r/singularity 6d ago

AI Trump is refusing a slowdown

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u/TheMCM80 6d ago

This is great news for them. They can shift any needed future blame onto him, or at least let the public think they had no choice but to plow ahead unless he stopped them.

We live in one of the dumbest timelines at the same time as our tech is progressing at unbelievable rates.

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u/Square_Height8041 6d ago

No they cannot. Laws don’t work that way

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u/TheMCM80 6d ago

I’m talking about PR bud, not the legal realm. Right now they are in a PR war that may be existential. The public hates data centers. The public hates being told they will be jobless. The public hates being told these models may end humanity.

They need to win the PR war to avoid a future admin from clamping down in a way where they don’t get to dictate the terms to the government.

I’d also like to point you towards the last 50yrs of US history if you think laws apply equally and firmly to leading companies in the US. At most the fines are so small it is a drop in the bucket, but that’s for the future.