Well, the upscaling of AI technology can provide censorship operations. The scope of it is absolutely astonishing. For example, in its pitch to the NSF, Meedan stated that it was using AI to monitor 750,000 blogs and media articles daily as well as to mine data from a major social media platform. That just gives you an idea of the absolute scope of what AI can do for violating people's First Amendment rights.
Harriet Hageman
U.S. representative for Wyoming's at-large district; member of the House Judiciary Committee
At a February 2024 House hearing on the weaponization of the federal government, Harriet Hageman said that the upscaling of AI technology can provide censorship operations, cited a group's pitch to the National Science Foundation stating it used AI to monitor 750,000 blogs and media articles daily, and said that shows the scope of what AI can do for violating people's First Amendment rights.
U.S. Representative for Wyoming's at-large congressional districtFebruary 6, 2024House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing
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They're able to flag post at a larger scale. So, I do think the fact that the NSF is funding them is concerning. Ms. Hageman. Well, the upscaling of AI technology can provide censorship operations. The scope of it is absolutely astonishing. For example, in its pitch to the NSF, Meedan stated that it was using AI to monitor 750,000 blogs and media articles daily as well as to mine data from a major social media platform. That just gives you an idea of the absolute scope of what AI can do for violating people's First Amendment rights. In your testimony, Ms. Richardson, you outline in great detail the number of grants, the large sums, and the various number of partners that the Federal dollars are going to, to censor American citizens in violation of the
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- The statement concerns AI-enabled government or institutional censorship, not autonomous AI loss of control or existential risk.
- The 750,000 figure is Hageman's characterisation of a third party's funding pitch, not a finding of the hearing.
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