The Future of Internet Governance, and More from CRS
Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service that Congress has withheld from public distribution include the following.
The Future of Internet Governance: Should the U.S. Relinquish Its Authority Over ICANN?, May 5, 2015
Iran’s Foreign Policy, May 5, 2015
Money for Something: Music Licensing in the 21st Century, May 7, 2015
Current Debates over Exchange Rates: Overview and Issues for Congress, May 7, 2015
U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation: the Mérida Initiative and Beyond, May 7, 2015
Franking Privilege: Mass Mailings and Mass Communications in the House, 1997-2014, May 6, 2015
Obama Library Likely Headed to Chicago’s South Side, CRS Insights, May 1, 2015
Tesla’s Home Battery–An Electricity Storage Breakthrough?, CRS Insights, May 4, 2015
“One thing became increasingly clear: AI doesn’t simply introduce a new category of risk. It changes the speed, scale, complexity, and interaction of risks that already exist.”
In an ideal world, we would not have state or federal climate intervention research bans. We would have researchers and institutions that would not shy away from revealing the good, the bad, and the ugly of these technologies and doing so responsibly.
“What excites me is that it’s very tempting to be very discouraged, and say, ‘Oh, we’ve got these archaic institutions that are calcified and you could never change them.’ But I think we’re in the middle of a technological revolution that will upend lots of things, and does provide a window.”
Ask people what worries them most right now, and they’ll say the cost of living and their livelihoods, not climate change. But those concerns are not separate.