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Highlights: The White House issued draft rules today that would require federal agencies to evaluate and constantly monitor algorithms used in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential discrimination or other harmful effects on human rights.

Once in effect, the rules could force changes in US government activity dependent on AI, such as the FBI’s use of face recognition technology, which has been criticized for not taking steps called for by Congress to protect civil liberties. The new rules would require government agencies to assess existing algorithms by August 2024 and stop using any that don’t comply.

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[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As long as he doesn't start getting in the way of open source algorithms were fine.

Delay llama 3 and I'm voting for whoever runs against Biden. No exceptions, I will become a single issue voter and this will be my issue.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 year ago

Pretty dumb dawg. The people running against him want christofascism. Not becoming the Christian version of Iran is my single issue.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago
[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Nope, this is the most important issue for me. It overrides all other concerns.

[-] mars 18 points 1 year ago

Why is it the most important issue for you?

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[-] deur@feddit.nl 16 points 1 year ago

I sure hope you are a strawman account because you are an idiot if this is who you are.

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The idiot is the person who votes based on other people's priorities.

If you want to believe garbage about some impending Christian fascist state you're more than welcome to, but reality is quite a bit more mundane.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

If we end up in a fucking concentration camp together I am shiving you. You stupid motherfucker.

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

You can shiv me in your doomerist fantasies.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Aint doomer, just a very big follower of hope for the best prepare for the worst. Has kept my kin and ancestor alive in the past will do the same in the future. But then again I aint the retard who's more worried about useless tech junk that'll probably have minimum effect on society as whole.

I probably wont convince ya of jack and or shit, but what I can do is point out that not looking out for other folks usually ends badly for people. A shunned man is a deadman.

[-] bioemerl@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Acting like everyone ending up in concentration camps is without question doomerist.

not looking out for other folks usually ends badly for people

So does letting the government put the most revolutionary technology of the century in the hands of big tech. The Democrats choose their policy. If nobody swing votes and you all expect the world to blindly vote Democrat they'll get away with shit they shouldn't get away with.

The ideal scenario is that there are enough people like me that the Democrats think twice about being overbearing and still win regardless.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Concentration camp is just one of many possible scenarios. Regardless LLMs aint the most revolutionary tech of the century, its just one of many tools currently being devoloped, Its just hyped to shit cause its fancy and most folks dont care to understand how it functions.

You really do come across as one of those gormless tech bro wannabes who latch onto every flashy bit of tech you come across. Like solar roadways, or the hyperloop, or the thorium powered car.

It aint revolutionary dumbass, its cleverbot with a fancy coat of paint, new buzzwords, and some impressive but inconsequential improvements. And thats just the chatbots, the "art" bots a pretty much the same though using key words and association to create a rather impressive collage.

Frankly if ya want revolutionary tech go look at some of the new nuclear reactors being researched, or new biofuel refinement methods, or fuck even organ cloning. None of them are glamorous but progress rarely is.

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[-] krellor@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

I don't think you have anything to worry about. All this requires is that any models used by the government are tested for bias. Which is a good thing.

Go ask an early generation ai image generator to make pictures of people cleaning and it will give you a bunch of pictures of women. There are all sorts of examples of racial, sex, and religious biases in the models because of the data they were trained on.

Requiring the executive agencies to test for bias is a good thing.

[-] PsychedSy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

This will entrench big tech in federal government, but I'm not too worried about limits on the government.

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