November 2023 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

"How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*How a billionaire-backed network of AI advisers took over Washington* /A sprawling network spread across Congress, federal agencies and think tanks is pushing policymakers to put AI apocalypse at the top of the agenda — potentially boxing out other worries and benefiting top AI companies with ties to the network./ By Brendan Bordelon 10/13/2023 05:00 AM EDT An organization backed by Silicon Valley billionaires and tied to leading artificial intelligence firms is funding the salaries of more than a dozen AI fellows in key congressional offices, across federal agencies and at influential think tanks. The fellows funded by Open Philanthropy, which is financed primarily by billionaire Facebook co-founder and Asana CEO Dustin Moskovitz <https://www.openphilanthropy.org/about-us/> and his wife Cari Tuna, are already involved in negotiations that will shape Capitol Hill’s accelerating plans to regulate AI. And they’re closely tied to a powerful influence network that’s pushing Washington to focus on the technology’s long-term risks — a focus critics fear will divert Congress from more immediate rules that would tie the hands of tech firms. [...] continua qui: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/open-philanthropy-funding-ai-polic…

Nov. 12, 2023

"It’s shockingly easy to buy sensitive data about US military personnel"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*It’s shockingly easy to buy sensitive data about US military personnel* /A new report exposes the privacy and national security concerns created by data brokers. US senators tell MIT Technology Review the industry needs to be regulated. / By Tate Ryan-Mosley November 6, 2023 For as little as $0.12 per record, data brokers in the US are selling sensitive private data about active-duty military members and veterans, including their names, home addresses, geolocation, net worth, and religion, and information about their children and health conditions. In a unsettling study published on Monday <https://techpolicy.sanford.duke.edu/data-brokers-and-the-sale-of-data-on-us…>, researchers from Duke University approached 12 data brokers in the US and asked what would be necessary to buy this kind of information; they ultimately purchased thousands of records about American service members, finding that many brokers offered to sell the data with minimal vetting and were willing to deal with buyers using email domains based in both the US and Asia. [...] continua qui: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/11/06/1083002/sensitive-data-about-us…

Nov. 11, 2023

Re: [nexa] cory doctorow

by benjuade

La live è iniziata su YouTube? On 7 November 2023 16:58:31 CET, Stefano Quintarelli <stefano(a)quintarelli.it> wrote: >Stasera ore 21:00 discussione su – The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation – Cory Doctorow L’incontro sulla “truffa di Internet”, in lingua inglese, previsto per lo scorso 11 ottobre che non ha avuto luogo per motivi tecnici. > > >su youtube o via zoom https://copernicani.it/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computati… > >https://www.youtube.com/@Copernicani > >vi aspetto numerosi! > >:-) >_______________________________________________ >nexa mailing list >nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa

Nov. 7, 2023

Re: [nexa] cory doctorow

by David Orban

Mi correggo: ricevuto! Scusate il disturbo... :) David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" davidorban.com On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 8:53 PM David Orban <david(a)davidorban.com> wrote: > Mi sono iscritto con Eventbrite ma non ho ricevuto il collegamento a Zoom. > > Qualcuno che l'abbia ricevuto me lo può inviare? :) > > David Orban > "What is the question that I should be asking?" > davidorban.com > > > On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 4:58 PM Stefano Quintarelli <stefano(a)quintarelli.it> > wrote: > >> Stasera ore 21:00 discussione su – The Internet Con: How to Seize the >> Means of Computation >> – Cory Doctorow L’incontro sulla “truffa di Internet”, in lingua inglese, >> previsto per lo >> scorso 11 ottobre che non ha avuto luogo per motivi tecnici. >> >> >> su youtube o via zoom >> >> https://copernicani.it/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computati… >> >> https://www.youtube.com/@Copernicani >> >> vi aspetto numerosi! >> >> :-) >> _______________________________________________ >> nexa mailing list >> nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it >> https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >> >

