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Ada Lovelace Institute @adalovelaceinst.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

AI companions are on the rise, but what are the possible long-term effects on people and society? @jamiebernardi.bsky.social examines the potential benefits and risks - both individual and systemic - of this type of AI service. www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/blog/ai-comp...

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Friends for sale: the rise and risks of AI companions

What are the possible long-term effects of AI companions on individuals and society?

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Jamie Bernardi @jamiebernardi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Important underscussed point on the OpenAI $100bn deal: money is not coming from the USG. Trump is announcing a private deal, whilst promising to make “emergency declarations” to allow Stargate to generate its own electricity (h/t @nytimes.com). Musk says 100bn not yet raised.

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Jamie Bernardi @jamiebernardi.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I see debate on what Altman meant by "we know how to build AGI", so here's my take: I don't think there's much more to it than claiming the general o3 scaffold == "AGI". With faster hardware and more efficient algorithms, he claims AGI is job-done. Inferring anything more seems like an overreaction

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Jamie Bernardi @jamiebernardi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

UK PM: "The last govt was right to establish the world-leading AISI, and we'll build on it. This month the UK will lead the first ever global AIS test. [However] we shouldn't just focus on safety and leave the rest to the market, the govt has a responsibility to make it work for working people"

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Jamie Bernardi @jamiebernardi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Similar effect in AI policy. Many seniors in AI policy today have PhDs. Is this because a PhD is necessary to get on in AI Policy? Having mulled this over a bunch, my current conclusion is no: it's because there was nowhere else to spend all your time thinking & reading on AI governance until 2022.

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Jamie Bernardi @jamiebernardi.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I've seen versions of this take a couple of times now. My sense is some pundits are unable to hold 2 things true at once: that disinfo is driven by a deep, systemic demand for it (what Politico argues), but also we should take steps to prevent its supply (what Politico fails to argue).

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