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AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge::AI-related lobbying reached new heights in 2023, with more than 450 organizations participating in the practice — a 185% increase from the year before.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Never before has someone looked like their own caricature.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Interesting they are all calling for regulation its almost pike they rralise that without it anyone can run an opensource model free and they are fucked

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. This is critical. We really should protect our ability to run local models, or megacorps will hold all the keys.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yep it gets even worse when u realise u can finetune a model tp hold a specific agenda then realise those models are being used to deliver "truth" to everyone.

Hell today bard wouldnt help me configure perms of a component in ejabberd cos it was a privacy risk to grant it so many perms good one google.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Why does Altman always look like he just sat down on a cactus?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

I’m going to write a script that uses chatgpt to write letters of concern about AI to my representatives and senators daily.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Lobbying seriously needs to be abolished. Sickening practice.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Lobbying is a critical part of a working democracy, the issue is that lobbying has got out of control with regards to spending and in many cases outright corruption.

So what is so critical about lobbying?

In an ideal world, it informs politicians about issues seen in society, a healthy politician might not see the issues a person in a wheelchair does, thus the person in a a wheelchair needs to talk with others in the same situation and form a group that can lobby their cause.

Unfortunately, as with anything, wealth does have a huge advantage here, so limits on money spent lobbying is a very good idea, banning it outright is a very bad idea, probably impossible in any country with free speech.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Paid lobbying should be illegal. That's a bit better.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You're not wrong but I don't love the implication that people who use wheelchairs aren't healthy

Adding to your point: the freedom to petition the government for the redress of grievances is not just in the Bill of Rights, it's also in the Magna Carta.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That is fair, I was unsure on how to best describe the situation, I ment no disrespect.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Congresspeople would be even less informed than they are currently if there was no lobbying. There definitely needs to be limits to lobbying, but scientists lobby too, that’s why we have laws around ozone, chemicals in water, etc.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As long as corruption exists, lobbying will exist.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago

That’s like saying “as long as stabbing exists, stab wounds are here to stay.”