AI is finally making us question our bias in favor of deregulation

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay on Saturday urging tech leaders to slow the pace of AI development, and in a Sunday CBS News interview said it "could be a good idea" to have an AI kill switch, similar to a proposal from Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) and Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas). The remarks push back on the tech industry's long-standing preference for deregulation.

On Saturday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging tech leaders to slow the pace of AI development. On a Sunday CBS News interview, he added that it “could be a good idea” to have an AI kill switch — not unlike what Rep. Ted Lieu D-Calif. and Rep. Nathaniel Moran R-Texas have proposed. “Some…