News The GOP wants to deregulate AI — provision in Budget Reconciliation bill blocks state governments from meddling for 10 years

[Admin]

Washington wants AI development to go unhindered in the U.S.

The GOP wants to deregulate AI — provision in Budget Reconciliation bill blocks state governments from meddling for 10 years : Read more

 

[bit_user]

10 years should be long enough that AI can advocate for itself, by that point. Or maybe even seize control of the whole system!
: D

 

[logainofhades]

We have multiple movies that show why this is a bad idea.

 

[-Fran-]

Holy cow...

That's all I'll say.

Regards.

 

[Aaron Priest]

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." --Tenth Amendment, US Constitution

 

[usertests]

We have multiple movies that show why this is a bad idea.

Using scary science fiction movies to decide policy is a bad idea. I hope this passes.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." --Tenth Amendment, US Constitution

This.

 

[bit_user]

Using scary science fiction movies to decide policy is a bad idea. I hope this passes.

I prefer thought experiments to running such an experiment in an uncontrolled manner, and at national or global scale.

 

[VizzieTheViz]

Well that doesn’t make them seem bought and paid for politicians at all…

If they’d have a comprehensive plan for federal rules to impose on AI that would be a different story, but this just seems wrong.

The examples of rules states have implemented seem pretty commonsense, why would AI companies need to be shielded from those?

 

[Notton]

In related news, the head of US copyright office was fired after taking a position on AI and copyrighted works.
So Zuck leeching books off of a torrent for their AI model are now legal.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

Just about everyone has bias.

Some journalists try to be objective.

Sadly, it seems like most don't.

But, to be fair, they may not be aware of it. Everyone thinks their opinion is the right one!

 

[logainofhades]

Using scary science fiction movies to decide policy is a bad idea. I hope this passes.

One it was a joke, and two science fiction has eventually become science fact, often enough.

 

[Bo Lee]

Washington wants AI development to go unhindered in the U.S.

The GOP wants to deregulate AI — provision in Budget Reconciliation bill blocks state governments from meddling for 10 years : Read more

technology seems to develop best at 2 times. first is when it is for the government. second is when the government stops meddling and allows for profit companies to try and increase their profit. doing away with net neutrality and allowing the industry ti manage itself hasn't done all the unthinkable damage people claimed it would.

 

[Pierce2623]

Well I’m not a left voter at all and I think trying to sneak it into a budget reconciliation bill is sneaky.

 

[SomeoneElse23]

Well I’m not a left voter at all and I think trying to sneak it into a budget reconciliation bill is sneaky.

Including something in a bill that "has to pass" is a fairly common tactic used to get something through that wouldn't normally be proposed. It's certainly not limited to "one side", despite any implications created by divisive terms.

 

[Eximo]

I've heard it argued that without doing the padded bills, no new small scale legislation would get passed at all.

Generally, one would think the committees would be the ones pushing through important bills. It would be neat if they could separate out smaller legislation that still needs to be done at the Federal level without people being surprised that it was inside of larger bill.

It is extremely inefficient the way they do it now though.

 

[Pierce2623]

Including something in a bill that "has to pass" is a fairly common tactic used to get something through that wouldn't normally be proposed. It's certainly not limited to "one side", despite any implications created by divisive terms.

I’m aware it’s a scummy tactic used by both sides. That doesn’t make it better in this case, though.

 

[Li Ken-un]

Ironic if a law to ban sneaking in laws were itself introduced by sneaking it in as part of a larger package

 

[JTWrenn]

So much for the party of state rights I guess.

 

[VizzieTheViz]

Is there any real argument as to why the rules states have made are wrong though?

Or is it just “the oligarchs who pay us (oops meant to write donate to our party and campaigns) want these rules gone”?

 

[bit_user]

Is there any real argument as to why the rules states have made are wrong though?

The most charitable explanation why it's generally bad for each state to have differing regulations on something is that it becomes complicated and expensive for companies to comply, if they have to alter and adapt the products or services from one state to the next.

I'm not trying to argue any sort of position, here. Just saying the defense you often hear for this sort of thing.

 

[dalek1234]

This is just another example that the US has become an oligarchy

 

[nameless0ne]

It is kinda a bad idea. Healthcare providers have used decision making algorithms for a long time. And there were cases where people were denied care or compensation because algorithms decided that (there is a John Oliver Last Week Tonight episode on that). And people won those cases because algorithms returned incorrect results.
Without proper regulation, companies might not be liable for 'incorrect results'. Individual lawsuits will be a blip on the radar for them.

 

[t3t4]

Clearly a passionate topic for many of us. I'm all for less regulation getting in the way of progress. We could all have flying cars by now if regulation would stop clipping wings. On the flip side, you never really know how wet water can be until you're drowning.

 

[COLGeek]

Regulating AI before it becomes a (more) pervasive problem in its early days is better than trying to rein in after the cat is out of the bag.

I am just imagining all the privacy and security issues that are already happening and will get worse. Algorithmic digital tyranny is a distinct outcome if thoughtful guidelines are not in place to bound the AI free-for-all that is already happening and will impact EVERYONE.