Ai industry 'self-regulation':

We can blow up 2000 houses or kill a classroom and a half of people, before we acknowledge we did anything wrong.

The price of unwanted, unproven, and unimpressive progress.

We kill a stray pedestrian? NBD. A family of 4? Cost of doing business? A bus full of people? Meh.

50 people? Alright we might have gone a little overboard on the killings

That gives a life value of $20mil a person.

That's what we're all worth according to them

AI used for medical denials will reach that tomorrow.

So a human life is worth about $20,000,000 to Anthropic?

they messed up, it was $50 in damages (to Anthropic) or 1 billion deaths.

They must have hit 50 by now. Or are they looking for 50 in a single events?

allow the government to block an AI model’s release

So, gambling? It’s going to turn the Commerce Dept in Kalshi for AI?

Skippy: Opening frequently asked questions item "Why can't I kill more than fifty people?" Answer: "The fuck is wrong with? Go see a therapist, psycho. (note to self - rewrite later, do not forget)."

This reminds me of both the Ford Pinto recall story, and all the Ayn Rand nonsense adventure novels.

A sensible AI safety bill would be like:

The person or organization outsourcing the work to AI is responsible for the damages it causes, including death, injuries, wrongful arrests, financial damages, and discriminatory practices. In case of the AI vendors advertising the models as "infallible", perfect, then they can be also held responsible for the damages.

But techbros don't believe in responsibility, or it is only for the plebs, towards them.

This is literally Nezek Agavi lol. I shouldn't be surprised when much of palantir and flock are just straight up the same tech used in genocide.

That works out so well for the palastinans I'm glad we get such well thought out protections.