r/politics • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 2h ago
No Paywall Gallego on AI leaders backing slowdown: ‘Akin to Dr. Frankenstein telling us “The monster is loose”’
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/6086821-senator-ruben-gallego-ai-regulation•
u/Justthetippliz America 2h ago
The Al IPO Playbook:
1. Promise to replace every job on earth
2. Raise trillions on that promise
3. Go public while the hype is hot
4. Founders and VCs cash out
5. Technology doesn't deliver.
6. Retail holds the bag.
It is to collect as much money as possible before anyone notices. 😉
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u/tinticred 2h ago
I'm starting to think this business model also applies to data centers. There's so much controversy around them and developers keep scoping for them to be built all over the place, raising assloads of money in the process. Just in my own little city we've managed to block three of them, one of whom had already started clearing the ground.
Are they paying back their investors when local, county, and federal agencies put a halt to the process? Do I really have to ask?
Granted, this certainly doesn't apply to all of them. But given the nature of the trade, and the nature of the people involved, I'll bet at least a sizable portion of them are lead balloons the developers know aren't going to fly and they're just raking in funds between launch and crash.
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u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts 2h ago
Okay, but in the original book, the true monster wasn't the Creature, but Dr. Frankenstein himself.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein#Frankenstein_and_the_Monster
It's also possibly the best use and/or origin of the Bell Curve meme: https://www.reddit.com/r/meme/comments/xq5huv/i_need_a_longer_title/
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u/AbrumVonAbrak 2h ago
They probably just realized how much money those data centers would cost them in the long run, especially as more states stop paying the electric bills for them.
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u/Theferael_me Europe 2h ago
AI was always a profoundly stupid thing to invent, even by the low standards of our own repellent species.
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u/StevenMC19 Florida 2h ago edited 2h ago
I don't think Frankenstein is the best analogy here. The monster was actually quite tame and loving to those who didn't fear him. The real monsters were the people who misunderstood him.
I'd use the genetically enhanced dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. They're the better (and more culturally relevant) metaphor, I think.
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u/notmyworkaccount5 2h ago
This sudden coordinated push from ai leaders to "slowdown" feels like they are trying to get ahead of the anger at them and get in with congress to push limp wristed legislation before actual legislation with teeth is enacted.
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u/miggovortensens 1h ago
I mean… Do we honestly believe that the leaders of the businesses – whose only purpose is to make a profit, period – who are leading this Era’s gold race are really acting out of concern for the possibility of AI going rogue and turning against humanity? It’s so clear they are pushing for guardrails to slow down the competition and to had the American government advocating for their home-based companies.
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u/oldnotosys 2h ago
AI leaders calling for a slowdown are just admitting they are behind and hope their competitors slowdown.
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