Commentator David Manheim agreed the sudden transition is predictable
@deanwball I mean this administration in particular is not exactly known for its nuanced, balanced approach to policy.
It seems people are overcorrecting in the direction of AI regulation and state interference. The pendulum swings between “let’s never do anything” to “let’s do everything all at once.”
Users push back against warnings of AI regulatory overcorrection by arguing industry opposition has invited needed state interference due to existential risks like ending humanity.
@deanwball Industry should have known that their opposition to any regulation would obviously backfire as safety concerns get realized.
@GroundhogStrat I agree the state should regulate AI in various ways. But that doesn’t mean they should regulate AI in the most extreme ways we can imagine. Replies like this reinforce my point; your conception of this problem is bipolar.
@deanwball The state should "interfere" in a project it's own makers say could end the human race.
Dean, you know it's not. The Pause proposal is incredibly nuanced, arguing for a Pause on frontier development (not even a declarative stop! but a pause to independently assess safety outside of the dynamics of a race) while remaining agnostic to the distribution of existing capabilities. And even holding up narrow intelligence like autonomous vehicles as a positive vision for AI. That is a very non-bipolar position.
Calling for nuance can itself be a rhetorical device to linger in uncertainty while the powerful side continues unimpeded. What "everything all at once" are you talking about? SB 315 in Illinois? Let's get some wins on the safety side and then we can talk about an over-correction.
Commentator David Manheim agreed the sudden transition is predictable
@deanwball I mean this administration in particular is not exactly known for its nuanced, balanced approach to policy.
It seems people are overcorrecting in the direction of AI regulation and state interference. The pendulum swings between “let’s never do anything” to “let’s do everything all at once.”