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Guardrails: Guiding Human Decisions in the Age of AI (Book by Urs Gasser & Viktor Mayer-Schönberger)
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691150680/guardrails
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AI Weaponary
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000208432/crew-optional-australien-will-ki-gesteuerte-kriegsschiffe-bauen
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What is the State of Artificial Intelligence Governance Globally?
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03071847.2019.1694260
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AI Act der Europäischen Union: Regelungslücken rasch schließen (TÜV AUSTRIA)
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Press voices on EU regulations regarding the EU AI Act
Socialists & Democrats and Renew https://multimedia.europarl.europa.eu/en/video/press-conference-by-brando-benifei-sd-it-and-dragos-tudorache-renew-ro-co-rapporteurs-on-ai-act-plenary-vote_I254355 The Left https://left.eu/ai-act-big-tech-says-jump-eu-asks-how-high/
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AI Voice Generator
https://elevenlabs.io
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The European AI Alliance
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/european-ai-alliance
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A Webpage of the European Commision for digital participation
https://futurium.ec.europa.eu/en
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Eine Frage der Vertrauenswürdikeit
https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000208814/warum-ein-stempel-auf-ki-bildern-allein-nicht-reicht-um-fake-news-zu-bekaempfen
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A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature
https://www.semanticscholar.org/
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EU AI Act Vote (13. March 2024)
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PV-9-2024-03-13-RCV_DE.html#166051#941757
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Der “Freitag” zum EU AI Act
https://www.freitag.de/autoren/falk-steiner/ai-act-der-eu-weltweit-erstes-gesetz-zur-regulierung-von-ki-hat-einen-mangel
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An EU AI Act Webpage
The purpose of this website is to provide up-to-date developments and analyses of the proposed EU artificial intelligence law called the “AI Act”. This website is maintained by the Future of Life Institute (FLI). FLI is an independent non-profit working to reduce large-scale, extreme risks from transformative technologies. We also aim for the future development…
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AI & Inclusion
https://coactproject.eu/news/artificial-inteligence-e-inclusion/
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Data&Society Podcasts
Presenting timely conversations about the purpose and power of technology that bridge “dataSociety” interdisciplinary research with broader public conversations about the societal implications of data and automation. https://listen.datasociety.net/
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What federal agencies can learn from New York City’s AI hiring law
That law, New York City’s Automated Employment Decision Tool law — Local Law 144 — is the first to require algorithmic fairness audits for commercial systems.
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KI aus Linz
https://www.derstandard.de/story/3000000205801/ki-modell-aus-linz-will-chatgpt-schlagen
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This house does not exist
https://thishousedoesnotexist.org/a-modern-architecture-home-in-bergen-norway-with-an-exposed-wood-and/9373224
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Democratizing AI: Principles for Meaningful Public Participation
As AI is deployed in ways that dramatically shape people’s lives and opportunities, the public has little input into its use. In light of this, there are increasing calls to integrate democratic and human-centered values into AI through public participation. https://datasociety.net/library/democratizing-ai-principles-for-meaningful-public-participation/
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RSF: Charta zu KI und Journalismus
Reporter ohne Grenzen (RSF) veröffentlicht gemeinsam mit 16 Partnerorganisationen die Pariser Charta für Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und Journalismus anlässlich des Pariser Friedensforums. Sie definiert zehn Grundsätze und Prinzipien, die Journalistinnen und Journalisten, Nachrichtenredaktionen und Medienunternehmen weltweit bei ihrer Arbeit mit künstlicher Intelligenz anwenden können. https://www.reporter-ohne-grenzen.de/pressemitteilungen/meldung/rsf-stellt-charta-zu-ki-und-journalismus-vor
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China: A Generation AI Developement Plan
On July 20 [2017] China’s State Council issued a seminal document, entitled A [New] Generation Artificial Intelligence Development Plan. This important aspirational document sets out a top-level design blueprint charting the country’s approach to developing artificial intelligence (AI) technology and applications, setting broad goals up to 2030.
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SustAIn Nachhaltigkeitsindex für KI
Wie nachhaltig ist Künstliche Intelligenz? Wir wissen, dass in der Entwicklung und Anwendung von KI viel Energie benötigt wird, dass Menschen als sogenannte Clickworker unter sehr schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen Trainingsdatensätze für KI-Systeme bearbeiten und diese nicht selten bestehende Diskriminierungsmuster verstärken.
