Episode 15: The White House And Big Tech Dance The Self-Regulation Tango, August 11 2023

Emily and Alex tackle the White House hype about the 'voluntary commitments' of companies to limit the harms of their large language models: but only some large language models, and only some, over-hyped kinds of harms. Plus a full portion of Fresh Hell...and a little bit of good news. References: White House press release on voluntary commitments Emily’s blog post critiquing the “voluntary commitments” An “AI safety” infused take on regulation AI Causes Real Harm. Let’s Focus on That over ...