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Experts warn, urge AI regulation

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Researchers, commentators and UK officials warned that advanced AI could pose existential risks, renewing calls for international regulation while experts disputed the likelihood.

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@jamellebouie.net draws appropriate parallels between AI in the 21st century and railroads in the 19th: “If A.I. promises to transform the entire society, then the entire society is entitled to have a say, even a decisive one, over the use, development and direction of the technology.”
Opinion | New Matrix, Meet the Old Matrix (Gift Article)
The railroads were once the octopus that A.I. is now.
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2026 at 10:21 AM
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For anyone feeling a bit overwhelmed by current AI discourse, have a listen to someone who knows what she’s talking about podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/g...
Lina Khan on the AI-Safety Panic
Podcast Episode · Galaxy Brain · 18 September · 35min
podcasts.apple.com
September 23, 2026 at 11:03 AM
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Excellent and ambitious paper on 'AI-Assurance Ecosystems: Building the Infrastructure to Enable Confident Adoption of Safe AI' ...
institute.global/insights/tec... #Assurance #AI #Ecosystem
institute.global
September 22, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype:

www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
www.technologyreview.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:00 PM

Reposted by Steve Peers

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Many think that AI is safe to use for simple tasks that require no 'research'. Here's an example. A black-and-white photo. AI was asked to colour it. What can go wrong, right?
September 23, 2026 at 5:12 AM
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Trump: "The very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming -- a name since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming -- these are the same people that are now saying AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us."
September 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Why I Changed My Mind About AI Risk
open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...
Why I Changed My Mind About AI Risk
On accelerationists and doomers.
open.substack.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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AI I reckon. Should we have a vote?
September 23, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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Keep your expectations low for this week’s visit of XI to the United States when it comes to AI regulation.

But be aware of how high are the stakes for humanity.

Here's what you should know. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/xi-and-the-dilemma-of-ai
September 22, 2026 at 3:48 PM

Reposted by Shannon Vallor

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it's weird that ai got too dangerous to keep advancing right around the time money got more expensive to borrow
September 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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I think I’ve underestimated how radical it is to be an “actually, we don’t need more data” guy in the age of AI
September 23, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
Will AI really kill us all? The science behind the hype
Nature examines whether the technology might spell the end for humans, and why AI companies are calling for a slowdown.
idp.nature.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:48 AM
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www.programmablemutter.com/p/machine-go... what it says on the package
Machine god metaphors eat your brain
There are other ways of thinking about AI
www.programmablemutter.com
September 22, 2026 at 3:05 PM
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AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine. Today's @wsj.com cites Veronica Paternolli and my paper on liability for agentic AI. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/ai-l...
AI Leaders Are Standing On a Liability Landmine
Plus, Anthropic delays its IPO, and AI agents have trust issues.
www.wsj.com
September 22, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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'“While 77 per cent of respondents either somewhat or strongly supported the use of taxpayer money to fund research generally, such support dropped to 42 per cent for research that involved scientists’ use of AI at some stage of the scientific process,” the paper says.'
www.sciencedirect.com
September 23, 2026 at 6:38 AM
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Nice reality check on the AI hype and why the techbros promote this BS: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...
Don’t be fooled by this summer of AI hype
Breathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.
www.technologyreview.com
September 23, 2026 at 3:39 AM
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Discussion with Cory Doctorow – “How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late” youtu.be/_0xR3uEgGcc
How to Think About AI—Before It’s Too Late
YouTube video by Solove on Tech
youtu.be
September 22, 2026 at 9:12 PM