The race to regulate AI: How California could go beyond Biden – POLITICO

SACRAMENTO, Calif. California Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan wants the Golden State to take the lead on regulating artificial intelligence before it s too late.

President Joe Biden this week signed an executive order marking the most ambitious national effort yet to guide a rapidly-evolving technology. The sweeping measure was praised by both industry and consumer advocates as an important first step, but without more forceful action from Congress, its impacts are likely to be limited.

Enter California home of the globe s most powerful tech companies and the Democrats who have become increasingly willing to go up against them.

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AI does present risks, but this rush to government regulation will not end well.

My AI-savvy son said something like “AI is sufficiently advanced that chatbots can be presented as having their own personalities. Unfortunately, they are programed to be woke as*holes.”