Comment by wolframhempel

2 years ago

I feel, when it comes to pushing regulation, governments always start with the maximalist position since it is the hardest to argue against.

- the government must regulate the internet to stop the spread of child pornography

- the government must regulate social media to stop calls for terrorism and genocide

- the government must regulate AI to stop it from developing bio weapons

...etc. It's always easiest to push regulation via these angles, but then that regulation covers 100% of the regulated subject, rather than the 0.01% of the "intended" subject

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claytongulick  2 years ago

At the risk of sounding pedantic, it's probably worth pointing out that this executive order isn't really regulating AI.

That's congress' job.

It's doing some guideline stuff and specifying how it's used internally in the government and by government funded entities.

We're still free to develop AI any way we chose.