• @[email protected]
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    1624 days ago

    “no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.”

    Someones taking money for this.

    • @[email protected]
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      964 days ago

      We didn’t just not do what all those movies/books warned us to, we made it illegal to take any precautions whatsoever.

      Such a stupid fucking timeline.

      • @[email protected]
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        264 days ago

        The bill that makes it illegal for precautions is snuck inside megabill with 100 other bad provisions so no debate occurs on it.

        FYI, the US empire is evil. Like media, AI must be used to protect the Empire’s evil.

        • @[email protected]
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          73 days ago

          I simply don’t understand how “vote to fund thing A” gets conflated with “also pass ultra-evil rule B”. How hard is it to vote on each issue separately and keep shit like this isolated from unrelated legislation?

          • @[email protected]
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            83 days ago

            Congress is hopelessly broken, gridlocked and unable to pass policy on its own merit. That’s how we end up with quadrillion page omnibus bills every year. It’s a failed institution, and it’s been this way since at least Reagan.

          • @[email protected]
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            33 days ago

            The process itself must serve evil. As a process, single issue bills permit a clear stand on good/evil with debate on the issue to convince/justify vote. Multi issue bills permit a horse trade of my evil interests to be included for your evil interest to also be included.

            It can backfire though. Too big a deal can get some to leave the corruption consensus over 1 provision included. Everyone is given more power to grandstand against evil.

    • @[email protected]
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      84 days ago

      Why would they need money? Automating systems removes interpersonal trust and facilitates 1984-esque media and data control. Deregulation means they can use it as a handwavy excuse for a lot of major things, and also impact the information those systems give you.

    • fmstrat
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      23 days ago

      I believe at this level it’s called favors.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 days ago

    This is going to kill the content creation industry. Imagine a torrent client that has a built in neural network training module. You are now allowed to access any IP protected content and inspect it on your home TV for dataset building. What the neural network does is irrelevant, it can have a couple of layers and be trained with a residual amount of the CPU load. Happy torrenting :)

  • @[email protected]
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    1044 days ago

    The US is a fucking joke. Completely captured by corporate greed. It’s not a democracy and hasn’t been for a long time.

  • @[email protected]
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    384 days ago

    To be clear, the bill prevents regulation. It’s not a regulatory ban, it is a ban on regulation.

  • Dave.
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    404 days ago

    "automated decision systems "

    “IF X THEN Y” satisfies this description.

    Soooo basically just take the handbrake off practically every chunk of software ever written then?

    • Phoenixz
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      264 days ago

      No Republican has ever given two shits about state rights, personal rights or even human rights in general. They never stop screeching about it but they don’t give a shit.

      They only care about their own pockets, the end.

  • @[email protected]
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    504 days ago

    Bundling issues together like this should not be allowed. It’s done by everyone, and usually done to hold the actual good parts hostage. Oh you want to prevent asbestos from being used because it’s killing people? Well the only way you get that is by also allowing employers to hire 4 year olds.

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    What I can’t get around with is people expecting AI that was developed by not respecting IP rights to suddenly begin respecting their presumed IP rights (not that most are not just accepting them away through the associated EULAs) with what they generate using them.

  • mesa
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    324 days ago

    Could we just…call everything AI then and it cant be regulated. Cause that would be hilarious.

    • @[email protected]
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      224 days ago

      Someone needs to spin up an AI that continuously generates pictures that annoy Donald Trump and posts them to all social media, it should actively learn what makes him and his supporters feel the saddest and optimise for those attributes.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 days ago

      It’s funny but sad. Vague, selectively-enforcable laws are the point.

      We can’t just call something AI to prevent regulation.

      They can, though. With “laws” like this, the government can freely pick and choose who is punished and who is protected.

  • sunzu2
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    the fuckening is upon us, ladies and gentlemen

  • HubertManne
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    184 days ago

    its hilarious how this party would tought state rights. only rights for things they can’t currently get themselves at the federal level at any particular time.