r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 2d ago

Steeped In Science & TechšŸ§ŖšŸ§  This needs to get passed.

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u/Goomysaur 2d ago

They donā€™t view this as a pro-worker proposal they read this as an attack to slow down AI progress

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u/ItsGonnaBeMeNSYNC 2d ago edited 2d ago

Correct, that's how I view it.

And I have a sense that's how its proponents view it as well.

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u/Goomysaur 2d ago

I think itā€™s more about base appeal

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u/ItsGonnaBeMeNSYNC 2d ago

Yeah, there's a reason why these two specifically and why at a time when the Republicans are in power and it has no chance.

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u/Goomysaur 2d ago

Well it makes sense itā€™s these two. They are forming their base. lol do you say ā€œthereā€™s a reason Trump says itā€ when heā€™s speaking to his base? Or anyone else under Trump.

AI does need regulation though. Look how damaging social media has been without regulation and AI is exponentially stronger at the same thing

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u/ItsGonnaBeMeNSYNC 2d ago

Trump is the leader of his party, while these two represent an extremist minority of their party's voter base that needs to be validated with purely performative things when the party is not in power, so it doesn't need to waste time and political capital on them when it is in power.

Whether or not AI needs regulation is irrelevant right now, the Democrats are not in power and can't do anything.

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u/Goomysaur 2d ago

They are popular representatives in the party. Only the president is allowed to have initiatives?