#Scottish AI Summit 2024 - Lobbying opportunity / protest target?

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onyx raven
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!track

brittle trenchBOT
onyx raven
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It is worth putting together a list of armor-piercing questions for these kinds of events. The kind of question that cannot be dismissed outright

warm trellis
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Oh yeah that would be great!

spark pivot
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As Squink knows, I bought a ticket earlier and will definitely be there in some combination of protest / networking / advocacy

My interactions with the Alliance running the conference, who are about public outreach but currently only concerned about x-risk because they think the media are scaring people, are described and linked in this offtopic #1207802405446623293 message thread.

fierce iris
spark pivot
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Yes, Dynamic Earth is a sciency museum out on its own road. Unless they don't use the whole space for the conference, the public won't be around much. Our target would be those attending.

queen elbow
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got a ticket!

spark pivot
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Grand. I'll also be glad to meet you both in person. Since I live in Edinburgh, tell me if space to stay would make lives easier.

spark pivot
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From recent email to ticket holders:

"Throughout the day our Living With AI Lounge will be open to the public in the Ozone area of Dynamic Earth. In a world full of AI disinformation and misunderstanding, Living with AI aims to give people a better grasp on the impact that AI is currently having on our society and work, exploring the challenges that we face with AI, and discovering what AI will hold for us in the future. The Lounge will be open from 12:00 - 17:30 and will feature exhibitions, talks, and demos."

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So: Dynamic Earth is a science/geology/evolution museum. A bit out of town but relatively popular nonetheless.

Looks like it remains open to the public after all while hosting the summit.

And I think "in a world of AI misunderstanding" may come from the continued Scottish AI belief that x-risk is way overplayed and derived from the popular media, so I'd be prepared for some messaging around that. We should be part of the discussion.

"This is indeed a sign I am holding. I thought you intended the Lounge to include posters and demonstrations" 🙂

spark pivot
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We didn't ever wrap up here. @silent plinth @queen elbow and I made it along. Meeting them was great. Also got another few contacts and got to do my first "be the doomer in the confused room" interactions.

The summit, like the Alliance, was very "AI ethics matters right now and none of that silly sci-fi distraction please"

It was pretty engaged and regulation friendly though. Big "this is about 8 billion people not 8 billionaires" theme. Zero "oh we need to be careful we don't constrain Scottish AI companies too much" acceleration vibe

gleaming turret
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Did we get any contacts we can follow up with?

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@placid crane guess this is for you

spark pivot
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(It was their arrival that reminded me to add the note, but wasn't the conference they attended.)

The most interesting person I've talked with further since was http://evepoole.com but nothing worth formally recording as outreach etc.

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queen elbow