Recently I came across a fantastic new paper by a group of NYU and Cornell researchers entitled “How to think about end-to-end encryption and AI.” I’m extremely grateful to see this paper, because while I don’t agree with every one of its conclusions, it’s a good first stab at an incredibly important set of questions. I was particularly happy to see people thinking about this topic, since it’s been on my mind in a half-formed state this past few months. On the one hand, my interest in the topic ...