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    This essay was originally presented at an AI Cyber Lunch on September 20, 2023, at Harvard Kennedy School. By Bruce Schneier , published by the Belfer Center:. Artificial intelligence systems, controlled by corporations, will confuse and undermine the trust that is essential to a well-functioning society..... " we tend to assume that something's implementation is the same as its interface. That is, we assume that things are the same on the inside as they are on the surface. Humans are like that: we're people through and through. A government is systemic and bureaucratic on the inside. You're not going to mistake it for a person when you interact with it. But this is the category error we make with corporations. We sometimes mistake the organization for its spokesperson. AI has a fully relational interface—it talks like a person—but it has an equally fully systemic implementation. Like a corporation, but much more so. The implementation and interface are more divergent of anything we have encountered to date…by a lot." "It's no accident that these corporate AIs have a human-like interface. There's nothing inevitable about that. It's a design choice. It could be designed to be less personal, less human-like, more obviously a service—like a search engine . The companies behind those AIs want you to make the friend/service category error. It will exploit your mistaking it for a friend. And you might not have any choice but to use it."
    6 months ago by @mikaelbook
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    IBM Today we are establishing the following principles for the Cognitive Era: ** Purpose: The purpose of AI and cognitive systems developed and applied by the IBM company is to augment human intelligence. Our technology, products, services and policies will be designed to enhance and extend human capability, expertise and potential. Our position is based not only on principle but also on science. Cognitive systems will not realistically attain consciousness or independent agency. Rather, they will increasingly be embedded in the processes, systems, products and services by which business and society function – all of which will and should remain within human control. ** Transparency: For cognitive systems to fulfill their world-changing potential, it is vital that people have confidence in their recommendations, judgments and uses. Therefore, the IBM company will make clear: * When and for what purposes AI is being applied in the cognitive solutions we develop and deploy. * The major sources of data and expertise that inform the insights of cognitive solutions, as well as the methods used to train those systems and solutions. * The principle that clients own their own business models and intellectual property and that they can use AI and cognitive systems to enhance the advantages they have built, often through years of experience. We will work with our clients to protect their data and insights, and will encourage our clients, partners and industry colleagues to adopt similar practices. **Skills: The economic and societal benefits of this new era will not be realized if the human side of the equation is not supported. This is uniquely important with cognitive technology, which augments human intelligence and expertise and works collaboratively with humans. Therefore, the IBM company will work to help students, workers and citizens acquire the skills and knowledge to engage safely, securely and effectively in a relationship with cognitive systems, and to perform the new kinds of work and jobs that will emerge in a cognitive economy.
    5 years ago by @mikaelbook
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    Proposed negotiations on e-commerce in the WTO are inconvenient for developing countries, for our SMEs and for people in general. by Sally Burch, dec 2017
    7 years ago by @mikaelbook
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