OpenAI Researcher Warns Infohazard Risks in Digital Regulation Debates

The digital universe is a wild west from the perspective of states. It makes states feel threatened; it allows freely flowing information and commerce that is hard to trace or regulate. The urge to build digital firewalls exists and hasn't manifested fully. But it could.

Not enough people being wise, patient, and thoughtful in this moment. Too many people putting on war paint and seeing issues du jour as the important battle lines. No. The stage is way bigger.

If the private sector doesn't navigate with grace the boundaries and limits of its own powers - and respect the powers rightfully and duly appointed to elected governments - it can provoke the use of extraordinary powers to overcome private intransigence.

@jachiam0 it’s inevitable that content gates based on various factors will exist (although in this case I think it’s a bad idea), they have to be cryptographic and trustless (like zkPassport) and not a centralized registry

Time to lean into privacy-preserving programmable cryptography