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Comment by contraposit

10 hours ago

I can't run my business without electricity. Yet we don't fear of its access being revoked. Sam makes the comparison of intelligence to electricity a lot. So we are on the path to these systems becoming utilities.

Electricity is heavily regulated. Is there any evidence that LLMs will be the same?

  • Was electricity regulated in the first decade of its existence?

    • I don't know but likely not. Factories were powered by steam then, and had a "power plant" on site. So they didn't convert to electricity until it was reliable and guaranteed.

I would bet any amount that when the time comes to turn AI into a utility, they will fight it tooth and nail.