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Multiple readings America.gov Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions
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America.gov US government resource

America.gov

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · CSET Georgetown
“Jessica Ji weighed in on the new #AI-powered https://t.co/sEHIhq7mvb website for @USATODAY, saying that it can be a useful resource for people trying to navigate U.S. government websites. She also notes its risks: “When this kind of AI system is empowered t…” evidence ↗
25 experts 5 communities 1 sources clustered
Mark Riedl Lightspeed Chris Brockett Marielza Sasha Costanza-Chock Karl Bode lastpositivist.bsky.social Eileen Clancy 🧿 +17
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Policy & governance

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Rules, institutions and accountability.

“America.gov does not do pronouns. Any pronouns. (Courtesy of my daughter!) aifails.substack.com/p/pronouns”

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Risks, limits and unintended consequences.

“Jessica Ji weighed in on the new #AI-powered https://t.co/sEHIhq7mvb website for @USATODAY, saying that it can be a useful resource for people trying to navigate U.S. government websites. She also notes its risks: “When this kind of AI system is empowered t…”

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How teams are shipping and applying it.

“The chatbot comes as an expansion of the Office of Personnel Management’s work to modernize access to public federal workforce data. Integration with America.gov is planned. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SUx... Read more by @madialder.bsky.social: fedscoop.com/o…”

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Julian Sanchez: Ok wow. This is both extensive and deeply surreal. Tell America.gov to Play Minecraft.
Julian Sanchez: Amusingly, the chatbot appears to be unable to recognize that it said anything weird. It “thinks” it just responded that it can’t play minecraft.
Justin Hendrix: Weird
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nytimes.com

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Alison Gopnik
“This is an excellent article by Leif Wetherby - why AI is a cultural technology not a collection of human-like agents (citing our work on this). And why the anthropomorphism is a distraction from the very real risks and dangers and the way to deal with them…” evidence ↗
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Mel Andrews Luke Stark Alison Gopnik Tim Carmody Meredith Martin Jane Rosenzweig Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account)

“This is an excellent article by Leif Wetherby - why AI is a cultural technology not a collection of human-like agents (citing our work on this). And why the anthropomorphism is a distraction from the very real risks and dangers and the way to deal with them…”

“There are many kinds of intelligence, and not all of them are ours. To have intelligence, to cheat, to have goals is not innately human. It does not imply the existence of a soul. (“Sin” might.) Virtually all organisms can “cheat.” If you’re going to be a d…”

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Alison Gopnik: This is an excellent article by Leif Wetherby - why AI is a cultural technology not a collection of human-like agents (citing our work on this). And why the anthropomorphism is a distraction from t…
Luke Stark: This is an excellent article by Leif Wetherby - why AI is a cultural technology not a collection of human-like agents (citing our work on this). And why the anthropomorphism is a distraction from t…
Neil Turkewitz: Excellent! See this from 2020, including: “Technological capacity isn’t self-fulfilling & decisions don’t take place by default. Inaction based on perceptions of lack of agency are our enemy, & the…
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