News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Jail time for open source AI models by bilekas on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @07:11AM (#39678166)
> Congress should make it illegal, the report recommends, to train AI models using more than a certain level of computing power.

This is the most lazy 'research' I've seen so far to bring answers to regulation.

> It was written by Gladstone AI, a four-person company.

Now that makes sense.

But seriously, how it the Government supposed to regulate how much computing power you use, its a ridiculous idea.

> The recommendation to outlaw the open-sourcing of advanced AI model weights, they expect, will not be popular. “Open source is generally a wonderful phenomenon and overall massively positive for the world,”

Honestly the proposed solutions sound like the first brown bag session of ideas in the lunch room. If I was the government who commissioned this, I would want my money back.

Re:Jail time for open source AI models by jamesdwilson on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @09:44AM (#39679400)
licensure
Re:Jail time for open source AI models by bilekas on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @11:48AM (#39680950)
Hmm, well intentioned but not a valid solution of course to any global technology, given the level of lobbying that the AI front-runners already do.. I don't see that inspiring people to even try in the US.

Probably moving to other markets to get ahead without any interference from the US Fed. (They actually correctly do touch on these topics in the article)

Re:Jail time for open source AI models by jamesdwilson on Thursday March 14, 2024 @09:31AM (#39703762)
To be clear, I am not advocating it, I just expect that as a resolution.
Re:Jail time for open source AI models by guiltygods on Tuesday March 12, 2024 @11:40AM (#39680833)
> But seriously, how it the Government supposed to regulate how much computing power you use, its a ridiculous idea.

Same way we saw runaway power consumption from Bitcoin miners. Every gold rush brings with it pressure on resources and both direct and indirect impact on others.