Practical Actions You Can Take Against AI Risks, and, End Digital Surveillance

Practical Actions You Can Take Against AI Risks: We can and should protect against current and likely future harmful AI effects. This chapter recommends practical, near-term risk reduction measures. I suggest actions for the general public, computer professionals, AI ethics and safety organizations, funders, and governments.

https://betterwithout.ai/pragmatic-AI-safety

End Digital Surveillance: Databases of personal information collected via internet surveillance are a main resource for harmful AI. Eliminating them will alleviate multiple major risks. Technical and political approaches are both feasible.

https://betterwithout.ai/end-digital-surveillance

José Luis Ricón's "Set Sail For Fail? On AI risk":

https://nintil.com/ai-safety

FTC Sues Kochava for Selling Data that Tracks People at Reproductive Health Clinics, Places of Worship, and Other Sensitive Locations:

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/08/ftc-sues-kochava-selling-data-tracks-people-reproductive-health-clinics-places-worship-other

Consumer Reports' "Security Planner":

https://securityplanner.consumerreports.org/

Wirecutter's "Every Step to Simple Online Security":

https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/guides/simple-online-security/

Narwhal Academy's Zebra Crossing:

https://github.com/narwhalacademy/zebra-crossing

Privacy Guides:

https://www.privacyguides.org/

Installing a blocker is explicitly recommended by the FBI as a way to protect against cybercriminals:

https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's page of actions you can take:

https://act.eff.org/

The European Digital Rights organization (EDRi) page of simple ways you can influence EU privacy legislation:

https://edri.org/take-action/our-campaigns/

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