[ExI] Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [ExI] Trump Says a Smart President Is All That’s Needed to Rein In A.I.

 

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"Clarification: states have the authority to outlaw development of AI, but only IN THAT STATE"

 

>…I am not sure about that. States cannot pass capricious laws. I am fairly sure they would have to make a case that AI was somehow illegal or prove that it hurt people.

 

>… Not that it matters one bit. … I seriously doubt such a bill would pass …

 

>…Does anyone take exception to this analysis?


Keith

 

 

Not at all, Keith, I agree.  What I meant was states have the authority to make those kinds of laws, not that they would do it.  They can (and might) make it unprofitable to put a data center in that state.  But other states will welcome data centers (and are doing so.)  They welcome the jobs, the technology, etc.

 

The federal government cannot legally restrict AI development, analogous to the SCOTUS decision that the fed cannot legally restrict states from making abortion law.  The SCOTUS decision striking down Roe vs Wade also protects states which want data centers and states which do not.  It makes the kind of law Bernie Sanders proposed illegal.  That critical decision about abortion strikes down the notion that the federal government can do anything it wants.  It clarifies: no it can’t.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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