Here's a question on the heels of AI: Is technology outpacing society's ability to adapt to it? I posted another thread a week or so ago where I was talking about whether we should enact a "tech tax" on companies that automate human jobs. In other words, it seems as if AI is about to destroy the economy here in silicon valley and put a large portion of its workforce out of jobs in what is literally the county with the highest cost of living and highest real estate prices in the US.
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Jump to Post— Reverend Jim 6,665This is not a political rant, it's a political reality. The current government would only regulate it so that it benefits the current government, just like they regulate the tax laws. What government would you trust to pass reasonable and fair regulations?
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Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
OK, and a follow-up question for those of you who are interested: Should governments regulate AI before it's too late? Are AI laws lagging dangerously behind? (Do they even exist at all??)
Salem 6,009 Posting Sage
Should governments regulate AI before it's too late?
It's already too late.
And they're not the right people to do the job anyway.
Even if some governments get lucky and do a half-decent job, the multinational will just go and set up shop in whatever jurisdiction favours them the most.
Just look at how well FAANGs manage to avoid paying tax.
Reverend Jim 6,665 Hi, I'm Jim, one of DaniWeb's moderators. Moderator Featured Poster
This is not a political rant, it's a political reality. The current government would only regulate it so that it benefits the current government, just like they regulate the tax laws. What government would you trust to pass reasonable and fair regulations?
rproffitt commented: The current US regime sees nothing wrong with grift, graft and insider trading. Nothing wrong with conflict of interest either. +17
Dani 5,664 The Queen of DaniWeb Administrator Featured Poster
And they're not the right people to do the job anyway.
Who do you think are the right people? For example, when AI first came out, Google made their stance pretty clear that they would demote all AI-generated content in the search results. That was effective, to some degree, at least, at curtailing mass-AI generated content in blogs ... at least by the non-spammers. Nowadays, Google has fully embraced AI and completely changed their stance on it. That has lead to a lot more websites embracing it, as well. In other words, most web-based businesses rely on Google. Google has the power and influence to cause change as they see fit. (I don't know how many of you remember the AMP debacle from a few years ago.)
Does that mean we shouldn't even have the government be the ones to do the enforcing?
rproffitt commented: Which country are we talking about? The US is veering toward a monarchy and no regulatory agencies. +17
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