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Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any Real AI Regulation

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Re: Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any Real AI Regulation

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Post by mschuster91 »

This reminds me strongly of the famous cartoon "A brief history of corporate whining" [1]. US companies said the same when the EU enacted the RoHS regulations, they said the same when the EU passed the GDPR, and it will be just the same with AI regulations: the European market is just too massive to ignore it.

[1] https://leftycartoons.com/2009/09/04/a-brief-history-of-corp...

Re: Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any Real AI Regulation

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Post by jeroenhd »

> If we can comply, we will, and if we can’t, we’ll cease operating… We will try. But there are technical limits to what’s possible.

Isn't that what any normal company does? Comply until it's impossible to operate legally? They can choose between ceasing to operate or getting arrested.

If the AI regulations are reasonable and AI companies can't operate, the technology just isn't ready for wide-spread adoption yet. See also: Tesla's Autopilot.

I have to wonder what the investors over at Microsoft are thinking right now. I doubt they'll be happy with threats of leaving lucrative markets from a company so deeply integrated into their product suite.

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Post by sonotathrowaway »

simion314 wrote: post #4

Yeah, sure. Like Microsoft does not like EU money. Though is funny he asks USA for regulation to regulate his competitors.

He does not want the USA to regulate his company. He will lobby against every attempt to do so, he’s proposing a new agency specifically because it’s the most unwieldy proposal possible.

This has been the tech playbook for close to two decades now, it’s time we stop participating in the charade.

Re: Sam Altman Says OpenAI Will Leave the EU If There's Any Real AI Regulation

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Post by jeroenhd »

henearkr wrote: post #2

One day he says AI is frightening and must be regulated, one other day he says I don't want AI regulations...

"It must be regulated according to my ethics" isn't a new stance in the tech world.

It's also possible that any calls for reasonable regulation were just pandering towards investors. Key FTX people also called for regulation of the crypto market, after all. It projects a willingness to be a good and compliant company, even if they'd wish they themselves wouldn't have to comply.

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