Highlights: #155 – Lennart Heim on the compute governance era and what has to come after
Sep 15, 2023
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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.
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.
Deep dives
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.
Central Repository for Compute Custody
A scenario is discussed where a central repository with an extremely trusted group could have custody of compute resources. The balance between intervention and oversight would need to be carefully managed. The potential shift towards cloud computing can create nodes where hardware-enabled security mechanisms can thrive.
Sentinel-AIs and AI Defense
The idea of 'sentinel-AIs' that constantly monitor the internet and protect against harmful AI activity is explored. These sentinel-AIs would benefit from the superior models and capabilities of large organizations and governments. Striking a balance between regulating AI and protecting civil liberties is a key consideration in this scenario.
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