I would simply not give away the essential bottleneck input for the most important dual-use technology of our era to the US's primary geopolitical rival.
Excited to share that I've joined the team at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to work on AI ethics!
Honored and humbled to support Dr. Lynne Parker, the National AI Initiative Office, and colleagues across OSTP
Here's @nicsperling's great article. The quote actually predates the BLM tweet by a bit, but it's referencing the same, ongoing, 2+ year effort to cozy up with the Saudis 👇
nytimes.com/2020/12/24/bus…
Can we take a moment to appreciate that the tech right just had a whole "omg china is going to beat us in AI, this is our sputnik moment, we must out innovate them" moment and then their first policy action was to cut off all federal funding for AI research in the U.S.
Today, Mozilla is releasing a new vision for Public AI
We’re making a big push to promote public goods, public orientation, and public use throughout every step of AI development and deployment 🧵
Today was my last day as chief of staff of the tech division at @WHOSTP. These past 2.5 years have been so rewarding and fun — and I’m very grateful to have worked with such amazing colleagues. I’ll miss it a lot!
Today, the U.S. government is establishing new rules for its own use of AI, and they’re a HUGE deal
Buckle up folks — we’re going to unpack how they work and why they’re so good 🧵