Sen Chris Murphy (D - Conn.) Recently wrote this missive about how he considers AI regulation more important than "beating China in the AI race" (I'm still unsure how one nation will beat another in AI in an internet age).
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Once AI can reason more effectively than a human (called Artificial General Intelligence or “AGI”), AI will undoubtedly be a net job killer, not a job creator.
I really don't believe this. Technology pretty much always allows one person to do what several were required to do before. What is different about AI?
Even the new jobs likely won’t stay in the United States due to the industry’s insatiable desire to maximize profits.
Because other industries don't have a desire for profits?
And let’s not sugarcoat this - the risks to America posed by an AI dominance with no protections or limits are downright dystopian.
I really hope "let's not sugarcoat this' doesn't become the new " let me be clear."
From 2021 to 2023, China began to build out a governance framework with some of the world’s earliest AI regulations and technical standards, bringing service providers into compliance on issues from ethics, data protection, safety, and security. China’s attempts at regulation have been lighter and more targeted than the EU’s, but its governance framework puts constraints on AI developers - including reporting on how algorithms are trained and required security self-assessments. That China has been actively building towards a national AI law, while producing a cutting-edge model like DeepSeek’s, makes clear that AI regulation and innovation can, and do, co-exist.
If America does not protect its economy and culture from the potential ravages of advanced AI, our nation will rot from the inside out, giving China a free lane to pass us politically and economically.
What is useful/reasonable regulation when it comes to AI?