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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by golergka on Thursday June 22, 2023 @09:05AM (#36431536)
That's not how companies usually lobby for regulations. Much more often, they get regulation that is full of fangs, laws and rules which made specifically for them and that they can navigate with their huge legal departments, but which would deter any smaller competitors.

So all of this "end of civilisation" talk from OpenAI and other AI company leaders is nothing more than a competitive play to secure their position in the space.

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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by Matticus_Rex on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:05AM (#36432376)
Yes, ignore the fact that many of these people have been talking about this risk since long before they had the companies! Since sometimes companies lobby for regulation to create barriers to entry and carveouts, any public statements about AI risk must simply be lies to hobble competition!
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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by edgyquant on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:18AM (#36432542)
Why is this a bad assumption? It’s in the interest to get regulation that grants them a moat.
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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by staunton on Thursday June 22, 2023 @07:33PM (#36440712)
Both things can be true at the same time.
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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by Matticus_Rex on Monday June 26, 2023 @12:10PM (#36481668)
Self-interest is important to note, but self-interest doesn't automatically mean they're disingenuous. Having been worried about alignment for many years prior to working on an AI startup is an example of great evidence that they're actually worried rather than merely incentivized.
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Re:OpenAI Lobbied the E.U. To Water Down AI Regulation by kalkin on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:30AM (#36432721)
I don't quite understand how that's supposed to be consistent with OpenAI lobbying to weaken regulation.
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