It's possible, but the AI space right now is all about the vibes and even the French President isn't feeling it[0]. The job market for AI/ML people is white hot right now and this is something Mistral has to try to explain around in an interview. I hope they do well despite it.

[0]https://www.ft.com/content/9339d104-7b0c-42b8-9316-72226dd4e...

Regulations are accumulative though, not just relative to your era. So a critique in 2023 would be more relevant than one in 1970 as the pure scale of it has increased dramatically.

I've seen a few graphs showing staffing counts and budgets for US regulatory agencies have grown exponentially since the 1970s (adjusted for inflation), while it was relatively flat before then in the 60s. Economic regulation growth in the US has grown steadily while social regulations (workplace, climate, healthcare, transportation etc) grew dramatically. Adding in TSA / Homeland security and it's a hockey stick.

https://regulatorystudies.columbian.gwu.edu/sites/g/files/za...

I'd be curious to see similar charts for the EU.

The EU’s new AI Act is the first regulatory action in the world targeted specifically at AI models. In that sense it’s now 1970 for this domain specifically.

In a democracy I'd expect regulation to grow alongside population and productivity. It would be interesting if it didn't, actually.

> Turns out it was exactly Volvo’s strength to be ahead of the curve on regulation.

That's a weird analogy. I don't remember Volvo ever being that big. If anything they're bigger now than they used to be (I mean: I don't remember a world with lots of Volvo when I was a kid... I may be wrong though). And with about 650 000 vehicles sold per year they're not in the Top 25 car manufacturer worldwide by number of cars sold.

Yeah I think most people would consider Volvo - a standard bearer for safe vehicles for over 100 years - a success