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Developing Policy & governance Analysis 2d ago
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UN AI panel erases human responsibility essay

How the UN’s Scientific Panel Erases Human Responsibility for AI | TechPolicy.Press

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“The UN Independent International Scientific Panel on AI's assessment is a reference point for AI governance worldwide, writes Eryk Salvaggio. His concern: a definition that obscures human accountability "will carry that blind spot into the policies it infor…”

“Great job of revising and updating my 2023 Wired article, @eryk.bsky.social ! I especially prefer the title (though I never chose a Wired article title, those come from higher powers.) But also the more detailed account of the definition drift. #AIEthics @t…”

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Joanna Bryson: Great job of revising and updating my 2023 Wired article, @eryk.bsky.social ! I especially prefer the title (though I never chose a Wired article title, those come from higher powers.) But also the…
Joanna Bryson: This one was great in its time though – I've been told it helped with the #AIAct by some of the people who were holding the "pens" www.wired.com/story/artifi... 2/2
Eryk Salvaggio: Apologies! I hadn’t seen this excellent 2022 accounting of the process when I was reviewing for this — my analysis’ “lit review” was more mired in the source docs. Yours is an excellent accounting …
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AI not future of software essay

AI is not the future of software development, but the last dying gasp of the past

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“If you want to help me to do less non-writing and more writing, why not subscribe to the Product Picnic, the free weekly column where I rage against the machine...learning”

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Pavel: AI boosters claim that LLMs are the future of software development. But that could not be further from the truth. LLMs are the apotheosis of a paradigm 40 years in the making: the tech industry ass…
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7 experts · 12 posts · 16d ago
Naomi Saphra: Are students embarrassed by AI cheating? Like, there has always been rare but unstigmatized dishonesty (memorizing a frat’s archive of finals questions) and common but stigmatized (saying you’ve st…
Naomi Saphra: I don’t know exactly what dictates cheating stigma. Ease of observation? Is there something about effort, or the margin of work required to do it honestly? Regardless, AI cheating is way too easy a…
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2 experts · 3 posts · 7d ago
David Mimno: I remain convinced that 98% of the compute of today’s LLMs is wasted. Fix that before you drive up my electric bill, hyperscalers.
Joanna Bryson: I remain convinced that 98% of the compute of today’s LLMs is wasted. Fix that before you drive up my electric bill, hyperscalers.
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