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Google Sidewalk Labs
https://www.sidewalklabs.com
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OECD Policy Oberservatory (on AI)
The OECD AI Policy Observatory (OECD.AI) is an inclusive hub for public policy on AI. It aims to help countries encourage, nurture and monitor the responsible development of trustworthy AI systems for the benefit of society There are tools and metrics out there that help AI actors to build and deploy AI systems that are…
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The digital commons: a political and economic gamechanger
This paper addresses the current intellectual and legal status of the commons. Specifically, we explore the notion of the digital (or information) commons and its specificities with regard to the classic concept of the commons in economic theory. The digital commons concerns new ways of administering an information resource by a community, made possible by…
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Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence
Funded by the Leverhulme Trust, CFI is based at the University of Cambridge, with partners at Imperial College London, University of Oxford and UC Berkeley, as well as close links with industry and policymakers. CFI brings together academics from a variety of disciplines as diverse as machine learning, philosophy, history, literary studies, engineering, media studies…
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Future of Humanity Institute
FHI is a multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford. Academics at FHI bring the tools of mathematics, philosophy and social sciences to bear on big-picture questions about humanity and its prospects. The Institute is led by Founding Director Professor Nick Bostrom. https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/
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We Need A Policy Agenda for Rural AI
In short, rural communities matter. And that means they should matter when it comes to the development of policies on artificial intelligence (AI). https://cyber.harvard.edu/story/2023-11/we-need-policy-agenda-rural-ai
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Algorithmic Justice League
The Algorithmic Justice League’s mission is to raise awareness about the impacts of AI, equip advocates with empirical research, build the voice and choice of the most impacted communities, and galvanize researchers, policy makers, and industry practitioners to mitigate AI harms and biases. We’re building a movement to shift the AI ecosystem towards equitable and…
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The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
https://www.nscai.gov/
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AI article comparison
https://topai.tools/s/Article-comparison-tool
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Künstliche Intelligenz im Alltag älterer Menschen
Der Ratgeber bietet einen Einstieg in das Thema Künstliche Intelligenz (KI). Ausgangspunkt sind dabei die Lebenswelten und Interessen älterer Menschen. Der Ratgeber zeigt auf, wo wir im Alltag auf KI-basierte Technologien treffen, er erklärt, wie Sprachassistenten funktionieren und er gibt Beispiele, wie KI-Systeme die Lebensqualität Älterer in den eigenen vier Wänden oder in der Gesundheitsvorsorge…
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Alexa, wie hast dus mit der Religion
Technik und Künstliche Intelligenz gehören zu den brisanten Themen der gegenwärtigen Theologie. Wie kann Theologie zu Technik und KI beitragen? Der Technikdiskurs ist aufgeladen mit religiösen Motiven, und Technologien wie Roboter fordern die Theologie, z. B. das Menschenbild, die Ethik und die religiöse Praxis, neu heraus. Der Sammelband erforscht aus theologischer Perspektive die drängenden Themen…
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Überwachung ist ein Heftpflaster
Der Strategie- und Digital-Experte Christoph Bornschein sucht mit eingeladenen Fachleuten nach Ideen der Zukunft. Es geht oft ums Digitale, aber weit darüber hinaus. Bornscheins Expertise erlaubt es, die Diskussion nicht an der Oberfläche zu belassen, sondern in die Tiefe zu gehen und Themen grundlegender zu diskutieren. Dabei ist gepflegter Streit durchaus möglich. Diese Reibung erzeugt…
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Ego, Fear and Money: How the A.I. Fuse Was Lit
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/03/technology/ai-openai-musk-page-altman.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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Empowering local communities using artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) applications can profoundly affect society. Recently, there has been extensive interest in studying how scientists design AI systems for general tasks. However, it remains an open question as to whether the AI systems developed in this way can work as expected in different regional contexts while simultaneously empowering local people. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389922000228
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Radio Atlantic “AI won’t really kill us all, will it?”
For months, more than a thousand researchers and technology experts involved in creating artificial intelligence have been warning us that they’ve created something that may be dangerous. Something that might eventually lead humanity to become extinct. In this Radio Atlantic episode, The Atlantic’s executive editor, Adrienne LaFrance, and staff writer Charlie Warzel talk about how…
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Whitepaper on CPR and AI by Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Hervé Le Crosnier.
