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1. jimmyjazz14 · 1790632038 · focus · HN ↗

   > We must move past vague discussions of “AI” and instead isolate the specific types of systems that are creating problems.

   This is absolutely correct and its surprising how rarely you see commenters in the media push to go into the specifics on this. AI is just matrix math and its what you connect that math to that matters, we should talk a little more about what we are willing to connect AI to and little less about how scary or capable the models appear.

   1. yodsanklai · 1790656534 · focus · HN ↗

      A point that Yann LeCun has been making for a while is that it's meaningless to regulate AI, but we want to regulate applications. For instance, you don't want autonomous vehicles to hit people, whether they use AI or not. In practice, most applications of AI are already regulated.

      1. truculent · 1790670083 · focus · HN ↗

         Why regulate gun ownership, if homicide is already illegal ?

         1. throwawayffffas · 1790673090 · focus · HN ↗

            The US agrees with that argument which is why gun ownership is not really regulated.

            1. amanaplanacanal · 1790691478 · focus · HN ↗

               I would say minimally regulated. For instance, felons are for the most part not allowed them, and there are certain locations where they are not allowed to be carried.

               1. tescreal · 1790720444 · focus · HN ↗

                  Certainly, there are exceptions. Some people (think "islands") who are forbodden from using the internet freely. The technology continues to exist largely unencumbered, but select circumstances where the risk is considered "extraordinary" are given to exception. Guns in the USA, likewise, are seen as "not the problem" except where having a gun would be considered a dangerous thing for a specific reason (schools, courts, etc.).

                  Full disclosure: I'm not American and do prefer a little gun regulation generally.

                  1. amanaplanacanal · 1790720733 · focus · HN ↗

                     It's interesting that even the most pro-second amendment judges still won't allow guns in their courtrooms.

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