We take a hard look at the White House’s new AI Bill of Rights and discover that the Eye of Sauron is actually ethical according to its principles. We then go in on academia and journalism for, in their own ways, laundering the interests and influence of the tech sector.

Also, the new TMK book club starts next week in the patreon feed! Starting with Chapter 1, we will be going through An Engine, Not a Camera: How Financial Models Shape Markets | Donald MacKenzie https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262633673/an-engine-not-a-camera/

Some references:

••• Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/

••• Biden’s AI Bill of Rights Is Toothless Against Big Tech https://www.wired.com/story/bidens-ai-bill-of-rights-is-toothless-against-big-tech/

••• AI Data Laundering: How Academic and Nonprofit Researchers Shield Tech Companies from Accountability https://waxy.org/2022/09/ai-data-laundering-how-academic-and-nonprofit-researchers-shield-tech-companies-from-accountability/

••• Eighteen pitfalls to beware of in AI journalism https://aisnakeoil.substack.com/p/eighteen-pitfalls-to-beware-of-in

••• On NYT Magazine on AI: Resist the Urge to be Impressed https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/on-nyt-magazine-on-ai-resist-the-urge-to-be-impressed-3d92fd9a0edd

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