Should there be regulation of AI and what users can do with it nationwide?

[MisterWack]

Vice President JD Vance

The current Vice President of The United States of America falsely claimed on stage of the Paris AI Summit that ‘excessive regulation would kill a transformative industry’ and going as far to say this is the new ‘steam engine’ that will not go to pass…

I would like to say, I’ve always had a stance on AI prior to JD Vance. I think Chatbots are funny, deepfakes can be entertaining, and who doesn’t love getting assistance with homework 24/7 around the clock…. Though I have to admit it is a scary thought floating over my head that we don’t regulate an industry that can be used for 1. Blackmail 2. Misinformation 3. Revenge Porn and 4. Scams

To some who agree with Vance already, I want to make a reminder: We regulated the car industry to be safer with seatbelts when companies claimed seatbelts would look “unsafe” & “result in low sales of future models” which never came. We made DUI a crime, made it so you had to get a license through the DMV and tested cars based on safety ratings so it is street legal. Why not do the same for AI?

I wanted to get this out there as fast as I could because Americans shouldn’t drop the ball with this one, this is a big issue that will lead to too many problems if we don’t speak out now. If this were Tim Walz saying this I’d be against it and am in this hypothetical, the fact is this administration is all over the place & I will speak up because to remain silent is to be complacent. Thank you, your thoughts?

Yes, Regulation for AI is a must (not banning AI, just regulation)

No, AI must be free to grow without any regulation in sight (not even legislation on crime prevention)

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Update: Apparently Musk is looking to acquire OpenAI which showcases the true reasoning why they don’t want to restrict AI misusage. Interesting.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Fundamentally, I can only distrust any political philosophy consisting in deregulation or refusal to regulate. In the current state of our societies, I find this philosophy damaging, because I consider that we are, as an ensemble, careless and selfish.

[MisterWack]

I didn’t start having this mindset until a few years ago, I firmly believe you need regulation to keep corporate in line or else they’ll sell peoples’ souls for a quick buck. I’ve seen the fires back in the day that took workers’ lives due to no fire codes / regulations since management would purposely put poor fire escape methods because they feared the workers would try to get out of work earlier or something…. Seatbelts in cars, car manufacturers didn’t want to put them in thinking the consumer base would stop buying cars because they were unsafe, now we have seatbelts & safety standards and sales are through the roof so its BS.
Regulation doesn’t halt an industry, only guarantees ‘We The People’ have a voice from letting corporations speak for us.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Preaching a converted :)

[Likes2drive]

I don’t know why they want AI so badly. It just makes it easier for criminals to steal and fake news. More believable , they’ve made so many movies about how it would get out of control, but they don’t seem to learn anything from it

[MisterWack]

The luddites tried to warn us when they smashed the machines at the cotton & woolen mills, The Terminator warned us that it would be a killer… HAL 9000 and so many more warned us and humanity failed.
Though to these corporate entities, they lobby the government to do their bidding and AI is the new hot trend which without regulation will be unstoppable. If the corporations had it their way we’d be as dumb as a doornail so they could easily get our wages lowered, work days raised, safety standards gone, and Unions eliminated so they know what they are doing & yet everyone doesn’t open their eyes….

[Likes2drive]

At least you understand what I meant since it’s going to make crime so easy for them and to watch our every move or try to control us

[jshm2]

LOL, Vance is less qualified to talk on the subject than Trump!

The bullshit about "regulation" is meaningless. The real reason is they think they have a cashcow in AI over China, and are trying to make it more difficult for others to muscle into the market.

[MisterWack]

I looked into this Musk wants to acquire OpenAI so wanting the market to not be regulated kinda suspicious when you follow the money. Also every major corporate entity that ‘donated’ to Trump Administration’s transition to the Oval Office Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, etc. ALL implemented some kind of AI feature in the past few years if not past few months so…. Trump is doing their bidding and Vance wanted to be a good boy & inform the masses. Good boy, though no treat since Trump doesn’t endorse Vance for a 2028 Presidential Run so Vance gets the short end of the stick.

[goaded]

Invisibly "watermarking" AI content would be a start.

[MisterWack]

Having an identifier for AI generated content would be a good thing for sure. I see YouTube sort of do this with ‘Altered Content’ though nothing truly substantial since there’s nothing stopping a viewer from downloading it and pushing it somewhere else as ‘the truth’ / ‘their own’ so there needs to be an embedded identifier in the actual video that cannot be removed or destroyed imposed by corporations under US Law. That sounds very smart and I’m in favor for it.

[Dargil]

Regulating AI will require legislation. I doubt it would pass.

[MisterWack]

I don’t believe measures are outside the realm of possibility. The bill would be punishing revenge p*rn using deepfake technology or spreading misinformation using AI text bots or making it punishable trying to get blackmail out of people using AI tools then having the corporate entities have a system in place to not allow illegal activity through some sort of specified measure like a warning pop up or background check or something is out the realm of possibility to pass in the House of Representatives then to the Senate, I do firmly believe POTUS might veto though would go back and they can override the President’s veto so I believe there is a possibility for it to pass since it doesn’t affect corporate gains.
Just don’t see it being a fork in the road for capitalism, these companies will thrive for decades based on AI advancements though doesn’t mean we the people should be dragged into the dirt with it.