Regulating AI Like It’s Magic Won’t Make It Responsible

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There is a growing temptation to treat artificial intelligence as something fundamentally different from every other knowledge technology that preceded it. That temptation is understandable — and wrong. Much of today’s “responsible AI” rhetoric rests on the idea that AI is a new moral category requiring bespoke rules, exceptional consent regimes, and ritualized oversight. In …

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Big Oil

by donCapitalism, Cdnpoli, Oil, PoliticsPosted on No Comments

A Facebook Memory from 2014 Mine eyes have seen the glory and the power of Big Oil.It is trampling out the farmlands and poisoning the soil.It has loosed the rabid rantings, brought the Tea folks to a boil.Oil’s wealth is marching on. (Chorus)Glory, glory Exxon-Mobil,Glory glory Shell and Suncor,Glory glory British Petrol.Oil’s wealth is marching …

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Education

by donCdnpoli, Education, PoliticsPosted on No Comments

Education, far more than opposable thumbs or tool use, distinguishes us from the majority of the creatures around us. We don’t simply show our offspring what we know instinctively or learned. We teach each other and we teach the offspring of others. Not just other families, but other tribes. More importantly we use specialists. Knowledge …

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