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Political neutrality, for an AI model, is simply “not a thing,” Chowdhury said. “It’s not real.” For example, she said, if you ask a chatbot for its views on gun control, it could equivocate by echoing both Republican and Democratic talking points, or it might try to find the middle ground between the two. But the average AI user in Texas might see that answer as exhibiting a liberal bias, while a New Yorker might find it overly conservative. And to a user in Malaysia or France, where strict gun control laws are taken for granted, the same answer would seem radical.

One problem with an EO requiring AI models to be politically neutral: There's no such thing, says @ruchowdh.bsky.social. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

AI companies are spending millions to get the laws they want. They're not trying to cure cancer, or save America. These companies want to make $100 billion overnight, and they're willing to sponsor dangerous laws to make it happen. ----- More Perfect Union is an Emmy-winning, nonprofit newsroom w What OpenAI Doesn’t Want You to Know

What OpenAI Doesn’t Want You to Know | ‪@moreperfectunion.bsky.social‬

with commentary from @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @smw.bsky.social, @theodoraskeadas.bsky.social‬ and @ruchowdh.bsky.social

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#regulations #discrimination #AI #law

[Rumman Chowdhury] Sovereign AI: A new frontier of national ambition Should AI be a public good, shaped by local values, or a technology controlled by a handful of geographically-limited tech giants? The rise of “sovereign AI” --

My latest op Ed in the @koreaherald.bsky.social on Sovereign AI - countries are rushing to build homegrown AI to escape Silicon Valley - but is government-led AI simply a thornier problem?

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Expert Views on Advancing AI for Good Exclusive interviews with Rumman Chowdhury (Humane Intelligence), Eric Loeb (Salesforce) & Anna Koivuniemi (Google DeepMind)

#AIforGood “Views from the Summit” series expands upon speakers’ on-stage presentations. We look forward to more of these interviews at the 2025 Global Summit in July. Don’t miss 3 standout conversations from 2024.
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American Public Submits Over 10,000 Comments on White House’s AI Action Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) published over 10,000 public comments submitted in response to

Just remember folks, if you submitted to this RFI, you’re part of normalizing this administration.

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This is a service to humanity

Gender and AI: Promise and Perils | Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University In this conference, leading computer scientists, engineers, policy makers, ethicists, artists, and representatives from the private sector will explore present and future challenges and opportunities ...

I am so excited to share the stage with @ruchowdh.bsky.social & Megan Smith 11 April at 11.20 am ET @rad-institute.bsky.social event "Gender and AI: Promise and Perils" www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2025-g... - cannot wait! @oii.ox.ac.uk @ajlunited.bsky.social @ainowinstitute.bsky.social

Can you explain to me how submitting to this is helping? Do you think the Trump administration is going to take with seriousness and equal weight, the input of ethics groups?

Observing the deepening faultlines in American society in the early 1920s, F Scott Fitzgerald guessed right…The novel’s prescience lies not in foretelling specific events but in diagnosing a culture where power enjoys impunity and cruelty rubs out its traces — a society run by careless people.

I hope they feature Angela Saini who wrote the books on this years ago.

Reposting this to make sure we take a look at who submitted to this farce and importantly, who didn’t.

Or - hear me out
- look up who’s speaking. Ed is great and I admire him but I’ve been working on ethics and AI before he cared about the topic.

That’s how we opened it and that was the theme of the entire discussion

Thats bc they know life on them streets; you don’t say no to a fresh meal and stable roof

This tells us more about the writer and editors at WSJ than it does about anything else. Sorry their daddies didn’t love them enough.

My *third* time on @scifri.bsky.social but first time recording in the NYC studio! Hear me and @willdouglasheaven.bsky.social bring AGI conversations to reality and talk about the issues that really matter, like who controls the power behind AI.

One of the best parts of coming back to social media has been seeing your efforts - thank you!

TESLA INSIDERS ARE DUMPING SHARES EMPLOYEE STOCK TRADES IN THE LAST 3 MONTHS: NUMBER OF SHARES SOLD: 745,228 NUMBER OF SHARES BOUGHT: 0

I see we have entered the finding out phase

I am a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission. Earlier today, the president attempted to illegally fire me. This is corruption, plain and simple. I will see the president in court. My full statement:

"Chaos is not where good work happens." @ruchowdh.bsky.social at #SXSW 2025.

Dr. Rumman Chowdhury, CEO and Founder of Humane Intelligence, shared her concerns about Elon Musk’s impact on institutions—from Twitter to the U.S. government.

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This article is great btw thank you

Correct, it gave some philosophers a way to be paid to give talks and be on panels; it gave others a fig leaf to say big words while doing nothing.

One would think

Straight from elons mouth to the AISI.

Public Comment Invited on Artificial Intelligence Action Plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Trump’s recent Artificial Intelligence (AI) Executive Order shows that this Administration is dedicated to America’s global

There’s a new call for contributions for the new AI action plan and I don’t think anyone who cares about ethics should contribute and be complicit. I’m not looking forward to the slew of linked in clout-seeking strongly worded letters; don’t do it.

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Under Trump, AI Scientists Are Told to Remove ‘Ideological Bias’ From Powerful Models A directive from the National Institute of Standards and Technology eliminates mention of “AI safety” and “AI fairness.”

“Human flourishing” has long been on my list of bullshit terms wrt AI - some memed Aristotle and it became the bullshit term of AI ethics - but now it’s a right wing dog whistle.

Keep an eye on how the AISI will be weaponized as the Trump/Musk AI Act is written. 1/

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No one knows what the hell an AI agent is | TechCrunch AI agents are all the rage. But no one knows exactly what an agent is, partly because companies define them radically differently.

🖐️ I call AI Agents “3 APIs in a trench coat”

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YouTube video by Mala Kumar Why Private Sector Solutions Won't Replace US Government Funding

I made a video about why the private sector won’t replace US government funding. Feel free to like and share with those people in your life who still don’t get why privatization in all aspects of life won’t work.

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Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead Rumman Chowdhury is worried about Musk's impact on the federal government | TechCrunch Rumman Chowdhury, ex-director of Twitter's machine ethics team, has strong words for Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.

The gutting of Twitter was prologue to the evisceration of government. Musk is a threat to democracy, and not just in the US. | Ex-Twitter AI ethics lead @ruchowdh.bsky.social is worried about Musk’s impact on the federal government techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/e...

Thank you!!