I am for more maths in laws like these:

  frist_fine = 0.06 × anual_global_sales
  
  fine(n) = first_fine * n^x

And the exponent x is to be chosen by how harsh you want to be. Repeat offenders will quickly run out of money as long as your exponent is reasonably bigger than 1.

If we take an exponent of 2 a repeat offense by OpenAI would look like this:

  1st offence: EUR  1.50 billion (6%)
  2nd offence: EUR  6.00 billion (24%)
  3rd offence: EUR 13.50 billion (54%)
  4th offence: EUR 24.00 billion (96%)
  5th offence: EUR 37.50 billion (150%)
  6th offence: EUR 54.00 billion (216%)

▲ Ylpertnodi a day ago | parent [-]

If you tell them their expenses beforehand, they'll budget them in, though.

	▲	ben_w a day ago \| parent \| next [-]
		How do you budget for 216% of your gross revenue? "We lose money on every deal, but we plan to make it up in volume" was one of the infamous quotes from the dot.com bubble.
	▲	atoav 14 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Sure. You earn 5k a month. The fine is 10k a month. I'd like to see you "budget that in". It is hard to "budget in" a expense that is multiple time your earnings. Especially if that expense is growing exponentially each time.. But shows that people still don't understand exponential functions, even on this platform. We are truly doomed.