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US Republican Party sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill

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  1. [3]
    bl4kers
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    I think that's too broad to hold up in court meaningfully. A computer, website, or application could be considered an automated decision system.

    The provision, introduced by Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, states that "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act."

    I think that's too broad to hold up in court meaningfully. A computer, website, or application could be considered an automated decision system.

    16 votes
    1. [2]
      vord
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      Yea they couldn't exactly spell out "we're banning states from banning rent collusion apps"

      Yea they couldn't exactly spell out "we're banning states from banning rent collusion apps"

      15 votes
      1. Promonk
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        They probably could. Being shameless hypocrites doesn't seem to bother their base.

        They probably could. Being shameless hypocrites doesn't seem to bother their base.

        12 votes
  2. raze2012
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    Man, that Zuckerberg/Altman check must have been huge for all this push against regulation lately. Firing the copyright office director, trying to force cronies into the Library of Congress, and...

    Man, that Zuckerberg/Altman check must have been huge for all this push against regulation lately. Firing the copyright office director, trying to force cronies into the Library of Congress, and now this?

    They haven't paid this much attention to AI since inauguration. And even then, those were just words instead of anything that came to fruition.

    10 votes