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Maybe we could just try going back to the old fashioned notion of enforcing laws.

A commentator argues that the debate over AI and software regulation has become overheated, pointing to a video by Brown as one of the most sensible and clear-eyed takes on the subject. The piece contends that simply enforcing existing laws may be a better approach than the current discourse suggests.

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Maybe we could just try going back to the old fashioned notion of enforcing laws.
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I know some of you aren't video people, but this is one of the most sensible things you'll hear in this increasingly overheated debate. Brown has long been one of the most reliably clear-eyed and knowledgeable voices in the fields of software and (more recently) AI.

This is well worth your time, which is something I can't say about easily 90% of the coverage of this story.

source & further reading
observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com — original article It's like something from a science fiction story. (No, it's literally* something from a science fiction novel) Saying something nice about Claude Friday video/podcast recommendations -- Carl Brown edition
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