AI and Existential Risk will have to wait for governance, ethics, education, health, and safety
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Discussion
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Hi,
It’s been just over a month since the last update on citations in our shared library for the AIDVWG. Since then >70 more resources have been added.
Below are some highlights at Regional/National level, Big Picture, then some updates on Regulation and Governance of AI, including generative AI and IP, followed by resources related to Ethics, Education, Healthcare/Medicine, then Safety and Risk, and finally, drumroll, what comes next are some of the stories, and the letters, and the hype and the response to the fear of AI and Existential Risk. If that’s what you’re looking for it’s time to scroll, scroll, scroll. If you get to the end there are some Select Papers of Interest and you may find a gem for your reseaerch or inspiration at the very end of this post as a reward for viewing to the very end of the list.
Regional/National NewsThe African Association of Universities (2023) Successful Launch to the Campaign for Data Ethics in Education – The Ethical Data Initiative. https://ethicaldatainitiative.org/2023/05/26/successful-launch-to-the-campaign-for-data-ethics-in-education/
Diebold G (2023) How Can the Global South Benefit From AI Innovation? Center for Data Innovation, https://datainnovation.org/2023/06/how-can-the-global-south-benefit-from-ai-innovation/
U.S.-EU Joint Statement of the Trade and Technology Council.(May 31 2023) The White House, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/05/31/u-s-eu-joint-statement-of-the-trade-and-technology-council-2/
(2023) EU-US Trade and Technology Council Panel on Perspectives on Large AI models. https://www.youtube.com/live/f7AJ8h47fOc?feature=share&t=4866
Castro D (2023) Does the US Need a New AI Regulator? Center for Data Innovation, https://datainnovation.org/2023/06/does-the-us-need-a-new-ai-regulator-2/
Competition and Markets Authority (2023) CMA launches initial review of artificial intelligence models. GOV.UK, & AI Foundation Models: initial review. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/cma-launches-initial-review-of-artificial-intelligence-modelshttps://www.gov.uk/cma-cases/ai-foundation-models-initial-reviewBig Picture
AI Now Institute (2023) AI Now 2023 Landscape Executive Summary. AI Now Institute, https://ainowinstitute.org/general/2023-landscape-executive-summary & Full AI Now 2023 Landscape: Confronting Tech Power Report https://ainowinstitute.org/2023-landscape
Regulation/Governance
Meaker M (2023) The Global Battle to Regulate AI Is Just Beginning. Wired, https://www.wired.com/story/the-global-battle-to-regulate-ai-is-just-beginning/
Gary Marcus, Anka Reuel (2023) The world needs an international agency for artificial intelligence, say two AI experts. The Economist, https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2023/04/18/the-world-needs-an-international-agency-for-artificial-intelligence-say-two-ai-experts
Baum K, Bryson J, Dignum F, Dignum V, Grobelnik M, Hoos H, Irgens M, Lukowicz P, Muller C, Rossi F, Shawe-Taylor J, Theodorou A, Vinuesa R (2023) From fear to action: AI governance and opportunities for all. Frontiers in Computer Science, 5 https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1210421
Cora Lewis (2023) Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers. https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-ai-consumer-finance-rules-8f5a450bd05e6079c742a9ce00b5c576
Heath R (2023) China races ahead of U.S. on AI regulation. Axios, https://www.axios.com/2023/05/08/china-ai-regulation-race
Lewis D (2023) China’s souped-up data privacy laws deter researchers. Nature, https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-01638-1
Xiang C (2023) OpenAI Tells Congress the U.S. Should Create AI “Licenses” to Release New Models. Vice, https://www.vice.com/en/article/qjvkpv/openai-tells-congress-the-us-should-create-ai-licenses-to-release-new-models
Nuthi K (2023) An Overview of the UK’s New Approach to AI. Center for Data Innovation, https://datainnovation.org/2023/04/an-overview-of-the-uks-new-approach-to-ai/
Renieris EM (2023) The Best Way to Govern AI? Emulate It. Centre for International Governance Innovation, https://www.cigionline.org/articles/the-best-way-to-govern-ai-emulate-it/Generative AI/IP
Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting (2023) Restrict AI Illustration from Publishing: An Open Letter. Center for Artistic Inquiry and Reporting, https://artisticinquiry.org/AI-Open-Letter
Castro D (2023) Critics of Generative AI Are Worrying About the Wrong IP Issues. Center for Data Innovation, https://datainnovation.org/2023/03/critics-of-generative-ai-are-worrying-about-the-wrong-ip-issues/Ethics
(2023) The CoDE: Code of Data Ethics. https://forhumanity.center/web/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-CoDE-Code-of-Data-Ethics.pdf
(2023) Ethics and Responsible Research and Innovation in Practice: The ETHNA System Project. 13875https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33177-0 – Provides a practical and useful guide to effectively introducing research ethics in organizations, Includes key issues to be addressed when implementing Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), Presents the outcome of the European initiative ETHNA (“Ethics Governance System for RRI in Higher Education, Funding and Research Centres”, in short ETHNA System)Education
UNESCO (2023) AI: UNESCO mobilizes education ministers from around the world for a co-ordinated response to ChatGPT. UNESCO, https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/ai-unesco-mobilizes-education-ministers-around-world-co-ordinated-response-chatgpt
