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John Naughton

@jjn1.bsky.social

Academic,newspaper columnist (Observer), blogger (johnnaughton.substack.com), photographer, optimist (despite current state of world), author, co-founder of Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy (mctd.ac.uk) at Cambridge

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Jamal Greene@jamalgreene.bsky.social · last yr.

The touchstone of most authoritarian regimes is not the kind of total control that most people feel in their day-to-day lives. It is that the regime is only selectively bound by law, producing constant low-grade anxiety as to whether, how, or against whom power will be exercised.

Michael Kenny@michaelkenny.bsky.social · last yr.

Delighted to announce that we are going to become an independent Department - the Bennett School of Public Policy - @cambridgeuni.bsky.social from this autumn. Thanks to all those who have supported us on our journey to this point - www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/bennett...

Major new policy school at Cambridge University set to take on AI economy and reviving ‘left behind’ regions - Bennett Institute for Public Policy

The Bennett School of Public Policy opens this October, and is already leading work on two of the most pressing policy problems of our time: implementing AI and revitalising post-industrial areas.

bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · last yr.

DOGE recommended firing workers at: -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. "Conflict of interest" is a severe understatement.

Alex Hern@hern.bsky.social · last yr.

Annoying side effect of climate change is a growing sense that electrification of transport solves the problems with cars rather than leaving all the other problems with cars unchanged

@pugparent.bsky.social · last yr.

So complex but we need to understand that what is happening to our country has been designed by Thiel and others to destabilize our economy, our markets, and our future...they are not making America Great Again. They are making America their piggy bank.

Dave Troy@davetroy.com · last yr.

A group of anonymous authors has published this well-sourced memorandum on Musk and the Neoreactionary movement. Please share widely. The threat is not well understood. Take a moment to read the one page executive summary now; then call Congress. america2.news/content/file...

Rosamunde Van Brakel@rosamundevb.bsky.social · last yr.

Commission publishes the Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the #AI Act! digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/c...

Commission publishes the Guidelines on prohibited artificial intelligence (AI) practices, as defined by the AI Act.

These guidelines provide an overview of AI practices that are deemed unacceptable due to their potential risks to European values and fundamental rights.

digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu

Rachel Coldicutt@rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 2y ago

The UK finds itself in an interesting place re: AI and tech policy. Outside of the EU AI Act and, from what I can see from the Data (Use and Access) Bill, unlikely to be in overall alignment re: automated decisions. Meanwhile Beeban Kidron's proposed amendments to the copyright provisions seem...

michael veale@michae.lv · 2y ago

From today, the prohibited practices/AI systems in the AI Act enter force. It becomes illegal to use or market, broadly (and loosely): - intentionally v manipulative systems likely to cause someone harm - social scoring that leads to disproportionate consequences/consequences in an unrelated sector

CHAPTER II PROHIBITED AI PRACTICES Article 5 Prohibited Al practices 1. The following Al practices shall be prohibited: (a) the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of an Al system that deploys subliminal techniques beyond a person's consciousness or purposefully manipulative or deceptive techniques, with the objective, or the effect of materially distorting the behaviour of a person or a group of persons by appreciably impairing their ability to make an informed decision, thereby causing them to take a decision that they would not have otherwise taken in a manner that causes or is reasonably likely to cause that person, another person or group of persons significant harm; b) the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of an Al system that exploits any of the vulnerabilities of a natural person or a specific group of persons due to their age, disability or a specific social or economic situation, with the objective, or the effect, of materially distorting the behaviour of that person or a person belonging to that group in a manner that causes or is reasonably likely to cause that person or another person significant harm; (e) the placing on the market, the putting into service or the use of Al systems for the evaluation or classification of natural persons or groups of persons over a certain period of time based on their social behaviour or known, inferred or predicted personal or personality characteristics, with the social score leading to either or both of the following: (detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or groups of persons in social contexts that are unrelated to the contexts in which the data was originally generated or collected; (i detrimental or unfavourable treatment of certain natural persons or groups of persons that is unjustified or disproportionate to their social behaviour or its gravity;