Some lightly updated reports produced lately by the Congressional Research Service include the following.
Direct Overt U.S. Aid Appropriations for and Military Reimbursements to Pakistan, FY2002-FY2014, April 11, 2013
Sensitive Covert Action Notifications: Oversight Options for Congress, April 10, 2013
Covert Action: Legislative Background and Possible Policy Questions, April 10, 2013
Navy Ship Names: Background For Congress, April 8, 2013
Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Program: Background and Issues for Congress, April 5, 2013
“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.