses on an interesting regulation: life insurance
https://cntr.substack.com/p/colorado-doi-weighs-in-on-how-to
Life insurance is one of the oldest and most carefully regulated industries in America, and it is one of many in the midst of upheaval due to “big data” and advances in machine learning. The risks that these changes have sparked concerns about algorithmic discrimination
Here's a screenshot of Sen. Hasegawa holding up the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights at the hearing.
Alas despite the great hearing, the bill is almost certainly dead for the #waleg session . I updated the "what next?" section of https://privacy.thenexus.today/automated-decision-systems-regulation/#next-steps with a bit of info.
@geomblog
@emilymbender @megyoung @meg @nwprogressive @bitz @timnitGebru @schock @randomwalker @evangreer @ali @gleemie @hypervisible @jilliancyork @FrankPasquale @Wolven
Achievement of the year: writing a serious paper for a serious venue that includes an extended rumination on the different ways to construct a coffee maker.
Paging @__lucab
FYI: ⬆️ for a thread on a WA state bill regulating automated decision systems. Written comments, even if short, are very helpful - you don't have to be a WA resident. And, WA residents can "sign in" to state a position without comment!
If you can't see the thread, it's at https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy/109855636017837419
Please help get the word out!
@emilymbender @megyoung @meg @nwprogressive @bitz @timnitGebru @schock @randomwalker @evangreer @ali @gleemie @geomblog @hypervisible @jilliancyork @FrankPasquale @Wolven
Washington residents: Sign in PRO on SB 5356 to regulate automated decision systems (ADS) Government agencies use ADS to decide who gets benefits, how communities are policed, and how health care gets prioritized -- and the systems are often biased against people of color, disabled people, LGBTQ+ people, and other vulnerable groups. SB 5356 takes important steps to regulate ADS by requiring transparency and accountability https://app.leg.wa.gov/csi/Testifier/Add?chamber=senate&mId=30759&aId=151484&caId=21469&tId=3 Detailed instructions in the reply #waleg 1/5
Absolutely everyone needs to read Ted Chiang's take on chatGPT "blurry jpg of the web" and the brilliant echoes of Kolmogorov complexity within it.
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web
Not to mention the description of why we write (excerpted below).
Twitter announced today they're completely ending academic research access to the Twitter API, adding insult to injury on API restrictions for journalists and civil society.
Are you affected? The Coalition for Independent Tech Research is here to help. Complete this form, share with anyone you know who uses Twitter data, & (optionally) join our public campaign.
https://independenttechresearch.org/letter-twitter-api-access-threatens-public-interest-research/
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