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Multiple readings America.gov Policy & governance · 4 attributable reactions Multiple readings Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI - Amnesty International Policy & governance · 3 attributable reactions Multiple readings ru.nl Concern & critique · 2 attributable reactions
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Developing AI field signal Resource 1d ago
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America.gov US government resource

America.gov

25 experts across 5 network communities independently surfaced this.

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 CSET Georgetown Lightspeed Chris Brockett Marielza Sasha Costanza-Chock Karl Bode lastpositivist.bsky.social +17
How the network is reacting Experts are approaching this through 3 distinct lenses.
Multiple readings

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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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“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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“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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Developing Models & releases Analysis 1d ago
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Amnesty International generative AI human rights report

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

11 experts across 2 network communities independently surfaced this.

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.
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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."”

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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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Developing AI field signal Signal 1d ago
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ru.nl

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Why this matches Concern & critique reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Iris van Rooij
“For more info, also check out our Critical AI Literacy project page and for journalists on here: Please, feel free to reach out if you need expert answers to your questions. If you email us your questions (in English), there is the greatest chance we can an…” evidence ↗
2 experts 1 community 1 sources clustered
Iris van Rooij Olivia Guest
2 experts discussed this · 13 posts
Iris van Rooij: Ik had ook toegevoegd (naar de journalist): "daarbij zijn de grote statistische modellen die ten grondslag liggen aan deze scam/slop technologie, inherent onethisch by design gezien de human rights…
Iris van Rooij: En ook: "De grote (taal- en beeld-) modellen doen enorme schade aan mens en natuur. Het is daarom zelf-ondermijnend als iemand dergelijke vervuilende slop modellen wil gebruiken om anderen te inspi…
Iris van Rooij: Een paar nuttige bronnen hieronder: 1️⃣ Suarez, M., Müller, B.,Guest, O., & van Rooij, I. (2025). Critical AI Literacy: Beyond hegemonic perspectives on sustainability. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... cc @…
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8 experts · 20 posts · 21h ago
Alex Hanna Timnit Gebru Olivia Guest Hypervisible Michael Ekstrand Gil Durán Benjamin Riley Abstract Tesseract
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“Stenography misses a key nefarious element. They often have the *appearance* of doing journalism and being journalists. They may even be critical from time to time! But their funding model ensures …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Alex Hanna: Roose figured us out. We all worship Big Parrot.
Timnit Gebru: I love how he describes me as a "watch dog." Men are so predictable.
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6 experts · 30 posts · 1d ago
Mar Hicks e.w. niedermeyer VE, cybersocial occult investigator Anthony Moser tweety fish Amy Hoy
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“@vortexegg.com has described a spectrum of "slop vs care" I find useful because it captures how most ai/LLM related problems aren't really new, but existing harms amplified in that context we can t…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
e.w. niedermeyer: AI slop is a supply side game-changer, so it's easy to focus there, but ultimately everything comes down to demand: will the public, in aggregate, be satisfied with slop or demand more? skeptics ha…
e.w. niedermeyer: covering cars you have to separate your personal taste from what the market demands, and that's hard when it comes down to something like slop restaurant menus... I find them viscerally off-putting…
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5 experts · 26 posts · 22h ago
Ben Recht Clément Canonne Suresh Venkatasubramanian Dashiell Joshua Grochow
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“Just to be clear: there are many valid criticisms to make! But the fact that "the constant in the O(.) is big" is absurd. What's next, "most of maths is useless because real numbers don't actually …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Questions & unknowns · 2 Concern & critique · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Clément Canonne: Of all the possibles takes on the claimed refutation of the Exponential Time Hypothesis, "it isn't a practical algorithm" is maybe the worst.
Clément Canonne: Just to be clear: there are many valid criticisms to make! But the fact that "the constant in the O(.) is big" is absurd. What's next, "most of maths is useless because real numbers don't actually …
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6 experts · 16 posts · 1d ago
Luke Stark Lilian Edwards Adam L Mary Branscombe Matt Darling Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“Even in DS9, the show itself undermines Section 31! The virus S31 infects Odo with (+other Founders) means the war will continue since no one will order the Jem Hadar to stop. But Odo/Sisko/etc Sta…” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Concern & critique · 2 Research & technical analysis · 1 Questions & unknowns · 1
Matt Darling: Just like @liberalcurrents.com tbh.
Luke Stark: the thing i come back to, over and over--which stuff like LOWER DECKS got, and so much other latter-day trek has forgotten--is that the whole idea of trek is that they exist in a genuinely horrifyi…
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2 experts · 5 posts · 23h ago
Melanie Walsh Andrew Piper
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“just for context I wouldn't promote anything that attacks Orélien. He has been the object of a lot of hate. I know that's not your intent but thought I'd mention it.” evidence ↗
Melanie Walsh: The literary prize space is getting weirder and weirder
Melanie Walsh: Uhhhhhh "Thélyson Orélien Prize for New Writing" — "This prize is real, but its name is satirical. It is not endorsed by Thélyson Orélien (but we’d love it to be)." Also the payout is in Ethereum.
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2 experts · 4 posts · 17h ago
Ryan Calo Annette Zimmermann
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“A treat to see @rcalo.bsky.social’s keynote at @buceriuslaw.bsky.social yesterday—my favorite point, v aligned w my critique of #AIexceptionalism & my emphasis on the importance of political #mobil…” evidence ↗
Annette Zimmermann: A treat to see @rcalo.bsky.social’s keynote at @buceriuslaw.bsky.social yesterday—my favorite point, v aligned w my critique of #AIexceptionalism & my emphasis on the importance of political #mobil…
Annette Zimmermann: Also love the important critique of #inevitabilitynarratives in the AI space here. These are #contingent innovation trajectories, because they are functions of contingent human choices. Lawmakers w…
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