Most of the time, regulations do good. When I was young the Hudson River was a toxic cesspool of chemical filth. Now the river is slowly becoming a habitat again. The EPA does a whole lot of good.
If you're afraid of Microsoft reaching its tendrils into OpenAI and corrupting its original purpose, as you probably should be, then maybe you should consider supporting regulations that democratize access to models, for example.
Just because they are against AI/ML regulation doesn't mean they are against environmental regulation. The post you're replying to is not saying that all regulation is bad, merely that the lobbying around this specific piece of regulation seems bad. I agree with you that a lot of regulation is good, but I also agree that some of the proposed regulation seems bad too.
Yeah. Back in India, around 20 years ago, a factory owner near my house used to keep weak hyrdochloric acid in the fridge with water bottles. To save money, he would use... you guessed it, old water bottles (since the acid was very diluted).
Guess what happened one day when a worker confused the 2?
The owner son boasted to me how his father had paid the medical expenses of the worker, how nice he was etc etc.
And today I think, what would have happened if this had happened in the US/UK? The business owner would no longer be in business.
There is a reason these regulations are so hard ass; because they've had to cope with shit like this. Now sure, sometimes the regulations go overboard and end up harming the industry, but thats not an argument for "Muh, regulations bad ".
Most of the time, regulations do good. When I was young the Hudson River was a toxic cesspool of chemical filth. Now the river is slowly becoming a habitat again. The EPA does a whole lot of good.
If you're afraid of Microsoft reaching its tendrils into OpenAI and corrupting its original purpose, as you probably should be, then maybe you should consider supporting regulations that democratize access to models, for example.