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Amended California AI Regulation Bill Passes Committee

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Amended California AI Regulation Bill Passes Committee
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AUG 2024
Above: A view of the California state capitol building on National Urban League California Legislative Advocacy Day on March 13, 2024 in Sacramento, California. Image copyright: Arturo Holmes/Staff/Getty Images Entertainment via Getty Images
story last updated AUG 2024

The Spin

Narrative A

AI developers tout the need for safety regulations for good publicity before turning around and stifling any attempt to have it come to fruition. A well-funded group of developers and investors have spread misinformation and fear about the bill in order to shield themselves from the harms of their products and rake in cash without any oversight. This bill is full of common-sense provisions that are popular amongst researchers and the public and are necessary to mitigate the long-term harms of AI.

The Nation

Narrative B

If SB 1047 passes, regulations will snuff out the AI industry in the US and allow countries like China to dominate the AI sphere. This bill is based almost entirely on hypothetical, worst-case scenario harms that will never materialize and rely more on fear than sound reasoning. The bill's liability clauses could penalize everyone who does any work with AI and end development entirely. We need rational regulation made on a national level in consultation with business leaders.

FT

Metaculus Prediction


Public Figures

Yann LeCun

Geoffrey Hinton

Yoshua Bengio

Andrew Ng

Fei-Fei Li

Max Tegmark

Gary Marcus

Stuart Russell


The Controversies


LOWHIGH
Status:Open
Does AI Pose an Existential Threat to Humanity?
Controversy
AUG 20 2024AUG 20 2024

UNLIKELYLIKELY
Status:Open
Will AI Bring Economic Risks?
Controversy
AUG 20 2024AUG 20 2024

NOT SOONSOON
Status:Open
Will AI Surpass Human Intelligence, and When?
Controversy
AUG 20 2024AUG 20 2024

Go Deeper

Artificial Intelligence
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MAR 2023MAR 2023

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