Nov. 7, 2023

Re: [nexa] cory doctorow

by David Orban

Mi sono iscritto con Eventbrite ma non ho ricevuto il collegamento a Zoom. Qualcuno che l'abbia ricevuto me lo può inviare? :) David Orban "What is the question that I should be asking?" davidorban.com On Tue, Nov 7, 2023 at 4:58 PM Stefano Quintarelli <stefano(a)quintarelli.it> wrote: > Stasera ore 21:00 discussione su – The Internet Con: How to Seize the > Means of Computation > – Cory Doctorow L’incontro sulla “truffa di Internet”, in lingua inglese, > previsto per lo > scorso 11 ottobre che non ha avuto luogo per motivi tecnici. > > > su youtube o via zoom > > https://copernicani.it/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computati… > > https://www.youtube.com/@Copernicani > > vi aspetto numerosi! > > :-) > _______________________________________________ > nexa mailing list > nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it > https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa >

Nov. 7, 2023

cory doctorow

by Stefano Quintarelli

Stasera ore 21:00 discussione su – The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation – Cory Doctorow L’incontro sulla “truffa di Internet”, in lingua inglese, previsto per lo scorso 11 ottobre che non ha avuto luogo per motivi tecnici. su youtube o via zoom https://copernicani.it/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computati… https://www.youtube.com/@Copernicani vi aspetto numerosi! :-)

Nov. 7, 2023

Malgieri e Pasquale, "Licensing high-risk artificial intelligence: Toward ex ante justification for a disruptive technology"

by J.C. DE MARTIN

*Licensing high-risk artificial intelligence: Toward ex ante justification for a disruptive technology * Gianclaudio Malgieri, Frank Pasquale https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2023.105899 /Under a Creative Commons license/ The regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) has heavily relied on ex post, reactive tools. This approach has proven inadequate, as numerous foreseeable problems arising out of commercial development and applications of AI have harmed vulnerable persons and communities, with few (and sometimes no) opportunities for recourse. Worse problems are highly likely in the future. By requiring quality control measures before AI is deployed, an ex ante approach would often mitigate and sometimes entirely prevent injuries that AI causes or contributes to. Licensing is an important tool of ex ante regulation, and should be applied in many high-risk domains of AI. Indeed, policymakers and even some leading AI developers and vendors are calling for licensure in the area. To substantiate licensing proposals, this article specifies optimal terms of licensure for AI necessary to justify its use. Given both documented and potential harms arising out of high-risk AI systems, licensing agencies should require firms to demonstrate that their AI meets clear requirements for security, non-discrimination, accuracy, appropriateness, and correctability before being deployed. Under this ex ante model of regulation, AI developers would bear the burden of proof to demonstrate that their technology is not discriminatory, not manipulative, not unfair, not inaccurate, and not illegitimate in its lawful bases and purposes. While the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) can provide key benchmarks here for ex post regulation, the proposed AI Act (AIA) offers a first regulatory attempt towards an ex ante licensure regime in high-risk areas, but it should be strengthened through an expansion of its scope and substantive content and through greater transparency of the ex ante justification process. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0267364923001097

Nov. 7, 2023

Re: [nexa] Quei robocani che si chiamano "lodicevoio..."

by Marco A. Calamari

On mar, 2023-11-07 at 07:32 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 13:32:13 PM +0100, Marco A. Calamari wrote: > > On gio, 2022-02-03 at 06:51 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > > > > Sviluppi robotici assolutamente ovvi, forse il solo problema e' non > > averne > > parlato abbastanza allora: > > > > https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/02/police-robodogs-are-all-called-toldya/ > > > > > > Beh, proprio mai non direi , forse non nelle sedi istituzionali, che non > > saprei > > raggiungere, ma in pubblico ... > > Grazie! Non so perche' mi fossero sfuggiti all'epoca, ma ovviamente e' > bello vedere di non essere i soli a segnalare problemi. > > (ora pero'... non e' affatto importante, ma sono curioso di sapere > come mai la segnalazione e' arrivata solo adesso) Ciao Marco, intendersi sulle questioni è necessario; a quale segnalazione ti riferisci in particolare? L'articolo che hai citato è solo uno dei tanti usciti quando Boston Dynamics https://bostondynamics.com/ presentò il robocane general purpose Spot, subito prima di essere acquisita (vedi caso) da Hyundai https://bostondynamics.com/news/hyundai-motor-group-completes-acquisition-o… Gli articoli originali sono stati pochi; riportarli quasi integralmente senza commenti significativi è sempre stata la gran moda su questo tema. Forse intendi che pochi roboticisti frequentano questa lista? O che pochi in questa lista si rendono contro che un normale oggetto computerizzato, come un sistema d'arma, può essere trasformato in un robot assassino semplicemente (in sostanza) aggiornandogli il software? O che ci sono talmente tanti problemi di cui discutere che questo è passato in cavalleria? Ti chiedo queste cose nel più assoluto spirito collaborativo, per magari far partire un thread utile qui in lista. Ciao e grazie. Marco

