California Senator Scott Wiener of San Francisco introduces SB 1047 to regulate AI. I have put up a market on how likely it is to become law. “If Congress at some point is able to pass a strong pro-innovation, pro-safety AI law, I’ll be the first to cheer that, but I’m not holding my breath,” Wiener said in an interview. “We need to get ahead of this so we maintain public trust in AI.”
This law is just so vague, it provides an opening for Lina Khan types to sue any California AI company for anything. The fundamental idea that California should start adding new restrictions because we have a great tech industry here is a bad idea. There are enough stupid restrictions placed by the Europeans without every other jurisdiction also getting into it.
Pretty fly for a pro-housing guy, and as you say, remarkably tame for a Made in California law. I'll be sad when Mr. Wiener isn't my Congresscritter anymore. Score one qualified point in The Quest for Sane Regulations? Still worried overall about x-risk, but relaxing slightly more over time on the mundane-utility front...we should be able to eat most of that cake, at least, if things continue in this regulatory vein. (And depending where the NYT suit goes.)
This law is just so vague, it provides an opening for Lina Khan types to sue any California AI company for anything. The fundamental idea that California should start adding new restrictions because we have a great tech industry here is a bad idea. There are enough stupid restrictions placed by the Europeans without every other jurisdiction also getting into it.
Does this bill really not include anything about "racism" and "bias"? I think that's what we should be most grateful for.
Pretty fly for a pro-housing guy, and as you say, remarkably tame for a Made in California law. I'll be sad when Mr. Wiener isn't my Congresscritter anymore. Score one qualified point in The Quest for Sane Regulations? Still worried overall about x-risk, but relaxing slightly more over time on the mundane-utility front...we should be able to eat most of that cake, at least, if things continue in this regulatory vein. (And depending where the NYT suit goes.)
Tyler Cowen's article is not titled "California’s Effort to Strange AI" but to Strang*l*e it.