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Highlights: #155 – Lennart Heim on the compute governance era and what has to come after

Sep 15, 2023

Lennart Heim, expert on compute governance, discusses challenges of enforcing regulations, the need for hardware security and AI compute safe havens, balancing offense and defense in AI, risks of advanced AI models hacking servers, and the importance of technical expertise in compute governance.

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Quick takeaways

Implementing a registry of compute providers and monitoring their usage can help ensure responsible compute governance.

The potential shift towards cloud computing can create nodes where hardware-enabled security mechanisms can thrive.

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Enforcing Compute Regulations

Enforcing compute regulations is possible through voluntary agreements and collaboration with cloud providers. Implementing a registry of compute providers and monitoring their usage can help ensure responsible compute governance. However, challenges exist in enforcing regulations, particularly with cloud providers' limited insight into users' workloads.

Introduction

2min

Export Controls and Hardware Security

6min

Balancing Offense and Defense in the Era of Compute Governance

5min

Exploring the Potential Threats of Future AI Models in Computer Security

4min

The Importance of Technical Expertise in Compute Governance

5min

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