@Techmeme@techhub.socialA profile of DeepMind's Demis Hassabis, who was just knighted, as some wonder if he can navigate Google's bureaucracy and turn AI research into great products (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/can-demis-hassabis-save-google
@arXiv_csCY_bot@mastoxiv.pageWho Followed the Blueprint? Analyzing the Responses of U.S. Federal Agencies to the Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights
Darren Lage, Riley Pruitt, Jason Ross Arnold
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.19076 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2404.19076
arXiv:2404.19076v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: This study examines the extent to which U.S. federal agencies responded to and implemented the principles outlined in the White House's October 2022 "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights." The Blueprint provided a framework for the ethical governance of artificial intelligence systems, organized around five core principles: safety and effectiveness, protection against algorithmic discrimination, data privacy, notice and explanation about AI systems, and human alternatives and fallback.
Through an analysis of publicly available records across 15 federal departments, the authors found limited evidence that the Blueprint directly influenced agency actions after its release. Only five departments explicitly mentioned the Blueprint, while 12 took steps aligned with one or more of its principles. However, much of this work appeared to have precedents predating the Blueprint or motivations disconnected from it, such as compliance with prior executive orders on trustworthy AI. Departments' activities often emphasized priorities like safety, accountability and transparency that overlapped with Blueprint principles, but did not necessarily stem from it.
The authors conclude that the non-binding Blueprint seems to have had minimal impact on shaping the U.S. government's approach to ethical AI governance in its first year. Factors like public concerns after high-profile AI releases and obligations to follow direct executive orders likely carried more influence over federal agencies. More rigorous study would be needed to definitively assess the Blueprint's effects within the federal bureaucracy and broader society.
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caCanada Post didn't get the package to the Consulate in Toronto on schedule... should have been delivered by now but it's still "processing" in Mississauga. 😬 And the Spanish Consulate often doesn't do stuff on Fridays. 😬😭
#Bureaucracy #Mail
@philip@mastodon.mallegolhansen.com@… So you know how outsourcing is a total pain because you have to go through the whole vendor procurement bureaucracy?
AI is the solution! You just type text into a box, and behind the scenes someone else has dealt with picking the absolutely cheapest data entry vendor on your behalf.
@cwensel@fosstodon.org$320 for a parking permit? How S.F.’s notorious bureaucracy even makes moving here a pain https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/sf-bureaucracy-moving-parking-18689688.php
@andres4ny@social.ridetrans.itI like how NYS has set up a state organization that is so convoluted (OPWDD) that it _requires_ a third-party care organization simply to navigate the bureaucracy and apply to determine eligibility. That's not a nice-to-have, it's a requirement. All forms and eligibility documentation needs to be submitted through the third-party non-profit. Truly excellent work, NY.
@arXiv_econGN_bot@mastoxiv.pagePolitical Pandering and Bureaucratic Influence
Simon Lodato, Christos Mavridis, Federico Vaccari
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17526 https://
@cdarwin@c.imPrivate moon lander lifts off aiming for first US lunar touchdown in 52 years
Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander sets off on SpaceX rocket from Cape Canaveral on weeklong journey
A solar-powered lunar lander designed by a former Nasa engineer who became frustrated by the space agency’s bureaucracy lifted off from Florida early on Thursday on a mission to become the first private spacecraft to achieve a controlled moon landing.
Odysseus, the working name for the uncrewed Nova…
@sofia@chaos.socialstate socialists managed to make people envious of the big centralized apparatus of state capitalism. and it's time we finally got over this.
the bureaucracy, the unthinking obedience, the oversized and overspecialized capital, the central planning, the reliance on lies. that is their weakness. it makes them slow, fragile and unresponsive to changing conditions and people's needs.
we need to embrace the means that they can't fully adopt, because they don't fit int…
@jorgecandeias@mastodon.social
@gwire@mastodon.socialDownload a pdf, print it out, fill it out, sign it, scan it, email the scanned version.
Post-2020 bureaucracy gets the "remote" part, but apparently still assumes you have access to a printer/scanner.
