Re: Open letter urging to pause AI

The Human Centric AI Community Group has been announced:

https://www.w3.org/community/blog/2023/04/02/proposed-group-human-centric-ai-community-group/




On Fri, 31 Mar 2023, 7:27 pm Timothy Holborn, <timothy.holborn@gmail.com>
wrote:

> "In parallel, AI developers must work with policymakers to dramatically
> accelerate development of robust AI governance systems. These should at a
> minimum include: new and capable regulatory authorities dedicated to AI;
> oversight and tracking of highly capable AI systems and large pools of
> computational capability; provenance and watermarking systems to help
> distinguish real from synthetic and to track model leaks; a robust auditing
> and certification ecosystem; liability for AI-caused harm; robust public
> funding for technical AI safety research; and well-resourced institutions
> for coping with the dramatic economic and political disruptions (especially
> to democracy) that AI will cause."  source:
> https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/
>
> IMO:
>
> Converting https://github.com/unicode-org/udhr  into verifiable
> credentials that can be used with these 'wallets' when engaging in online
> contracts, between one-another (legal entities) would be a start.
> i've put many of the other UN instruments into a table:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17WfvOyoVQDv8wwPYroX6xrKLM7n3stD9vFv4rejqmo8/edit?usp=sharing
> The broader underlying concept I call values credentials, as it helps
> people define their values to one-another, and in-turn, understand what
> values people present themselves to be committed to.
>
> Conversely, Imagine if only the king was able to define the terms of the
> magna carta (which, fwiw, was defined in a church in holborn!)...
>
> other notes:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KwMdyGDPZ-9NZS8EyCreDKf-Px81w0ADZEokKNHZAJw/edit#heading=h.54kz1wuee7pv
>
> alongside other comments made:
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-cogai/2023Mar/
>
> There's alot w3c communities could do, I'm just not sure stakeholders want
> to...  IDK.
>
> apparently solid supports personal / private AI; that can in-turn support
> personal ontology,
>
>
> https://www.cnbc.com/2023/02/17/tim-berners-lee-thinks-we-will-have-our-own-ai-assistants-like-chatgpt.html
>
> So, perhaps it's all been done already?  IDK..  But there is certainly a
> role the W3C community could choose to take, perhaps even revisit the W3C
> Webizen work attempted some years ago, idk.
>
> TImothy Holborn.
>
> On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 19:00, adasal <adam.saltiel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> The status of scientific publication is relevant to this discussion.
>>
>> I do not understand how a system that evolved organically and has its
>> critics can be successfully protected in law.
>>
>> Since RDF, particularly Linked Data is the focus of these mailing lists,
>> which is relevant to the discussion on the possible deleterious disruption
>> that AI is causing, this seems germane.
>>
>> Adam Saltiel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 31, 2023 at 7:03 AM ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
>> metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> CORRECTION.
>>>
>>> Here is an answer to the question how to direct and guide the
>>> unstoppable process.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/artificial-intelligence-unesco-calls-all-governments-implement-global-ethical-framework-without
>>>
>>> Since it is given that all of us as members of the mailing lists of the
>>> W3C actually *READ* scientific publications, there are two special
>>> groups *IN PARTICULAR* that we should dialogue with, being academic
>>> publishers and (scientific) libraries.
>>>
>>> They are the gatekeepers and keepers of scientific knowledge
>>> respectively and both play a crucial role in the UNESCO global ethical
>>> framework for AI.
>>>
>>> Any direction and steering processes should start with these two groups
>>> and international standards bodies, professional regulatory bodies and
>>> professional associations.
>>>
>>> Perhaps an idea to organize a conference on this?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Milton Ponson
>>> GSM: +297 747 8280
>>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>>> Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to
>>> all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied
>>> mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, March 31, 2023 at 01:59:35 AM AST,
>>> ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Here is an answer to the question how to direct and guide the
>>> unstoppable process.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/artificial-intelligence-unesco-calls-all-governments-implement-global-ethical-framework-without
>>>
>>> Since it is given that all of us as members of the mailing lists of the
>>> W3C actually scientific publications, there are two special groups that we
>>> should dialogue with, being academic publishers and (scientific) libraries.
>>>
>>> They are the gatekeepers and keepers of scientific knowledge
>>> respectively and both play a crucial role in the UNESCO global ethical
>>> framework for AI.
>>>
>>> Any direction and steering processes should start with these two groups
>>> and international standards bodies, professional regulatory bodies and
>>> professional associations.
>>>
>>> Perhaps an idea to organize a conference on this?
>>>
>>>
>>> Milton Ponson
>>> GSM: +297 747 8280
>>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>>> Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to
>>> all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied
>>> mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 11:36:18 PM AST, Georg Rehm <
>>> georg.rehm@dfki.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> This letter is nothing but hype. Emily Bender dissected the letter on
>>> Twitter and put together the essence of it on Medium. I’d like to invite
>>> everyone to have a look:
>>>
>>>
>>> https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/policy-makers-please-dont-fall-for-the-distractions-of-aihype-e03fa80ddbf1
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Georg
>>>
>>>
>>> On 29. Mar 2023, at 21:46, ProjectParadigm-ICT-Program <
>>> metadataportals@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> This letter speaks for itself.
>>>
>>>
>>> https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-experts-urge-pause-training-ai-systems-that-can-outperform-gpt-4-2023-03-29/
>>>
>>>
>>> I may not want to put it as bluntly as Elon Musk, who cautioned against
>>> unregulated AI which he called "more dangerous than nukes", but when Nick
>>> Bostrom, the late Stephen Hawking, and dozens, no hundreds of international
>>> experts, scientists and industry leaders start ringing the bell, is is time
>>> to pause and reflect.
>>>
>>> Every aspect of daily life, every industry, education systems, academia
>>> and even our cognitive rights will be impacted.
>>>
>>> I would also like to point out that some science fiction authors have
>>> done a great job on very accurately predicting a dystopian future ruled by
>>> technology, perhaps the greatest of them all being Philip K. Dick.
>>>
>>> But there are dozens of other authors as well and they all give a fairly
>>> good impression what awaits us if we do not regulate and control the
>>> further development of AI now.
>>>
>>>
>>> Milton Ponson
>>> GSM: +297 747 8280
>>> PO Box 1154, Oranjestad
>>> Aruba, Dutch Caribbean
>>> Project Paradigm: Bringing the ICT tools for sustainable development to
>>> all stakeholders worldwide through collaborative research on applied
>>> mathematics, advanced modeling, software and standards development
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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