Vance delivered a speech on AI that is interesting
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Vance is a very capable speaker and he was very eloquent in this speech
I do have a problem with this speech and it is that it is very naive to think AI will only be used to augment worker productivity and that it won't automate away many jobs
Vance makes the bull case for AI by saying that the U.S. will encourage a pro AI regulatory framework with very few restrictions and will encourage the development of an AI without political bias.
The lack of regulation of AI is worrying because we all know the nature of large corporations. They want to save money and if mass automation helps them do that they certainly will.
Vance claims that workers will have a seat at the table but I am skeptical that AI will be used for the good of the American people
I have liked Vance in the Senate and his voting record there.
This overtly pro AI argument from him is concerning to me.
Americans voted for Trump to make our lives better. Ai automating most of our jobs away would be a catastrophe.
Vance certainly minimizes the risks of AI in this speech.
I still like Vance but this is the first thing that he has said that I really disagree with.
Vance is a smart guy and I don't buy that he is naive enough to say that it will not replace American jobs. Vance's ties to Peter Thiel certainly explains why he speaks this way about AI. Thiel's company Palantir is certainly investing into AI massively.
I just don't think it is a good idea to allow AI development to go unrestricted.
I have liked almost everything Trump has achieved in just three short weeks!
This pro AI cheerleading is the one thing that I fear that the Trump administration is making a grave mistake on!
So far this is what I'm seeing. Where I work it made Indians useful, it's crazy how a guy who couldn't write a working code now can make something useful in multiple languages. On the other hand it does incentives hiring Indians in India.
Incentivizing outsourcing to India is only the tip of the iceberg if OpenAI or one of their competitors like Xai achieves AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)
It would result in mass automation and millions of people would be out of work immediately.
Consider that AI technology continues to improve year by year at an exponential pace not a linear pace
We could see ridiculously powerful AI technology emerge in the next 5-10 years
I fear it will be too late to stop something like AGI AFTER it has been created.
It is imperative we consider the risks when discussing AI
Vance in this speech massively downplayed the risks of AI and provided a techno-optimist vision.
I just find this disturbing personally
MAGA is a movement for putting Americans first not pushing AI so hard that Americans get replaced by automation.
I agree that Ai will move much faster and with greater consequence than regulation but I'm also convinced it is inevitable.
Simply put we have mass immigration, wars, inflation and all the identity politics that take most of the spotlight. AI is important enough to get attention but not enough as to create well thought out regulation. Everyone cares about using AI to impersonate people and that is about it.
AI is arguably the most important threat to individual liberty right now with only mass immigration matching it.
I also fear that this is inevitable.
The best time to properly regulate AI was years ago.
The next best time is now.
After AGI is achieved, it will be too late!
My worry is that AI is a game changer, and whoever doesn’t pursue it is going to lose to the people that do. It’s all well and good to say “American workers need to come first,” and they do, but you also can’t stick your head in the sand and ignore it. Regulating AI too much, assuming it’s not all hot air and does keep improving drastically, is akin to saying that the USSR is welcome to build nukes, but we won’t be doing it, thanks. Probably even worse.
Ask me how I know you don't have any idea wtf you're talking about
As Ender910 pointed out already, you can regulate employment and corporations without limiting the freedom of people to build what they imagine. "Regulating AI" is a greater threat to individual liberty than its existence.
I think our focus should be learning to work with what's there so we can get OUR guys into these new positions AI may create.
We can try to slow it down but more regulations will just make it easier for corporations to take over the AI space and we'll have a Google 3.0 with OpenAI all over again.