I’m searching for examples of self-governance efforts to reduce technology risk. Do people have cases to suggest?
The more similar to AI development the better. That is, efforts by companies or academic communities to address risks that affect third parties, with minimal involvement from governments beyond basic law and order.
Examples from academia:
Leo Szilard and other physicists coordinating to prevent Germany from obtaining atomic bomb data, 1939-1940
Various efforts in biotechnology:
Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA, 1975
Mutations Database Initiative, 1999-2001
Synthetic biology conferences SB1.0 and SB2.0, 2006
[Question] Examples of self-governance to reduce technology risk?
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I’m searching for examples of self-governance efforts to reduce technology risk. Do people have cases to suggest?
The more similar to AI development the better. That is, efforts by companies or academic communities to address risks that affect third parties, with minimal involvement from governments beyond basic law and order.
Examples from academia:
Leo Szilard and other physicists coordinating to prevent Germany from obtaining atomic bomb data, 1939-1940
Various efforts in biotechnology:
Asilomar conference on recombinant DNA, 1975
Mutations Database Initiative, 1999-2001
Synthetic biology conferences SB1.0 and SB2.0, 2006
Biology journals discussing publication restrictions, 2001-2011
Examples from the commercial sector:
DNA synthesis companies screening orders and buyers, 2004-2012
Efforts by the nanotechnology companies in the US, UK and Europe, 2004-2007