Episode 34: Senate Dot Roadmap Dot Final Dot No Really Dot Docx, June 3 2024

The politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws.References:Driving US Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United StatesTech Policy Press: US Senate AI Insight Forum TrackerPut the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy RoadmapEmily's opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge” virtual roundtableFresh AI Hell:Homophobia in Spotify's chatbotStackOverflow in bed with OpenAI, pushing back against resistanceSee also: https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/112411041956275543OpenAI making copyright claim against ChatGPT subredditIntroducing synthetic text for police reportsChatGPT-like "AI" assistant ... as a car feature?Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAICheck out future streams on Twitch. Meanwhile, send us any AI Hell you see.Find our book The AI Con here, and MAIHT3k merch here.Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown.Follow us!EmilyBluesky: emilymbender.bsky.socialMastodon: dair-community.social/@EmilyMBenderAlexBluesky: alexhanna.bsky.socialMastodon: dair-community.social/@alexTwitter: @alexhannaMusic by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Ozzy Llinas Goodman.