UNESCO (2023) UNESCO survey: Less than 10% of schools and universities have formal guidance on AI | UNESCO. UNESCO, https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/unesco-survey-less-10-schools-and-universities-have-formal-guidance-aiHealthcare
Federspiel F, Mitchell R, Asokan A, Umana C, McCoy D (2023) Threats by artificial intelligence to human health and human existence. BMJ Global Health, 8(5):e010435. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010435
Michael Wornow, Yizhe Xu, Birju Patel, Rahul Thapa, Ethan Steinberg, Scott Fleming, Jason Fries, Nigam Shah (2023) The Shaky Foundations of Foundation Models in Healthcare. Stanford HAI, https://hai.stanford.edu/news/shaky-foundations-foundation-models-healthcare
Ben Sidders, Justin Johnson, Sajan Khosla (2023) Unlocking the potential of data and AI-driven drug discovery & development. Astrazeneca: What Science can do, https://www.astrazeneca.com/what-science-can-do/topics/data-science-ai/unlocking-potential-data-ai-driven-drug-discovery-development.htmlSafety & Risk
BlueDot Impact, Richard Ngo (2023) Alignment Course: AI Safety Fundamentals. AI Safety Fundamentals, https://aisafetyfundamentals.com/ai-alignment-curriculum
CAIS (2023) 8 Examples of AI Risk. Center for AI Safety, https://www.safe.ai/ai-risk
Schuett J, Dreksler N, Anderljung M, McCaffary D, Heim L, Bluemke E, Garfinkel B (2023) Towards best practices in AGI safety and governance: A survey of expert opinion. http://arxiv.org/abs/2305.07153
Elizabeth M. Renieris, David Kiron, Steven Mills, Abhishek Gupta (2023) Responsible AI at Risk: Understanding and Overcoming the Risks of Third-Party AI. MIT Sloan Management Review, https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/responsible-ai-at-risk-understanding-and-overcoming-the-risks-of-third-party-ai/
Yoshua Bengio (2023) AI Scientists: Safe and Useful AI? Yoshua Bengio Personal Site, https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/05/07/ai-scientists-safe-and-useful-ai
Yoshua Bengio (2023) How Rogue AIs may Arise. Yoshua Bengio [personal website], https://yoshuabengio.org/2023/05/22/how-rogue-ais-may-arise/
Existential RiskMitigating the risk of extinction from AI should be a global priority alongside other societal-scale risks such as pandemics and nuclear war.
Center for AI Safety (2023) Statement on AI Risk. Center for AI Safety, https://www.safe.ai/statement-on-ai-risk
Edwards B (2023) OpenAI execs warn of “risk of extinction” from artificial intelligence in new open letter. Ars Technica, https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/05/openai-execs-warn-of-risk-of-extinction-from-artificial-intelligence-in-new-open-letter/
Mitigating the risk of AI should be a global priority, open letter says. All Things Considered, https://www.npr.org/2023/05/30/1178919245/mitigating-the-risk-of-ai-should-be-a-global-priority-open-letter-says
Roose K (2023) A.I. Poses ‘Risk of Extinction,’ Industry Leaders Warn. The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/30/technology/ai-threat-warning.html
Matt O’Brien (2023) Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts say in new warning. AP News, https://apnews.com/article/artificial-intelligence-risk-of-extinction-ai-54ea8aadc60d1503e5a65878219aad43
Lomas N (2023) OpenAI’s Altman and other AI giants back warning of advanced AI as “extinction” risk. TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/30/ai-extiction-risk-statement/
SVBJ staff (2023) Transcript: What OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told a Senate subcommittee about AI. Bay Area Inno, https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/inno/stories/news/2023/05/16/sam-altman-testimony-senate-subcommittee-ai.html
C-SPAN (2023) ChatGPT CEO Sam Altman Testifies Before Senate on AI Oversight. C-SPAN, https://www.c-span.org/video/?528117-1/openai-ceo-testifies-artificial-intelligence
Heuvel K vanden (2023) Will AI Lead to Human Extinction? The Nation, https://www.thenation.com/article/society/ai-chatgpt-tech-disruption-humanity/
Streitfeld D (2023) Silicon Valley Confronts the Idea That the ‘Singularity’ Is Here. The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/11/technology/silicon-valley-confronts-the-idea-that-the-singularity-is-here.html
Jr EO (2023) AI Doesn’t Pose an Existential Risk—but Silicon Valley Does. The Nation, https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/artificial-intelligence-silicon-valley/
Gary Marcus. (2023) The urgent risks of runaway AI — and what to do about them | TED Talk. https://www.ted.com/talks/gary_marcus_the_urgent_risks_of_runaway_ai_and_what_to_do_about_themSelect papers & articles of interest
Hendrycks D (2023) Natural Selection Favors AIs over Humans. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.16200
Marchese D (2023) How Do We Ensure an A.I. Future That Allows for Human Thriving? The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/05/02/magazine/ai-gary-marcus.html
Democratising AI: Multiple Meanings, Goals, and Methods (2023) [Research Summary] https://montrealethics.ai/democratising-ai-multiple-meanings-goals-and-methods/
Seger E, Ovadya A, Garfinkel B, Siddarth D, Dafoe A (2023) Democratising AI: Multiple Meanings, Goals, and Methods.[Paper] https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2303.12642/Bye til next time. This is likely going to be the second to last of these shared library posts as our Working Group heads into its final stretch drafting outputs and then circulating for response and then updating to include community input. If the shared library is missing something you want included for the final out report(s) send me a message I’m happy to help get it into the zotero or get you set up so you can contribute.
Sincerely,
Natalie
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