The publication “An Introduction to the Digital Commons: From Common-Pool Resources to Community Governance” by Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay and Hervé Le Crosnier, explores the concept of digital commons within the framework of common-pool resources (CPR). It examines the shift from viewing digital resources merely in terms of scarcity and reproducibility to focusing on community…
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“Innovative Transitions toward Just and Self-Sustaining Communities” -> a book recommendation
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Jaron Lanier “A wired look into the future”
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Research on Intelligence in the Age of AI
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Generative AI from the perspective of a futurist
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IEEE SA
IEEE Webpage on AIS https://standards.ieee.org/initiatives/autonomous-intelligence-systems/ IEEE GET ProgramTM https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/browse/standards/get-program/page/series?id=93
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Geoffrey Hinton on “The New Yorker” Radio Hour
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AI Toolbox for Urban Planning, Architecture & Design
These days, architects and designers frequently utilize a variety of AI tools. It’s clear that numerous tasks, traditionally performed by hand – such as drafting CAD plans – are increasingly being delegated to AI technologies. However, it’s likely to take several years for the building industry to fully integrate these tools. Concepts: Midjourney, LookX &…
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In Regulating A.I., We May Be Doing Too Much. And Too Little.
The article by Tim Wu discusses the complexities of regulating artificial intelligence (AI), highlighting the potential risks of both under- and over-regulation. President Biden’s executive order on AI, which addresses a wide range of potential risks, from fraud to weapons of mass destruction, is seen as an effort to avoid past mistakes made in regulating…
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Noam Chomsky: The False Promise of ChatGPT
The article discusses the limitations and potential ethical concerns of current AI technology, particularly machine learning models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. It argues that while these AI tools can generate human-like responses and predictions, they lack the fundamental human capacity for causal explanation and ethical reasoning. Chomsky highlights the contrast between AI’s pattern-matching abilities and the…
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The Earth Species Project (ESP)
The Earth Species Project (ESP) is a non-profit organization that focuses on using artificial intelligence (AI) to decode animal communication. Here are some key aspects of the project: The Earth Species Project represents an ambitious and interdisciplinary effort that sits at the intersection of technology, biology, and linguistics. Its work is part of a growing…
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Can Global Leaders Get a Handle on A.I.? U.K. Summit Makes a Start
This article from The New York Times discusses Britain’s AI Safety Summit and the release of the Bletchley Declaration, focusing on the need for global cooperation to manage AI risks. The summit, attended by representatives from 28 countries, including the U.S. and China, aims to position Britain as a leader in AI regulation and safety.…
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“What is Generative AI and how does it work?” Mirella Lapata on the Turing Lecture
If you are “nerdy” enough, like me, to be interested in AI but don’t have the IT background, like me, this talk might be somehow useful for you.
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Authenticity & Content Credentials
One of the severe issues of AI in media are the creations of generative AI aka “fake content”. Several initiatives like C2PA (ContentCredentials) try to provide a solution. Other Projects akin are:
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Common Good & Sustainability over profit alone
The article critically examines the relationship between Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically Machine Learning (ML), and sustainability, distinguishing between theoretical potential and actual effectiveness in the real world. It emphasizes that data and ML models are subjective constructs prone to errors and manipulation. Finally, it discusses that while ML can contribute to our understanding of environmental…
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The role of artificial intelligence in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-14108-y
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UN announcement on “High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence”
UN’s Office of the Secretary General – Envoy on Technology just announced to set up an Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. LINK From the webpage: The Global AI Imperative Globally coordinated AI governance is the only way to harness AI for humanity while addressing its risks and uncertainties as AI-related services, algorithms, computing capacity and…
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Cornell University Research
Cornell just set up a platform for research papers on the question how HCI, IT an AI are going to interact with society. Have a look at https://arxiv.org/list/cs.CY/recent
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Kurzweil interviews Minsky. Is the Singularity near?
Marvin Minsky and Ray Kurzweil talking about AI. SPOILER: we don’t know yet the final answer if “Singularity” is near. Listen to the complete conversation here.
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CSIS in conversation with MEP Dragos Tudorache on the EU AI Act
Another interesting interview with MEP Dragos Tudorache about the current debate about the EU AI Act. Dragos is the current speaker (rapporteur) of the EP on this topic. Watch the full interview here.