MC Weekly Update 6/19: The Landed Gentry

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Artificial intelligence is evolving at an unprecedented pace—what does that mean for the future of technology, venture capital, business, and even our understanding of ourselves? Award-winning journalist and writer Anil Ananthaswamy joins us for our latest episode to discuss his latest book Why Machines Learn: The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI . Anil helps us explore the journey and many breakthroughs that have propelled machine learning from simple perceptrons to the sophisticated algorithms shaping today’s AI revolution, powering GPT and other models. The discussion aims to demystify some of the underlying math that powers modern machine learning to help everyone grasp this technology impacting our lives, even if your last math class was in high school. Anil walks us through the power of scaling laws, the shift from training to inference optimization, and the debate among AI’s pioneers about the road to AGI—should we be concerned, or are we still missing key pieces of the puzzle? The conversation also delves into AI’s philosophical implications—could understanding how machines learn help us better understand ourselves? And what challenges remain before AI systems can truly operate with agency? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform. Sign up for our newsletter at techsurgepodcast.com for exclusive insights and updates on upcoming TechSurge Live Summits. Links: Read Why Machines Learn, Anil’s latest book on the math behind AI https://www.amazon.com/Why-Machines-Learn-Elegant-Behind/dp/0593185749 Learn more about Anil Ananthaswamy’s work and writing https://anilananthaswamy.com/ Watch Anil Ananthaswamy’s TED Talk on AI and intelligence https://www.ted.com/speakers/anil_ananthaswamy Discover the MIT Knight Science Journalism Fellowship that shaped Anil’s AI research https://ksj.mit.edu/ Understand the Perceptron, the foundation of neural networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron Read about the Perceptron Convergence Theorem and its significance https://www.nature.com/articles/323533a0…

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Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Elon Musk’s drastic layoffs, cost saving, and price raising measures were an inspiration for him as some of the most active users of his site went on strike, taking some of the largest subreddit forums private in protest against the changes. - David Ingram/ NBC News
- Huffman is trying to force changes against the will of his user base by claiming he represents the “will of the people,” and comparing subreddits moderators, who the company does not pay, to a “landed gentry” that got there first and will pass communities down to their descendants.

Twitter Corner

Linda Yaccarino published her first memo since starting as CEO, writing that “Twitter is on a mission to become the world’s most accurate real-time information source and a global town square for communication. We’re on the precipice of making history—and that’s not an empty promise. That’s OUR reality.” The emphasis is hers, and this is all a bit… self-refuting. - Alex Heath/ The Verge
While Linda was writing her memo, Musk was writing tweets about wanting a modern day Roman dictator. How is that for brand safety? - @elonmusk
Meanwhile, former CEO Jack Dorsey confirms what we all knew: India threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless it restricted accounts that were critical of the Modi administration. - Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Aditya Kalra, Kanishka Singh/ Reuters
- In response, a government official said Twitter repeatedly violated Indian law during Dorsey’s tenure, but that the company had been in compliance since June 2022, which coincidentally seems to align with Musk’s takeover bid for the company announced in April 2022 and completed in October.
Spotify continues to let Joe Rogan promote guests who spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines. Spotify and Rogan signed an exclusivity deal in 2020 that is worth more than $100 million. - Wes Davis/ The Verge
Meta announced that its “Covid-19 misinformation rules will no longer be in effect globally” and outlined further changes to roll back its policies in published responses to the Oversight Board’s recommendations on updating the rules. - Cristiano Lima/ The Washington Post, Nick Clegg/ Meta
- The announcement came right at the deadline for responding to the Oversight Board’s recommendations and the Board took so long in delivering a decision that the World Health Organization lifted the declaration of a global emergency two weeks later, rendering many of the recommendations moot.
In other news, the Oversight Board also released its 2022 annual report in which it said that it received nearly 1.3 million appeals and… published 12 decisions. So not only do the cases take forever, but there are very few of them! - Oversight Board

Legal Corner

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation that would ban kids under 18 from joining many social media sites without parental content. Kudos to The Verge for covering this! - Makena Kelly/ The Verge
- A Louisiana bill that would similarly require parental consent for users under 18 received a lot more press as it was the foundation for copycat state legislation. - Lauren Feiner/ CNBC, Natasha Singer/ The New York Times
But the Texas bill has a bunch of other provisions focused on protecting minors from “harmful content.” Tech trade group NetChoice said the law “violates the First Amendment many times over,” so it’s probably just a matter of time until another new social media law faces another tech industry lawsuit.
The “Florida Digital Bill of Rights” was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). - Rebecca Kern/ Politico Pro, Cristiano Lima/ The Washington Post, Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
- SB 262 includes some basic consumer rights, such as the right to know the information companies have collected about an individual, the right to correct and delete certain information, and the right to limit some data disclosures. However, the measures only apply to the largest tech companies.
- In addressing the most pressing problems for online privacy, the bill also prohibits government officials in the state from making requests for social media companies to remove content, and requires search engines to disclose whether search results are influenced by “political partisanship or political ideology.”

