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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
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New AI field signal Resource 23h ago
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America.gov US government resource

America.gov

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Vincent Conitzer, Andrea Lathrop
“America.gov does not do pronouns. Any pronouns. (Courtesy of my daughter!) aifails.substack.com/p/pronouns” 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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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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“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

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Pavel, Nafnlaus 🇮🇸 🇺🇦
“"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."” evidence ↗
11 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
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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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…”

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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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New AI field signal Signal 17h ago

AI has no copyright? Tell that to the software industry

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Andres Guadamuz
“AI has no copyright? Tell that to the software industry AI content is everywhere. We can argue whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but the ubiquity of AI content can no longer be denied. From emails to football memes, everyone's timelines are start…” evidence ↗
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Andres Guadamuz

“AI has no copyright? Tell that to the software industry AI content is everywhere. We can argue whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but the ubiquity of AI content can no longer be denied. From emails to football memes, everyone's timelines are start…”

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Andres Guadamuz: AI has no copyright? Tell that to the software industry AI content is everywhere. We can argue whether this is a good thing or a bad thing, but the ubiquity of AI content can no longer be denied. F…
Andres Guadamuz: YouTube video companion. youtu.be/-kZvM3JFY4A?...
David Marx: oh hey, you're making youtube videos. TIL
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4 experts · 8 posts · 1d ago
Ted Underwood Eli Sennesh tweety fish Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“this is conway's law, to me” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Markets & investment · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1
Ted Underwood: whatever secret training software engineers are receiving that allows them to evaluate—and change—previous opinions, it's really something we should consider trying on academics
Ted Underwood: it's just very notable that a lot of explicitly AI-skeptical engineers performed a kind of transformation over the last twelve months where they almost "changed," so to speak, "their mind" — though…
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4 experts · 6 posts · 12h ago
Eileen Clancy 🧿 Benjamin Riley Alex Rubinsteyn Singularity's Bounty e/cc
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“Great thread. Regarding #2, which fields do you predict? We can stipulate software development and mathematics. I will offer accounting, finance, components of law (not the important ones).” evidence ↗
Benjamin Riley: Great thread. Regarding #2, which fields do you predict? We can stipulate software development and mathematics. I will offer accounting, finance, components of law (not the important ones).
Singularity's Bounty e/cc: wow no one knows anymore. We can't even predict out 6 months, let alone a few years I would be inclined to stick to my guns and keep practicing the craft, but also getting really good at understand…
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