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Nadella urges AI emergency controls

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella called for mandatory emergency-stop mechanisms and tighter monitoring of advanced AI models, citing uncertainty about how the systems work.

by Joanna Bryson

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j2bryson.bsky.social
I'm not as good at ML as Jordon, but I have a lot more experience explaining policy and addressing these kinds of questions; maybe this helps? joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2026/09/ai-w... #intelligenceExplosion #superintelligence
AI will not "launch" again (Intelligence Explosion II) The real risks of the next six months
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
October 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM

by International Monetary Fund

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Reposted by James Grimmelmann

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mtsw.bsky.social
to me, a layup sensible AI regulation is "do not allow the AI agent to make phone calls for any reason"
jwherrman.bsky.social John Herrman @jwherrman.bsky.social · 3d
A lot of AI assistants seem to have been built around the assumption that the rest of the world is not actually real nymag.com/intelligence...
I wanted to hear about this weird new phenomenon from the other side. The Colorado plumber laughed and once again hung up the phone. The woman at the karaoke place was more patient but sounded confused: Was I AI? Was I selling AI? Could she speak to a real person? No and no, I said, and yes: I was a cold-calling human being who wanted to hear about her experience getting cold-called by bots. (After failing to book a room with Muse, the customer dispatched another agentic solution for the job and claims to have gotten through.) "Ah," she said. "Okay. We don't like AI calling our restaurant. We hate it." End of call. There is something to this - computers really do work differently now and can be asked to handle tasks that used to require a human touch (or at least a cursor). But in addition to expanding the boundaries of automation, the agent-assisted power users of today are also mowing down soft and unsuspecting targets - websites, interfaces, services, and people who haven't decided how, or if, they want to respond to the replacement of customers, clients, and even friends with agents - with the advantages that come with deploying them first. Once everyone has, as Mark Zuckerberg describes it, an "exceptionally capable personal agent," does anyone?
October 11, 2026 at 3:26 PM

by Joanna Bryson

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j2bryson.bsky.social
Here's one specifically about a slightly older thing Hinton said joanna-bryson.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
What Geoffrey Hinton gets wrong and right about AGI (super short post)
artificial and natural intelligence, including politics, policy, ethics and security
joanna-bryson.blogspot.com
October 11, 2026 at 3:07 PM

by Jonathan Wolff Reposted by Steven H. Seggie

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jowolff.bsky.social
Talking to someone in a company where whole divisions are being axed because of AI. Not because AI can do their jobs, but because the company needs to drastically cut the salary bill to pay for AI.
October 10, 2026 at 8:33 PM

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

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Reposted by James O’Sullivan

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independent.ie
The vast majority of respondents (94pc) said they did not trust the AI tech giants. Only 2pc said they did, and 3pc were not sure.

87pc said they wanted governments to step in and regulate the use of AI, marking an 11pc rise since we asked the same question in July 2023
Vast majority of Irish people do not trust AI giants and want governments to regulate them, poll finds
Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks survey finds only 2pc trust firms behind new technology
www.independent.ie
October 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce

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cherylrofer.bsky.social
Aha! I seem to have intuited something that is true.

I wrote this post with a broader thought in mind, that an artificial intelligence is likely to reflect the values of those who build it.
cherylrofer.bsky.social Cheryl Rofer @cherylrofer.bsky.social · 1d
Hacking machines are built by people who value hacking.
October 11, 2026 at 12:48 AM

Reposted by Jonathan Portes

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dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
My Sunday Times column: Nearly twenty years after the global financial crisis, is AI brewing up a new one? The Bank of England’s financial policy committee is among those who are worried:

Unlike the last financial crisis, the next danger lurks in plain sight

www.thetimes.com/article/1e14...
Unlike the last financial crisis, the next danger lurks in plain sight
We have been warned: the rapid change heralded by AI poses many market risks. Plus — John Healey keeps banks guessing before his budget
www.thetimes.com
October 10, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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