“If you want to upload a book to Amazon, you have to sort of submit some kind of documentary evidence of having written it, either yourself reading it or you have to submit a photo of your messy desk...”
Machine Gods · Bots Behaving Badly + Is AI Regulation On The Right Track + Kevin’s Sloppelganger
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What was described
Proposed that Amazon require authors to submit documentary evidence (e.g., photo of messy desk) when uploading a book
Said nearby on the same subject
“Experienced logging issues… photo and say, hey, this photo is an indicator of this problem… real-time location services and moisture meters… upload that data and give the model greater context”
“Making sure that every brief that's submitted in state court has either a footnote or a certificate disclosing the use of artificial intelligence as required by this new law”
“Agencies are required to submit their data maturity assessments to us… we can use that then to identify where we can provide the most targeted support first”