Join the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos.

Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance.

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MC Weekly Update 6/19: The Landed Gentry

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Stanford’s Evelyn Douek and Alex Stamos weigh in on the latest online trust and safety news and developments:

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Elon Musk’s drastic layoffs, cost saving, and price raising measures were an inspiration for him as some of the most active users of his site went on strike, taking some of the largest subreddit forums private in protest against the changes. - David Ingram/ NBC News
- Huffman is trying to force changes against the will of his user base by claiming he represents the “will of the people,” and comparing subreddits moderators, who the company does not pay, to a “landed gentry” that got there first and will pass communities down to their descendants.

Twitter Corner

Linda Yaccarino published her first memo since starting as CEO, writing that “Twitter is on a mission to become the world’s most accurate real-time information source and a global town square for communication. We’re on the precipice of making history—and that’s not an empty promise. That’s OUR reality.” The emphasis is hers, and this is all a bit… self-refuting. - Alex Heath/ The Verge
While Linda was writing her memo, Musk was writing tweets about wanting a modern day Roman dictator. How is that for brand safety? - @elonmusk
Meanwhile, former CEO Jack Dorsey confirms what we all knew: India threatened to shut down Twitter in the country unless it restricted accounts that were critical of the Modi administration. - Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Aditya Kalra, Kanishka Singh/ Reuters
- In response, a government official said Twitter repeatedly violated Indian law during Dorsey’s tenure, but that the company had been in compliance since June 2022, which coincidentally seems to align with Musk’s takeover bid for the company announced in April 2022 and completed in October.
Spotify continues to let Joe Rogan promote guests who spread misinformation and conspiracy theories about vaccines. Spotify and Rogan signed an exclusivity deal in 2020 that is worth more than $100 million. - Wes Davis/ The Verge
Meta announced that its “Covid-19 misinformation rules will no longer be in effect globally” and outlined further changes to roll back its policies in published responses to the Oversight Board’s recommendations on updating the rules. - Cristiano Lima/ The Washington Post, Nick Clegg/ Meta
- The announcement came right at the deadline for responding to the Oversight Board’s recommendations and the Board took so long in delivering a decision that the World Health Organization lifted the declaration of a global emergency two weeks later, rendering many of the recommendations moot.
In other news, the Oversight Board also released its 2022 annual report in which it said that it received nearly 1.3 million appeals and… published 12 decisions. So not only do the cases take forever, but there are very few of them! - Oversight Board

Legal Corner

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed legislation that would ban kids under 18 from joining many social media sites without parental content. Kudos to The Verge for covering this! - Makena Kelly/ The Verge
- A Louisiana bill that would similarly require parental consent for users under 18 received a lot more press as it was the foundation for copycat state legislation. - Lauren Feiner/ CNBC, Natasha Singer/ The New York Times
But the Texas bill has a bunch of other provisions focused on protecting minors from “harmful content.” Tech trade group NetChoice said the law “violates the First Amendment many times over,” so it’s probably just a matter of time until another new social media law faces another tech industry lawsuit.
The “Florida Digital Bill of Rights” was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). - Rebecca Kern/ Politico Pro, Cristiano Lima/ The Washington Post, Office of Governor Ron DeSantis
- SB 262 includes some basic consumer rights, such as the right to know the information companies have collected about an individual, the right to correct and delete certain information, and the right to limit some data disclosures. However, the measures only apply to the largest tech companies.
- In addressing the most pressing problems for online privacy, the bill also prohibits government officials in the state from making requests for social media companies to remove content, and requires search engines to disclose whether search results are influenced by “political partisanship or political ideology.”

Join the conversation and connect with Evelyn and Alex on Twitter at @evelyndouek and @alexstamos.

Moderated Content is produced in partnership by Stanford Law School and the Cyber Policy Center. Special thanks to John Perrino for research and editorial assistance.

Like what you heard? Don’t forget to subscribe and share the podcast with friends!

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#Tech #Podcasting Education #Stanford Law School #Evelyn Douek #Content Moderated #Regulations

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Last week the Fifth Circuit upheld a Texas social media law that, among other things, prevents platforms from discriminating against users based on their viewpoint. The leading opinion declared that a bunch of things we thought we knew about how the First Amendment and content moderation work are wrong. Next stop: the Supreme Court. evelyn talks with Daphne Keller, director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford's Cyber Policy Center, and Genevieve Lakier, Professor of Law and the Herbert and Marjorie Fried Teaching Scholar at the University of Chicago, about what the ruling said and what it means—to the extent that’s decipherable.…

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