It's also a misunderstanding of what many opponents want. e.g I would love to see high-risk deployments, regardless of underlying model size, regulated thoughtfully. There's been loads of hugely negative consequences of high risk deployments of small models.
ETHICS
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SB1047 Lifecycle: From Draft to Political Gridlock
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Lifecycle of SB1047:
* First-draft written by a niche special-interest stakeholder
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Fighting AGI Hype and SB-1047 Regulation for Open Source
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Thank you @bindureddy for fighting for open-source and against SB-1047. I appreciate especially your pushing back against AGI hype — which leads to science fiction based fears and bad laws like SB-1047!
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Andrew Ng’s Leadership in AI Policy and Benefits
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Thank you @AndrewYNg for your relentless service to AI policy and for being a voice of reason to ensure we maximize the benefits of AI.
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SB-1047 Debate: Why the AI Bill Was Problematic
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Thank you @psychosort for your many thoughtful writings on SB-1047, and also your hard work debunking bad arguments — I've really appreciated your cutting through the noise to the heart of why SB-1047 was a bad idea!
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Reid Hoffman advocates responsible AI approach and rational perspective
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Thank you @reidhoffman for being a consistently rational voice in AI, and for advocating a responsible approach to bringing benefits to billions while also not being distracted by science fiction fears!
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SB-1047 AI Policy Targets Bad Conduct Not Models
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Thank you @deanwball for your tirelessly writing and speaking on SB-1047. I've enjoyed many of your writings and am grateful for your consistently championing an approach to AI policy that targets bad conduct, rather than attacks AI models!
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SB-1047 Opposition: Advocating Against Problematic AI Legislation
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Thank you @AnjneyMidha for being a consistent voice of reason in the discussion on SB-1047. It's been a pleasure watching you patiently reach out to and help multiple stakeholders understand why SB-1047 was an awful idea!
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SB-1047 AI Legislation Analysis and Policy Advocacy
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Thank you @chrislengerich for your fighting SB-1047 and for your thoughtful analyses of the law. Even as the (bad) law kept getting amended repeatedly, that you kept publishing clear analyses of each revision really helped cut through the noise and confusion!
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California Vetoes Bill Promoting Open Science and AI Decentralization
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This was a bad bill for the ecosystem & science in general so happy to see it vetoed by @GavinNewsom
. Just like in software, we need to regulate the final applications & foster more open science & open-source to fight concentration of power!