[ripe-list] BoF on Tuesday Evening: The Impact of the Latest Developments in Artificial Intelligence on the RIPE Community

I am still looking for a couple of volunteers to kick things off. Please 
contect me off listor speak to me at the meeting.

My cntributions of reading material:

https://aiindex.stanford.edu/report/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Letter_on_Artificial_Intelligence

https://futureoflife.org/open-letter/pause-giant-ai-experiments/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2023/04/11/the-problems-with-a-moratorium-on-training-large-ai-systems/

Daniel



On 17-05-2023 11:01, Daniel Karrenberg via ripe-list wrote:
> Dear colleagues,
> 
> There will be a BoF on Tuesday evening at  RIPE86.  I proposed it to the 
> PC like this:
> 
> "We suspect that many RIPE participants are paying attention to the 
> increased discussions about AI within society as-a-whole. Therefore we 
> propose to reserve a space in the meeting agenda for participants to 
> share their opinions about this and hear the views of their peers. We 
> suggest to consider the impact on the RIPE community as a way to frame 
> the discussion. We do not propose new formal work by the community at 
> this point in time."
> 
> The goal  is an exchange of opinions and ideas as a way for everyone to 
> learn and enhance their own views on the subject. We do not want long 
> monologues and the optimal outcome is a lively and entertaining discussion.
> 
> Therefore the format will be that of a 'speed discussion'. If at all 
> possible we want to avoid sitting facing the stage but rather in 
> something resembling a circle as far as the layout of the room permits. 
> In order to avoid microphone queues there will be two tokens in the room 
> passed from one speaker to the next. We will not use microphones unless 
> the group is too big.
> 
> People will get to speak for no more than two minutes each followed by a 
> two minute question and discussion period. If the discussion is fruitful 
> the chair may extend it for another two minutes. Then the next person 
> will get to speak for two minutes, ... . We will have a traffic light 
> clock to keep the time and everyone will strictly respect the timing.
> 
> We aim for an open and respectful discussion among peers. After the 
> discussion we ask everyone not to reveal who said what to people who 
> have not been present. It is OK to report *what* was said but not *who* 
> said it. If the discussion is as good as we hope, we may publish a short 
> report to the community.
> 
> I am looking for two or three people to commit to speaking first to get 
> things going. Please contact me off list.
> 
> Also, if you have suggestions for reading material about the subject, 
> please share them in this thread.
> 
> I am very much looking forward to see you in the BoF.
> 
> Daniel
> 
> RIPE co-founder,
> first and current employee of the RIPE NCC,
> speaking only for himself.
>