I know everyone was hoping for a quiet Friday, but...
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-safety-institute-becomes-ai-security-institute/
UK Gov has announced a step back from AI safety, by rebranding AISI as the AI 'Security' Institute.
Really thoughtful commentary from colleague @mbirtwistle.bsky.social here & short 🧵below on key changes
https://www.ukauthority.com/articles/ai-safety-institute-becomes-ai-security-institute/
Comments
- Criminal Misuse
- Human Influence (how AI systems could influence humans and reduce individual autonomy)
- Societal Resilience (how can we make society more resilient to AI risks)
But...
Societal impacts: How models could affect our social fabric, e.g. by weakening democracy, harming individual welfare and perpetuating unequal outcomes.
Especially as bias has been explicitly cut out of AISI's scope.
https://www.aisi.gov.uk/
But we also need to mitigate the here-and-now risks where careless AI might replicate inequality, take away jobs, or harm the environment.