Re: Open letter urging to pause AI

few links,

https://www.itu.int/net4/wsis/forum/2023/

VIDEOS:
https://play.itu.int/events/category/wsis-forum-2023/2023-03/

https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact
You can register:
https://www.un.org/techenvoy/global-digital-compact/intergovernmental-process

NB Also:

https://sdg.iisd.org/events/summit-of-the-future/

https://giga.global/

https://projectconnect.unicef.org/map
some other draft noteson WIP;
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D63FlICIOXcnLx_PYs0ByLYvc1B-BXqhhXGdaW_rIMI/edit#heading=h.8ctm09au0l5q

(although i'm otherwise somewhat preoccupied with working to define a
structured digital justice / prison system, which considers the idea of
ensuring support for evidence & is most likely a solid solution)

As required to support human rights;

https://soundcloud.com/ubiquitous-au/my-question-human-rights-instruments-for-digital-wallets-valuescredentials
and whilst i'm focused on: http://www.humancentricai.org/

US appears to require a solution that provides personhood for software as
well as legal personalities,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2023/03/07/-new-hampshire-utah-recognize-daos-as-legal-persons/

which i think is why its people centered, but unclear, even though i have
asked - many times..

In anycase,
https://peoplecentered.net/
and in-turn, note also:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pvGrO7699Afsm2SDoeAweCQ6EP8TR6JL/edit

Cheers,

Timothy Holborn.


On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 16:04, 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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