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).
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Billionaire Funding for AI Extinction Risk Research Causes Unintended Damage
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There is some "academic money", but fairly small amounts.
Most of the money comes from a few billionaires worried about extinction risks.
Much of it goes to private non-profits, not universities.
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AI Fear Drives Policymakers to Enact Symbolic Regulations
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The only half-cogent argument is this: because people have become scared of AI (by fallacious arguments) policymakers have to look like they are doing something about it.
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AI Accountability: Legal Compliance with Government Demands
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Every penny and/or yen that the people of the United States and Japan have, through their elected representatives, deemed fit to demand of me; not more than that.
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Open-source LLMs surge: Can AI R&D regulation work?
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High-performance open-source LLMs popping up around the world.
Does anyone believe regulating AI R&D can be effective?
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Censorship and Knowledge Exchange Control in Authoritarian Regimes
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In 1983, when the free world was starting to play with personal computers, the Ceaucescu regime in Romania required a license to own a typewriter.
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AI Critics Repeat Social Network Arguments From Years Ago
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I don't think anything he has said is salvageable.
What I find odd, among many other things, is that the arguments he uses against AI today are the *exact* same arguments he used against social networks years ago.