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David Kaye

@davidakaye.bsky.social

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californian. human rights, free expression, tech, international law. uc irvine. fulbright. article 19. prior: UN special rapporteur, GNI chair.

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David Kaye is an American politician who served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression between August 2014 and July 2020, succeeded by Irene Khan. .. more

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · Jul 10

in september 2024 @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social hosted a symposium asking whether int'l law would survive (we toyed with 'thrive', too optimistic). the journal is out & i've been meaning to direct ppl to it & my foreword. escholarship.org/uc/jitcl & my foreword here: escholarship.org/uc/item/2jx4...

"Can international law survive? A foreword," by me, with first para of abstract/intro

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3h

for this reason among many/many others i don't understand the times doing headlines like this

headline in the times "in fits and starts, the supreme court stands up to trump"

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 7h

local vibe is national vibe

Sticker at crosswalk says ‘we the people are sick of this sh*t’

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

definitely, was thinking about this earlier today after reading amodei's recent thing

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

but perhaps the thing that most undermines his claim is a failure to acknowledge the basic inequity of AI development concentrated in the hands of a small number of people who are becoming unaccountably wealthy & further detached from the reality of how their tools impact human life.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

alternatively, have a couple of espressos before heading to kol nidre

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

any plan to deal with AI 'safety' has to address the power infrastructure that sustains this now lawless industry. pacing doesn't cut it. maybe it's part of the solution. but it's nowhere close to being the answer.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

he can't seem to let go of a belief in some basic tradeoff that he thinks works *for* humanity. fine, but without standards, it's all just saying trust us with what the 'embedded evaluators' will evaluate.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

the second is that, even in an essay that promotes constraints in the face of recursive self-improvement & identifies tech risks, he offers no real standards rooted in the rights people enjoy - to security, fundamental freedoms, etc. it's still deeply vague.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

first is this persistent fiction that AI would somehow 'usher in a renaissance of democracy and freedom'. enough already with this nonsense, even if it's framed as a core initiating belief of his. all evidence points to the opposite rn.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

i'm willing to take dario amodei at his word that he wants restraints on AI. and his proposals are not necessarily bad. but two things (inter alia) undermine his claim.
darioamodei.com/post/we-must...

screenshot of amodei's essay, "we must pace the frontier"

Reposted by David H. Kaye, Sarah Roberts

Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 1d

Your ChatGPT chats are not private, and humans are reading them. Anthropic's Claude too.

More here: www.404media.co/inside-proje...

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

since there is a white house/silicon valley merge, who actually is suggesting he say these things? the guy is clearly nuts, but this doesn't come from his brain without prompting.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"

The only control or “guardrails” that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades! The Trump Administration has stopped AI “people” from doing bad, or potentially bad, “things,“ like Dario (Anthropic!), who is now pretending to be a “perfect little angel” - and we will continue to do so! We already have tremendous CRIMINAL and REGULATORY power over these companies! There is a SICK conspiracy going on against AI and Data Centers, and the only one that is happy about it is China. WHOEVER WINS AI, WINS! We are leading China, and all others, and will continue to do so. Conspiracy Theorists, Treasonists, Traitors, and Leakers, BEWARE! Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

i have an invite for instinct, & there are aspects of it that are enticing, but it sure seems like a privacy/security nightmare

It’s All Fun and Games Until You Give AI Your Credit Card

AI personal assistants are now acting on people’s behalf in the real world—and all sorts of strange things are going wrong.

www.theatlantic.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, David H. Kaye, Eric Goldman , and 4 more Brendan Nyhan, David H. Kaye, Eric Goldman, Kate Starbird, Afl-Cio, Nicolai von Ondarza, Stuart Shapiro

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The only control or 'guardrails' that AI needs is a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT, and the U.S.A. has that, in spades!"

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

about a year ago, i said much the same to jim jordan with nigel farage sitting next to me, though @raskin.house.gov said all this best.

Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation

judiciary.house.gov

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

this absolutely deserves top of the fold coverage and I’m glad to see the Times doing it, just as they could have at any time in the past 18 months.

lead article in Times says “a sweeping effort to stifle free speech”

Reposted by David H. Kaye, Alan Richardson, Lisa Diedrich

Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 2d

@alondra.bsky.social is 100% correct to call me out here because she fought tooth and nail running OSTP and I just erased her with this post.

Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social
Going to try not to take that personally, Timnit!

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

even if he is that guy, it's a v low bar, and until he actually imposes real restraint, he's much more a part of the problem than an agent of its solution.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

which is why ultimately it is a power/oligarchy problem way more than a tech one (as always really). and why it’s good to see the data center pushback, which may really be the only form of public voice we have right now.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

hard to imagine the companies on their own restraining esp the tech, no matter what amodei or others say. this is why we need governance, to solve such problems. instead we have powerful actors actually entwined with govt/wall st & making policy without real consideration of the public interest.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

my main AI concern is it’s getting close to too late for regulation. we have multiple use technologies that have already been let loose in the world. ideally the companies would have done some form of corporate/human rights due diligence first, required by law, well before release. but nope.

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