Artificial Intelligence

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https://www.csis.org/analysis/deepseek-huawei-export-controls-and-future-us-china-ai-race

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Center for Strategic & International Studies
Streamed live 14 hours ago

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Center for Strategic & International Studies
Mar 26, 2025 

The AI Policy Podcast

In this episode,

we discuss AI companies' responses to the White House AI Action Plan Request For Information (RFI) related to key areas like export controls and AI governance (00:51)
the release of the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models draft report (24:45)
and how AI might be affecting the computer programming job market (40:10).

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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

NEW YORK (AP) — It took only seconds for the judges on a New York appeals court to realize that the man addressing them from a video screen — a person about to present an argument in a lawsuit — not only had no law degree, but didn't exist at all.

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An AI avatar tried to argue a case before a New York court. The judges weren't having it

AI can be very effective legal advice but idk about having a damn fake ass video person representing you in court....

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AI can be very effective legal advice but idk about having a damn fake ass video person representing you in court....

I'd like to see an AI hologram of Perry Mason argue a case in court.

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Asian Boss
Apr 10, 2025

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[Trollheart]

Would you read a novel or listen to music made entirely by AI? Can you see a time when people will be shouting "Oh Music Unit 1747! You're the best!" or "Directing Unit 1,209 really lost its touch with its last movie"?

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Would you read a novel or listen to music made entirely by AI? Can you see a time when people will be shouting "Oh Music Unit 1747! You're the best!" or "Directing Unit 1,209 really lost its touch with its last movie"?

I know of at least one YouTube channel which specializes in AI-generated music. Somewhat surprising (to me, anyway) is how good some of it sounds...

Zaruret Records

"You're not going to believe your ears!" Everything that happens on this channel is fiction. But what is the truth? F*ck it, just listen!

[Trollheart]

Actually, I'm not claiming that AI-generated music might not sound great. I just think I'd feel wrong listening to it. I prefer to think of humans creating music, art, literature etc. I like to think there's a human mind, and heart, behind it all.

[SGR]

Actually, I'm not claiming that AI-generated music might not sound great. I just think I'd feel wrong listening to it. I prefer to think of humans creating music, art, literature etc. I like to think there's a human mind, and heart, behind it all.

I think you've hit on a very, very important distinction when it comes to the value of art here that some others might disagree with (I happen to agree). The real fundamental value of art, the underlying reason we are captivated when we browse an art museum's halls, is because we are fascinated at the product of human imagination and human ingenuity. That's it. Other humans created these beautiful pieces of art, and we can't help but be mystified at how they did it. The value we place on it collectively, in my opinion, is lost if AI (a machine) creates these pieces. Because when a machine does it, that proves it's relatively easily repeatable - and when it comes to art, if something can be easily and effortlessly replicated, there's not much value in it. (It should be noted, at least at this point in time, that when AI creates 'art', it's just a fancy form of mimicry happening based on a large number of largely human-created inputs)


Take sports for another example. Us Americans love football, you Europeans also love football (soccer) - and we all know when the Olympics are happening. These feats of athleticism and sportsmanship are other human beings who have sacraficed significant parts of their lives to become the best athletes they can be - and the joy in watching them comes from knowing that these are uniquely human accomplishments. Put a bunch of AI-driven robots in football (American or European) or the Olympics, and how fun and enjoyable would that be to watch?

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The whole point of art is that it's not like a sport at all though. It's not about that kind of achievement, it's about channeling some of your inner personal world into an art form so other people can try to access it. And about making beautiful things too.

So that means that I think if an AI could do that and we disregard environmental qualms, then there would still be the obstacle of not connecting with another human being; otherwise it would be fine. AI is just not nearly good enough to do that, and because a particular kind of originality would be required, I think it's pretty far away. It can just make things that look or sound good, that's nothing special, it's not art