The expanded form of a testimony I prepared for Congress.
Dean Ball on open models and government control
Subtle precedents on the future of open models set by the unfolding Anthropic v. Department of War case.
Opinion | The New Power Structure (Published 2018)
New organizations are forming and succeeding in an age of distrust.
How (Not) to Write a Privacy Law
After many years of failed starts, proposed information privacy legislation has begun moving forward in both houses of Congress. The docket in the recently ended 116th Congress was crowded, with a number of different proposals jostling for attention and no agreement on which deserved to be the front runner. Even so, as the 117th Congress begins, there is growing inside-the-Beltway consensus on the list of features that a successful bill will need to include. This paper critically assesses those zones of emerging consensus.
The Pentagon’s bombshell deal with OpenAI, explained
Only Congress can put meaningful limits on government abuse of AI.
Open models are decelerationist - Erlend’s notes
people and planet need open models to win
Community Imbalance Theory
This is my best effort to summarize the last 4 years of community building, governance, and general open source sustainability work I’ve…
Infrastructure for Interdependence: Building technology in service of collective power
[This document serves as a memo for investors]
(PDF) The Power Resources Approach: Developments and Challenges
PDF | On May 31, 2018, Stefan Schmalz and others published The Power Resources Approach: Developments and Challenges | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
(PDF) Maximum Power: The Ideas and Applications of H. T. Odum.
PDF | "Maximum Power" is a synthesis of the creative genius of Howard Thomas Odum as seen through his own words and those of his students, many of whom... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
The Physics and Metaphysics of Social Powers: Bridging Cognitive Processing and Social Dynamics, a New Perspective on Power through Active Inference
Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality - Clay Shirky
Diversity plus freedom of choice creates inequality.
Infrastructure for Interdependence: Building technology in service of collective power - The Algo Rhythm by Blacksky
[This document serves as a memo for investors]
