But then...propose that we make some laws to put rules around this stuff, also known as regulations and everybody goes "whoa hold up hold up hold up...I dunno about that part."

Of course, what those who call for regulation of AI or other nascent technologies are really saying is, "Unqualified and/or biased and/or corrupt and/or dull-witted people should make decisions that affect us all, based on incomplete, misleading or rapidly-evolving information, with the power to enforce them at gunpoint."

And then they wonder why other countries beat their own.

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_doctor_love 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm sorry...wut?

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solid_fuel 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

This interaction nicely illustrates why so many Americans sound hopeless when talking about these developments. We can't even get our fellow citizens to do anything about the school shootings, our incredibly expensive healthcare, the homelessness crisis, or really anything else. Instead we are surrounded by conservative reactionaries who view "let's stop dumping cyanide into the town pond" as a communist plot to steal their religion.

So yeah, when people around here look at "AI" and all the harm it's already doing, they don't any hope that regulations will be put in place before more harm is done.

	▲	CamperBob2 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		The person comparing a building full of computers to dumping cyanide in the town pond is the reactionary in this conversation.

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CamperBob2 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I mean, it's pretty clear how it plays out, if you look at the EU. Those who want the US to work that way need to be fought, and fought hard.