Anthropic accidentally re-catalyzed the anti-SB 1047 coalition, which was always at its strongest and most unified when we stood up in favor of open science. Good to know that societal muscle still exists.
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Policy scholar Dean W. Ball argues Anthropic unintentionally re-energized the coalition opposing California's SB 1047 AI safety bill
The opposition coalition unites most strongly around open-science advocacy.
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Some users urged Anthropic not to revive its anti-SB 1047 coalition because doing so would reinforce the opposing side instead of enabling a fresh approach.
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Claude Kitman@CKitman28410
@deanwball Please don't. It always reinforces the other side. For the very first time, we can try something else
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Dean W. Ball@deanwball
Anthropic accidentally re-catalyzed the anti-SB 1047 coalition, which was always at its strongest and most unified when we stood up in favor of open science. Good to know that societal muscle still exists.
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Squirtlebosco@squirtlevc
@deanwball Dean - as political elite, do you think KYC rules and metadata collection is coming to this industry?
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