Nov. 7, 2023

Re: [nexa] Quei robocani che si chiamano "lodicevoio..."

by M. Fioretti

On Mon, Nov 06, 2023 13:32:13 PM +0100, Marco A. Calamari wrote: > On gio, 2022-02-03 at 06:51 +0100, M. Fioretti wrote: > > Sviluppi robotici assolutamente ovvi, forse il solo problema e' non > averne > parlato abbastanza allora: > > https://stop.zona-m.net/2022/02/police-robodogs-are-all-called-toldya/ > > > Beh, proprio mai non direi , forse non nelle sedi istituzionali, che non saprei > raggiungere, ma in pubblico ... Grazie! Non so perche' mi fossero sfuggiti all'epoca, ma ovviamente e' bello vedere di non essere i soli a segnalare problemi. (ora pero'... non e' affatto importante, ma sono curioso di sapere come mai la segnalazione e' arrivata solo adesso) Marco -- https://mfioretti.substack.com

Nov. 7, 2023

Fwd: seminario Paolo Ciuccarelli @ OGR

by J.C. DE MARTIN

Ricevo e volentieri diffondo. jc DATE/VENUE ========== Wednesday *8th November*, *12.00 p.m.* OGR Tech,***Sala Mezzanino *Corso Castelfidardo 22, 10128 Torino SPEAKER ======== *Prof. Paolo Ciuccarelli*, Northeastern University (Boston, USA) and Politecnico di Milano TITLE ====== *Designing with Data, Data for Design * ABSTRACT ========= For an architect, and a designer, data could be seen as a new (!), very peculiar, material; one that opens up to new form-giving processes and outcomes, driven by its set of underlying technologies. A material that the design process itself may use to work (better) and produce through its operations, thus leading to a potential (needed?) reframing of design as a practice and as a discipline. The talk will delve into this reciprocal relationship: how can design optimize data-intensive processes to enhance their effectiveness and significance? In what ways can data and algorithms be leveraged to improve (?) the design process? Potential impact and consequences of this two-folded relationship will be discussed. SPEAKER ======== Architect and Communication Designer, Paolo Ciuccarelli joined Northeastern University in 2019 as founding director of the Center for Design and Professor of Design. At Politecnico he coordinated the Communication Design program (BSc and MSc), has been a member of the board at the PhD in Design and co-directs the DensityDesign Research Lab: an award-winning laboratory doing research on data visualization and information design he founded in 2010. Paolo’s research focuses on the design transformations that help make sense of data and information to improve decision making processes, especially with non-expert stakeholders and for controversial complex social issues. He also works in developing tools and methods to understand and orient the evolution of design as a discipline and a practice, in the frame of a meta-design approach and with a focus on emerging technologies, including AI. Paolo Ciuccarelli is author of best-paper awarded publications, lectured at Royal College of Arts, ENSCI Les Ateliers, Glasgow School of Arts, king’s College and Stanford Humanities Centre and has been invited to talk at conferences such as Eyeo, TEDx, Visualized, NetSci, Congreso Futuro. He's partner at The Visual Agency, Senior Affiliate at Harvard metaLAB and co-editor at Big Data & Society – SAGE Journals.

Nov. 6, 2023