This piece by @_FelixSimon_ on the real threat to democracy from AI really gets at a key point. It's not the ability to directly sway minds that's worrying, but the broader impact on the information environment.
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- “I would guess, with roughly 75% confidence, that SB 53 will be signed into law by the end of September,” @deanwball said of California's latest attempt at AI safety legislation. Read @cogcelia's dive on SB 53:
- This is in theory a very nerdy question, but one that has pretty big implications for assessing whether AI is going to do what we want it to or not.
- The sort of terrifying thing about this all is how open it is - but that's kind of the point. The mere threat of going up against a $100m Super-PAC will do a lot of work for AI firms hoping for an easy ride from legislators.When researching Fairshake, it became clear just how easy it is to buy elections — and policy — in the US. It's genuinely scary to watch that playbook be applied to trying to kill off AI regulation.
