Latest posts tagged with #IASEAI26 on Bluesky
This was an excellent plenary talk by @alondra.bsky.social in which she artfully reframes what can often seem like a binary abyss of bad and worse choices regarding ai:
www.youtube.com/live/IZFurJB...
(First ~ 30 mins)
#iaseai26
Anton Korinek, University of Virginia, speaking at the International Association for Safe & Ethical AI conference in Paris, 25 February 2026.
“We may need to #tax #AI systems directly”, @akorinek.bsky.social tells #IASEAI26 audience.
Currently 2/3s of tax income from labor.
“If AI systems become more powerful that will become unsustainable.”
Get ready for a “token tax”.
#economy #business
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
Diane Coyle, University of Cambridge, speaking at the AI & Ethics conference IASEAI26 in Paris, moderated by Kenneth Cukier (The Economist), with other panelists: Tawfik Jelassi Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO Anna Salomons Utrecht University Anton Korinek University of Virginia
Guaranteering #AI ethics & security could become a commercial advantage, @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social predicts.
“Really?”, @kncukier.bsky.social
Currently “there’s a monoculture of business models, but I think there’s a potential for a more diverse marketplace.”
#IASEAI26
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
Economics of AI panel at IASEAI conference in Paris, February 2026. Left to right: Kenneth Cukier, The Economist Tawfik Jelassi Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information, UNESCO Anton Korinek University of Virginia Anna Salomons (speaking) Utrecht University Diane Coyle University of Cambridge
“There are a lot of reasons to be cautious” about #AI boosting #productivity, Anna Solomons of @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social says at #IASEAI26.
Long term lots of potential but “in the short term it’s probably over-hyped.“
#economy #business
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
Two types of uncertainty
Agnotology
A familiar lineage
Alondra Nelson giving a fascinating talk on Algorithmic #Agnotology @ #IASEAI @unesco in Paris. #IASEAI26 #Epistemology #AI #LLMs
“There’s lots of AI governance happening right now”, Gillian Hadfield says. But “it’s happening inside companies” when “it should be happening outside of companies”.
#AI #regulation #society #IASEAI26
Yoshua Bengio speaking at the Safe & Ethical AI conference IASEAI26 in Paris on Feb. 24, 2026.
“We need to train the AIs to make a difference between opinions and underlying facts.”
Right now, if a lot of people say the Earth is flat, “LLMs will say the Earth is flat.”
@yoshuabengio.bsky.social at #IASEAI26 conference
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
International AI Safety Report panel discussion at IASEAI26 conference. Left to right: Kenneth Cukier, Yoshua Bengio, Gillian Hadfield,Susan Leavy
#AI is increasingly moving faster than we are able to mitigate the risks, @yoshuabengio.bsky.social tells #IASEAI26 audience in panel about new International “AI Safety Report,” moderated by @kncukier.bsky.social
internationalaisafetyreport.org
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
Anthony Aguirre of the Future of Life Institute speaking at the Safe & Ethical AI conference in Paris, Feb 24, 2026
Stop the race to creating #AGI, Anthony Aguirre of the @futureoflife.org Institute demands.
“We should not build things that are more powerful than us, that we don’t know how to control.”
#IASEAI26
#SafeAI #EthicalAI
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
futureoflife.org/person/antho...
Stuart Russell, UC Berkeley, speaking at the IASEAI 2026 conference in Paris in February 2026.
“We, the people, have a right to be protected” from harm by #AI, @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social prof. Stuart Russell tells attendees of #IASEAI26 conference in Paris.
#AIEthics #safety
www.iaseai.org/iaseai26
"If the US government is against #ai #safety , then #aisafety must be a good thing!" #iaseai #iaseai26
Anybody going to #IASEAI #IASEAI26 in Paris next week (@iaseai.bsky.social)? @fnieser.bsky.social and myself will be there if you want to talk about AI & education, #digitalhumanities, epistemic equity, low-resource languages, or fine-tuning llms on historical datasets.
