My breakdown of Australia's new regulation for AI companion chatbots www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/new-reg...

Great panel yesterday on 'Governing automated decision-making for positive social services' with @kimweatherall.bsky.social , Samantha Floreani, Jake Goldenfein, and Kath Albury, organised and chaired by Christine Parker at @admscentre.org.au . The highlights of the conversation (in thread):

Ryan Broderick has been arguing that AI slop is to Trumpism as futurism was to fascism, and he just added that AI’s remixing of its training data is “an aspirational vision for the future that’s completely defined by nostalgia.” (Just like fascism was!) www.garbageday.email/p/trump-s-bi...

Don't let a company that doesn't care about you think your thoughts for you with a pseudo-brain they still haven't finished making. Please. www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/the-ai-...

After marking too many papers riddled with AI generated nonsense, I worry about a future of *artificial general stupidity*. Will business, government and just about everyone succumb to the lure of cheap AI tools that aren't fit for purpose? www.henryfrasertechlaw.com/post/ai-and-...