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Multiple readings Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International Policy & governance · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings Critical AI Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Amnesty International generative AI human rights report

Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Baldur Bjarnason
“> Without significant changes to how these systems are developed and deployed, they will continue to undermine international human rights laws and standards. www. amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/ This is a pretty good report overall. Hard to dis…” evidence ↗
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Iris van Rooij Luke Stark James Grimmelmann Alix Dunn tante rev. howard arson Pavel Adverb +3
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Policy & governance

2 experts

Rules, institutions and accountability.

“"Amnesty International finds that standalone generative AI systems, based on unlawful web scraping, depend on mass invasions of privacy by design, and are fundamentally incompatible with international human rights law."”

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“> Without significant changes to how these systems are developed and deployed, they will continue to undermine international human rights laws and standards. www. amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/ This is a pretty good report overall. Hard to dis…”

2 experts discussed this · 6 posts
James Grimmelmann: I know people who do a shitload of web scraping without the consent of the people whose servers and personal data are being scraped. And do you know why they do it? To document human rights violati…
James Grimmelmann: I’m sorry, but “unlawful web scraping” is not itself a human rights violation unless you have a view of either property rights or privacy rights that is itself incompatible with the human right to …
Adverb: I’m sorry, but “unlawful web scraping” is not itself a human rights violation unless you have a view of either property rights or privacy rights that is itself incompatible with the human right to …
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Established AI field signal Analysis 6d ago
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critical AI essay olivia science

Critical AI

5 experts across 3 network communities independently surfaced this.

Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Jed Brown
“"AI literacy" is like "cigarette literacy" explaining how to light up with swagger. What we need is critical AI literacy (see olivia.science/ai/ from @olivia.science), which is a completely different curriculum. One that is liberating.” evidence ↗
5 experts 3 communities 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest Anthony Moser Pavel Jed Brown
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 2 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

Concern & critique

1 expert

Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“"AI literacy" is like "cigarette literacy" explaining how to light up with swagger. What we need is critical AI literacy (see olivia.science/ai/ from @olivia.science), which is a completely different curriculum. One that is liberating.”

Research & technical analysis

1 expert

Evidence, methods and technical implications.

“@olivia.science of course has a great collection including a lot of her own research olivia.science/ai/”

4 experts discussed this · 46 posts
Olivia Guest: I think being anti AI is entering a more mainstream phase! While incredibly good at the same time we're finally meeting a low bar. This means: 1) more critical thinking is needed now as non-experts…
Olivia Guest: 2) industry buys people out a great deal and conflicts of interest are often not properly displayed. Many already have started rebranding as AI literacy and even critical AI literacy "experts" — wh…
Olivia Guest: Obviously, when you see research that involves anything to do with AI, look up what side projects these people have, what startups they spun up, & sadly if they are in the Epstein files, etc. bsky.…
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Established AI field signal Development 5d ago
Starbucks drive-thru AI personalization

Starbucks Drive-Thru AI Could Know What You Want Before You Do - CNET

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Hypervisible
“Companies have been promising a system that knows what you want before you do since they discovered the word “algorithm,” but it’s really just a weak justification for more intrusive surveillance” evidence ↗
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Hypervisible Pavel

“Companies have been promising a system that knows what you want before you do since they discovered the word “algorithm,” but it’s really just a weak justification for more intrusive surveillance”

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Established Safety & security Analysis 14d ago
accelerating alignment anti-design essay

"Accelerating" alignment is anti-design

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Pavel
“In their quest for velocity, managers identified a critical bottleneck: themselves. Now they are automating away the very work of leadership - determining what is most valuable to work on, and aligning everyone around those goals. The result: worse outcomes…” evidence ↗
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Pavel Abstract Tesseract

“In their quest for velocity, managers identified a critical bottleneck: themselves. Now they are automating away the very work of leadership - determining what is most valuable to work on, and aligning everyone around those goals. The result: worse outcomes…”

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Established AI field signal Signal 3d ago

Sam Altman: You’re Completely Right About RAM. I’m Sorry for the Confusion. Here’s What Happened

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Pavel
“Yes yes, first comes the collectivisation, then when that fails you try to walk it all back with a Perestroika, just before the whole thing explodes in your face” evidence ↗
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Pavel

“Yes yes, first comes the collectivisation, then when that fails you try to walk it all back with a Perestroika, just before the whole thing explodes in your face”

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2 experts · 2 posts · 17d ago
Pavel samuel mehr
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“Good metaphor here for risks of uncritical AI usage in the scientific process” evidence ↗
samuel mehr: Good metaphor here for risks of uncritical AI usage in the scientific process
Pavel: AI is definitely more "mad engineer" than "mad scientist"
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