points by _heimdall 21 hours ago | 0 comments
Calling for a slowdown backs up the idea that these are extremely powerful and dangerous.
Assuming they're concerned with their massive pile of liabilities as well, asking for a government mandated slow down is asking what could likely be used as a force majeure.
[–] 0xDEAFBEAD 20 hours ago
[–] _heimdall 20 hours ago
I was referring to financial liabilities, aka their debts, not legal liability for how the tools are used.
My point was that if the government steps in and says these companies must slow down, they have an excuse to fail to repay some of their debts.
[–] 0xDEAFBEAD 20 hours ago
Well that should be reassuring to investors! :-)
[–] _heimdall 18 hours ago
Creditors wouldn't like it, but stock investors and similar sure would appreciate seeing liabilities on the books go down!
[–] 0xDEAFBEAD 17 hours ago
Creditors are also a very important audience here since they determine the interest rate at which you can borrow.
"Every single senator seemed to think it was obvious we needed both much harsher liability regimes for AI developers and also new legislation, both very quickly. This was the complete consensus; the difference basically being degree."
https://thezvi.substack.com/p/the-ai-preference-cascade-reac...
Again, these galaxy-brained theories just don't make a lot of sense.