Seth Lazar aand former White House policy advisor Alex Pascal, assess democracy’s prospects in a world with AGI, in Tech Policy Press
Read MoreThe headline wasn’t representative, but this was a fun piece to write about the excellent White House OMB memo about AI use within government. Read the whole thing (not the misleading headline) here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/28/united-states-artificial-intelligence-eu-ai-washington#comments
Read MoreSeth joined Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor in investigating the limitations of techniques for model alignment. Read more here: https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/model-alignment-protects-against
Read MoreSeth features on a new podcast episode about the potential risks of AI with Philosophy Bites.
Read MoreWith former acting White House Office of Science and Technology Policy director, Alondra Nelson, Seth argued against a narrow technical approach to AI safety, calling instead for more work to be done on sociotechnical AI safety, that situates the risks posed by AI as a technical system in the context of the broader sociotechnical systems of which they are part.
Read MoreSeth shares some lessons from a conversation with a rogue AI about what imbues humans with moral worth.
Read MoreSeth features on a new podcast episode about effective altruism by Hi-Phi Nation.
Read MoreSeth Lazar invited to contribute to the ACOLA Rapid Research report on Large Language Models.
Read MoreSeth features on a new podcast episode about the risks of AI by Science Vs.
Read MoreIn this QuantumBlack Australia virtual Meetup, the ethics of artificial intelligence was discussed with the Gradient Institute and HMI. Click through for more information.
Read MoreShould we use large-scale facial recognition systems? This article in The Conversation distinguishes between facial recognition and face surveillance and argues that we should demand a moratorium on face surveillance.
Read MoreChristian Barry and Seth Lazar consider what justifies requiring some people to bear costs for the sake of others, in the public health response to COVID-19.
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