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Generative AI and the Question of Open Source

Examining the issue of innovation vs. societal harm, and what the history of open source software suggests about open release AI.

Mar 11

Generative AI and the Question of Open Source

Mar 11

Duane Valz

AI Agency: Paths, Uncertainties and Solution Spaces

To fulfill their promise, agentic systems must orchestrate multi-part project tasks by a broad array of digital, robotic and human…

Jan 10

AI Agency: Paths, Uncertainties and Solution Spaces

Jan 10

Duane Valz

The Corporate Governance Failure at the Heart of Sam Altman’s Ouster from OpenAI

In this piece I examine the flawed corporate structure of OpenAI, and the neglect of governance evolution during a year of immense change

Nov 20, 2023

The Corporate Governance Failure at the Heart of Sam Altman’s Ouster from OpenAI

Nov 20, 2023

Duane Valz

Do LLM-based Chatbots Exhibit Reasoning?

Providing an account for the kind of reasoning that LLM-based chatbots do exhibit and an explanation of their emerging capabilities.

Oct 31, 2023

Do LLM-based Chatbots Exhibit Reasoning?

Oct 31, 2023

Duane Valz

Generative AI and The Problem of Consciousness

One of the more interesting problems in both science and philosophy is the matter of consciousness. Is consciousness a requirement for AGI?

Oct 3, 2023

Generative AI and The Problem of Consciousness

Oct 3, 2023

Duane Valz

The Paradoxes of Generative AI Alignment

This piece explores two central paradoxes of modern AI research and engineering practice

Sep 22, 2023

The Paradoxes of Generative AI Alignment

Sep 22, 2023

Duane Valz

To What End? Watermarks for Generative AI Content Must Satisfy Multiple Objectives

Google’s SynthID seems more a DRM-oriented solution, with doubtful utility for allowing everyday human users to detect AI-generated content

Aug 30, 2023

To What End? Watermarks for Generative AI Content Must Satisfy Multiple Objectives

Aug 30, 2023

Duane Valz

Personalization (Part 3 of 3): The High Stakes of Equipping Generative AI Chatbots with Our…

Examining the implications of providing LLM-based chatbots more user personal information and permitting them to convey ads

Aug 23, 2023

Personalization (Part 3 of 3): The High Stakes of Equipping Generative AI Chatbots with Our…

Aug 23, 2023

Duane Valz

Personalization (Part 2 of 3): A Generative AI Design & User Safety Rubric

Presenting a rubric for understanding personalization as a Generative AI chatbot design goal and source of user safety risk.

Aug 16, 2023

Personalization (Part 2 of 3): A Generative AI Design & User Safety Rubric

Aug 16, 2023

Duane Valz

Personalization (Part 1 of 3): Generative AI Persona Types

Generative AI chatbots differ by the persona types they are designed to present. Here is a guide on those persona types and why they…

Aug 11, 2023

Personalization (Part 1 of 3): Generative AI Persona Types

Aug 11, 2023

Duane Valz

Duane Valz

I'm a technology lawyer interested in multidisciplinary perspectives on the social impacts of emerging science and technology

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