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Books: @Cluetrain. Blog: Involvements: @VRM @CustomerCommons @TWiT (FLOSS) @Reality2cast @ucsbcits @BKCharvard @Ostrom_Workshop

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Being old and Catholic, I couldn't resist illustrating a joke that came to me: https://t.co/rLkPs12t8N

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@HawkEmDownChris Jaylen Brown. Love to watch how hard he works and plays, how much he improves his body and his game, how much he gives to the team and the city. Respect.

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@hikingtheglobe0 Nothing to guess. Been shooting it from altitude for many years: https://t.co/3FHeJ9ADNr

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I just posted this, about writing like, and with, an AI: https://t.co/YT8YQpWRQu

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@William_TM_ @nealstephenson @grok Thanks, William. Much love for all of that, and for your amazing self. Miss you! Let's catch up!

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@sotirov You are the laudable exception and exemplar. Bravo. Seriously.

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My latest: https://t.co/RLHgiAupeq

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@hearinladotcom Fuck'n A to all of those.

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I submit for your consideration— https://t.co/mu88oDzIsZ

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@MattPinner_ That the future that Blade Runner forecast never happened (no offworld colonies, no replicants), but another miracle did: a worldwide network that puts everyone on it a functional distance apart of zero, at costs that verged on the same, through small personal rectangles.

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My response to a new project for AI agent governance: https://t.co/CNb9Clqu2u

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@Aestheticsn1 Of those? 3F. Here's why: https://t.co/L2W5ZfJLoH

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@Matt_Pinner 3452839

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@lady_valor_07 Clock weights. We had a cuckoo clock with a pair just like that.

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Talk about audacious: https://t.co/BpKlLMfoAy Interested? Lemme know.

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My latest, on Pew's latest: https://t.co/chbosuUBPs

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Wider than "the media" is high: https://t.co/70RjiIthc8

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On stories and war: https://t.co/PkJtP9a9mB

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If you're bothered by prices just for you, based on surveillance, you should dig this talk next week: https://t.co/5xokeGMDbc

[Michael J. Casey @mikejcasey]

We have AI agents (kind of) forming their own social media network. There are AI-generated videos everywhere, including the news. We hear of privacy breaches daily, each more sophisticated as fewer human engineers are writing code.

Bottom line: we urgently need a workable framework for delegation authority, one that ensures people and the businesses they represent can verifiably assert control over AI agents.

I’m calling for unity among tech builders, industry and civil society on this. Let’s fix this!

Whenever we mention this “Proof of Control” concept, we hear resounding support – not just because people fear the worst if AI gets out of control, but also, more positively, because they know a safe, privacy-preserving approach to data is necessary if agentic AI is to deliver on its sweeping innovation promises.

That’s why H2H and @AAI_Society are excited – and just a little daunted – to launch HUMAN-AUTHORIZED: THE SUMMIT ON HUMAN AGENCY. Occurring one day before the annual The @linuxfoundation Member Summit on Feb. 23 in Napa Valley, it is the first step in getting everyone to the table on this vital mission.  (In the first comment, you’ll find the press release that went out today.)

In socializing this, many people have shared learnings from decades of work trying to resolve thorny problems of identity, privacy and decentralized trust. They’ve reminded me, for example, of the difficult trade-off between robust privacy and open-source standards, and of the challenges in translating human law concepts such as “fiduciary responsibility” to autonomous, machine-learning bots.

We are grateful for this input and humbly acknowledge that we definitely do not have anywhere near all the answers. What I DO know is that this framework must arise out of a multi-stakeholder, consensus-building exercise that's done to serve the interests of all humanity. We need tech companies, enterprises, financial institutions, standards bodies, educators, civic organizations and policymakers to all contribute to this process.

So, if you fit the bill, please apply to join the curated audience. Supported by @affinidi, @Google, @FaceTecInc and @midnightfdn and in partnership with @lfdecentralized, the event not only boasts a star-studded speaker lineup but also offers attendees a chance to experiment with cutting-edge tools for privately managing their data, social relationships and AI agent instructions.

The analogy I keep landing on is that we're witnessing the evolution of a new, digital species, one that operates very differently from ours. We humans must figure out how to safely coexist with it before WE become the next extinction event.

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