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lebassett.bsky.social • 15 days ago

The tech bro billionaires got what they paid for

This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.

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bigasstoddler.bsky.social•15 days ago

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mandrake64.bsky.social•15 days ago

Isn't that how Skynet started?

codemonkey23.bsky.social•15 days ago

Fine, let's get it over with.

dashael.bsky.social•15 days ago

I'm not a lawyer or a technologist, so feel free to correct me if I'm wrong... but doesn't "automated decision systems" sound like it might apply to voting machines?

jslandau.cc•15 days ago

“automated decision system means any computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues a simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, to materially influence or replace human decision making.”

patcasey.bsky.social•15 days ago

Sounds to me like if you program a robot to decide to kill someone on its own, then it's not a crime?

lebassett.bsky.social•15 days ago

or to use AI to "strip" a woman naked in her photo to create revenge porn or smear public figures, as they have been doing

myblueeyes.bsky.social•15 days ago

This is what a digital coup looks like…This is my guide, and it has to start with naming it. It's a coup.

There is an alignment of interests that runs through Silicon Valley to what is now a coming autocracy. It's a type of power that the world has never seen

https://youtu.be/TZOoT8AbkNE?si=wLo09lplQhP-zxRa

greybirdmuse.com•15 days ago

And got the head of copyright fired…

katelynstarrpdx.bsky.social•15 days ago

accurate af.

bbennettesq.bsky.social•15 days ago

prinsputhaar.bsky.social•15 days ago

As said:

thoughtcrime23.bsky.social•15 days ago

Regulate the electricity instead

tgunsh.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yep. We don’t actually have to build new power plants just because they say, “We need it so AI can fix everything!” 🤦‍♂️

mkuzmicki.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yeah but what does paragraph (2) say?

vero1986.bsky.social•15 days ago

6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
More than $120 million from a few ultra-wealthy families has powered the Heritage Foundation and other groups that created the plan to remake American government.
https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/

earthrock.bsky.social•15 days ago

Shifty

prrh.bsky.social•15 days ago

DOA

andrew3000.bsky.social•15 days ago

States' Rights! ✊

rgh1205.bsky.social•15 days ago

The terminator is starting to look like reality tv.

timzero4.bsky.social•15 days ago

Elon Musk has a great deal of Capitol Hill in his back pocket.

staceyholleran.bsky.social•15 days ago

And the one who paid the most has all “obstacles” removed from his path… https://www.cyberdaily.au/security/12083-us-copyright-office-director-fired-by-trump-less-than-a-day-after-musks-ai-training-request-denied

jbh42.bsky.social•15 days ago

I want to put it out there that tech founders of all types, us in Canada especially, understand the constraints need to be in place for real economic value to be attributed to AI, otherwise we strip humans away from processes and Wall-E really starts to feel prescient

chrispodiumcafe.bsky.social•15 days ago

I mean, a patchwork of state laws is a bad fit for something as transient as AI. But unless we are going to have meaningful *federal* regulation, your point stands.

christopherdavis67.bsky.social•15 days ago

And this from the party that championed states rights for decades.

champl.in•15 days ago

I am reminded that "AI is the future" is not really a promise so much as a threat

cylindricalsea.bsky.social•15 days ago

Republicans, folks!

trico.bsky.social•15 days ago

This and the extraordinary crypto gains.

aliciarandazzo.bsky.social•15 days ago

Good luck with your kids brains. U think their not engaged now

cpep.bsky.social•15 days ago

https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-secret-us-uk-sweetheart-tech-deal?r=9ah0d&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

partickle.bsky.social•15 days ago

👀

dolorosasantos.bsky.social•15 days ago

Has anyone tried to contact Sarah Connor yet?

luminouscells.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yes it’s exactly what they want though, they don’t want to be regulated

lebassett.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yes. That's what my post says

robertthered.bsky.social•15 days ago

How could the federal government have the power to mandate that? Any power not granted the federal government by the Constitution is retained by the states.

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