Elke Schwarz

Professor of Political Theory. Technology, politics, ethics and war are my main preoccupations. Lately also the Apocalypse.

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Policy makers, take note. There are similar sentiments, rightfully so, amongst my students and peers here in UK. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...

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AI Weekly's analysis
  • Local permit campaigns have already successfully blocked AI data center construction, creating a replicable model for future opposition.
  • Majority poll opposition to AI's development pace now gives legislators bipartisan political cover to push restrictive regulation.
  • Activist groups and legislators are coordinating across multiple simultaneous fronts, not acting as isolated individual incidents.
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Preach! Glad to see that the pope is speaking our language ... @stopkillerrobots.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/1231...

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Recent commentary

I can't quite figure out where the critical voices are here ... shouldn't the BBC be making an effort for impartiality on this crucial political issue? It's as though the significant risks AI poses are simply an acceptable price to pay for a technology with as-of-yet-uncertain large scale benefits.

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Idk, Wes Streetings speech seemed like a strange hotchpotch of talking points (an uncharitable assessment would perhaps suspect low level ChatGPT use here). What struck me as most interesting was his use of the language we are familiar with from tech industry / oligarchy contexts ... 1/

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