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by burkaman 688 days ago
This sounds sarcastic, but as is often the case the White House has quite competent people working on this who have put a lot of thought into it already: https://www.ntia.gov/federal-register-notice/2024/dual-use-f...

Unfortunately it's past the deadline for you to add your own comments on this, but I'm sure there will be future RFCs if you have thoughts.
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jahewson 688 days ago
In the spirit of this pedantry I’d like to point out that the NTIA is not the White House.
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ta1243 688 days ago
The NTIA "serves as the president's principal adviser" in its field.
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burkaman 688 days ago
That's true, but "White House" in this headline was actually referring to "Alan Davidson, an assistant secretary of the U.S. Commerce Department". I'm actually not sure where the article got the term "open source" from either, it says it's from a report but I don't know what report or who wrote it. It seems like they are using "White House" as a term for people in the executive branch working at the direction of the White House, which is common.

When I say "the White House has quite competent people working on this" it's because the NTIA RFC I linked was based on a direct executive order from President Biden.

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popalchemist 688 days ago
Summary:

On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued an Executive Order on “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence,” which directed the Secretary of Commerce, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, and in consultation with the Secretary of State, to conduct a public consultation process and issue a report on the potential risks, benefits, other implications, and appropriate policy and regulatory approaches to dual-use foundation models for which the model weights are widely available. Pursuant to that Executive Order, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) hereby issues this Request for Comment on these issues. Responses received will be used to submit a report to the President on the potential benefits, risks, and implications of dual-use foundation models for which the model weights are widely available, as well as policy and regulatory recommendations pertaining to those models.

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bravetraveler 688 days ago
Piling bodies, sorry - creating committees never impedes an effort. Nuh uh, never! That was sarcastic.

Here's a bit of help for them, development happens with our help or not. For every regulated repository that's removed, there's a mirror/fork.

I don't really have a point... just having a little fun at the expense of the latest thing in the harbor. I'll honestly stay apprised

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