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THE LEARNING CURVE
A journey into AI governance
I am a researcher studying law and accountability for AI. This blog documents my journey and thoughts.
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How to ace law school
I've just finished teaching a law subject on privacy, law and AI governance over summer (here in Australia it's summer right now). It was...
henrylfraser
Feb 23, 20243 min read
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‘AI safety’ doesn’t make AI safe
AI alignment may currently be out of reach, but basic human decency is not A Belgian man took his own life in March this year after...
henrylfraser
Jun 28, 20239 min read
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Biases about bias
Picture a machine learning system that relies on crowdsourced data labelers to help rank music recommendations. Is the system vulnerable...
henrylfraser
Oct 11, 20215 min read
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Pluralism and regulatory overlap
I'm thinking about the concept of overlap in the governance of AI and automated decision-making (ADM). I've been reading Europe's new...
henrylfraser
May 21, 20216 min read
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Regulating AI with dynamic definitions
A basic problem in the regulation of technology, and especially of artificial intelligence is the problem of definition. There are many...
henrylfraser
May 10, 20216 min read
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Accountability as a value proposition
There is a fast-growing cottage industry of consultants and advisers who advise businesses on AI Ethics. Their value proposition is that...
henrylfraser
Apr 29, 20213 min read
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Does regulating AI do more harm than good?
Regulatory reform tends to proceed slowly and cautiously with many stages of consultation and refinement.
henrylfraser
Aug 18, 20205 min read
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AI threats to democracy
Today's post is going to be a little different. It's an experiment in 'lean' writing. I'm going to compile a taxonomy of threats to...
henrylfraser
Aug 13, 20201 min read
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Hacking the rule of law
Good governance and good AI governance are not really separate things.
henrylfraser
Jul 17, 20204 min read
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Masterminds and loopholes
If we are going to have a bad AI, it's better that it isn't a criminal AI.
henrylfraser
Jun 29, 20203 min read
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The alignment problem and the rule of law - part 3
We don't have to specify in contracts every single rule for interpreting the contract, we just specify the governing law.
henrylfraser
Jun 16, 20205 min read
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The alignment problem and the rule of law - part 2
Implementing respect for the rule of law seems a useful way to close the door to a very large range of harmful action.
henrylfraser
Jun 9, 20205 min read
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The alignment problem and the rule of law - part 1
If we developed an AI surpassing our intelligence it would be in our interest to ensure that its goals were aligned with ours.
henrylfraser
Jun 9, 20203 min read
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Existential Risks from Artificial Intelligence
Many AI researchers take seriously the possibility that AGI will be developed within the next 50 years; and be extremely bad for humanity.
henrylfraser
Jun 8, 20202 min read
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First steps
The subject of AI governance is something worth thinking about, something worth working on; a field where I might make myself useful.
henrylfraser
May 21, 20202 min read
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