Practical Actions You Can Take Against AI Risks: We can and
should protect against current and likely future harmful AI
effects. This chapter recommends practical, near-term risk
reduction measures. I suggest actions for the general public,
computer professionals, AI ethics and safety organizations,
funders, and governments.
https://betterwithout.ai/pragmatic-AI-safety
End Digital Surveillance: Databases of personal information
collected via internet surveillance are a main resource for harmful
AI. Eliminating them will alleviate multiple major risks. Technical
and political approaches are both feasible.
https://betterwithout.ai/end-digital-surveillance
José Luis Ricón’s “Set Sail For Fail? On AI risk”:
https://nintil.com/ai-safety
FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data that Tracks People at
Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive
Locations:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/08/ftc-sues-kochava-selling-data-tracks-people-reproductive-health-clinics-places-worship-other
Consumer Reports‘ “Security Planner”:
https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/
Wirecutter‘s “Every Step to Simple Online Security”:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/simple-online-security/
Narwhal Academy’s Zebra Crossing:
https://github.com/narwhalacademy/zebra-crossing
Privacy Guides:
https://www.privacyguides.org/
Installing a blocker is explicitly recommended by the FBI as a
way to protect against cybercriminals:
https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221
The Electronic Frontier Foundation's page of actions you can
take:
https://act.eff.org/
The European Digital Rights organization (EDRi) page of simple
ways you can influence EU privacy legislation:
https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/
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