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๐ The UK is hosting an international AI safety summit on 1โ2 November at Bletchley Park. This event promises to gather world leaders, AI experts, and industry-shaping AI safety discussions. While attendees and specific topics remain undisclosed, it solidifies the UK's significance in AI safety discussions.
This presents an opportunity to engage with national governments to convince them to send delegates, propose experts to attend the summit itself, and of course to protest at the summit.
๐ฌ Our latest research
๐งโ๐คโ๐ง We commissioned an opinion poll with Roy Morgan (an Australian polling company) on perception of AI in Australia. A sizeable majority of 57% of Australians believe artificial intelligence (AI) creates more problems than it solves. Every fifth Australian anticipates the risk of human extinction from AI within two decades.
๐ Moratorium treaty competition
๐ We are thrilled to announce the winners of our Student AI Moratorium Treaty Competition fostering discussions on large-scale AI ethics and safety.
๐ฅFirst Place: Neil Arven F. Tiozon, Jayson B. Corregidor, Anna Czarina C. Lee,
๐ฅSecond Place: Ketan Aggarwal,
๐ฅThird Place: Kanishk Kumar Singh.
Explore submissions on our website (copyright waived), and stay tuned for insights from the competition. Congrats to the winners, participants worldwide, and our judges. Please share the news!
๐ธ #PauseAI protests
๐ฃ In a recent demonstration in The Hague, Netherlands, #PauseAI activists call upon their government for the prioritization of AI risk mitigation. During the event, they delivered impactful speeches, engaged with local residents, distributed informative flyers, and shared moments of camaraderie.
More info in the press release in both English and Dutch.
Upcoming PauseAI Protests
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Stay tuned for forthcoming international protests, scheduled to take place later this year, in anticipation of the AI Safety Summit. To ensure you receive an invitation when a protest is organized in your vicinity, join PauseAI community!
๐ Policy updates
On the policy front, we have made our submission to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence appointed by the Parliament of South Australia. Thank you Sue Anne Wong for the work on this submission.
Next, we are working on the following:
- UN Review on Global AI Governance (UN. Due 30 September 2023)
- The submission to the NSW inquiry into AI (Australia. Due 20 October 2023)
- Update our main campaign policy document.
Do you know of other inquiries? Please let us know. You may respond to this email if you want to contribute to the upcoming consultation papers.
๐Petition updates
๐ฆ For our supporters in the UK, there's an ongoing petition by Greg Colbourn. This petition urges the global community to consider a global moratorium on AI technology development due to extinction risks. Currently, the petition gathered 40 signatures in support of this cause.
Thank you for your support! Please share this email with friends.
Campaign for AI Safety
campaignforaisafety.org