Beating very familiar drum: society wants a complicated basket of goods from banks. Some of those priorities compete with each other. We have a choice as to which wins at the margin, and the brokenness observed is us getting what “we” want. Maybe we should want different things.
POLICY
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Why America Closes Bank Accounts Without Clear Accountability
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An equally true way to write the headline is “Why is America closing bank accounts capriciously” and then just quote verbatim regulators who will say “Oh yes while we’d absolutely close a bank without this program in place, we have no responsibility for individual decisions.”
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Legal threats prevent transparent answers about AI policy
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“Why will nobody give me a straight answer?” The threat of prison if they do is a major factor. See generally:
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Regulations Adopted Often Differ From Advocated Proposals
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Having said that, the regulations we get are not necessarily very close to those we advocate for.
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Strong regulation advocated for AI governance
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in this case, the quoted tweet advocated simply for "strong regulation".
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AI-Generated Content: Should Platforms Allow It With Transparency?
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Hackernoon accepts AI-created content but requires writer transparency about AI use. The platform may also disclose AI usage rates in the future to maintain complete transparency and guide readers. What do you think about that? Should we allow AI-generated content?
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Regulation Impact on AI Safety: Critical Assessment
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correct. Which is why my original post points out how critical it is to figure out whether advocating for regulation is likely to increase, or decrease, safety.
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Remote-Operated Autonomous Vehicles: Safety and Cost Effectiveness
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Why does that matter?
The only questions are:
1. Is it safe?
2. Is it cost effective?
If remote operators have to intervene once in a while, so be it, as long as it's safer and cheaper than a human driver in the car. Historically, most AI-assisted services have used a -
Biden Signs Executive Order on AI Regulation and Government Investment
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Last week, @POTUS signed a comprehensive executive order on AI, paving the way for industry regulations and increased gov't investment in the technology. @drfeifei talks to @nbcnews about the public sector’s vital role in harnessing AI’s potential.
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US Government AI Regulation: Big Tech vs Open Source Advocates
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Both are false.
The US government is primarily concerned with 2 things: public safety and economic development. The corporations advocating for regulations are both large (Google) and small (OpenAI, Anthropic).
So are those in favor of open source: large (Meta, IBM, Shopify),