Still nothing about how they stole copyrighted works for profit eh?
California governor signs AI transparency bill into law
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#23What real-world problem does any of this solve? For instance, how does it protect my IP from being vacuumed up and used by LLMs without permission from or payment to me?
Protection for whistleblowers - which might expose nefarious actions
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#24What real-world problem does any of this solve? For instance, how does it protect my IP from being vacuumed up and used by LLMs without permission from or payment to me?
> What real-world problem does any of this solve? Drives AI innovation out of California.
I think it applies to companies providing services to California (based on how much data from Californian's they process), not just limited to those operating within the state, similar to the CCPA.
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#25What real-world problem does any of this solve? For instance, how does it protect my IP from being vacuumed up and used by LLMs without permission from or payment to me?
It solves a very real real world problem: putting more money into the hands of government officials.
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#26Copied from the end of the page: What the law does: SB 53 establishes new requirements for frontier AI developers creating stronger: Transparency: Requires large frontier developers to publicly publish a framework on its website describing how the company has incorporated national standards, international standards, and industry-consensus best practices into its frontier AI framework. Innovation: Establishes a new co…
I don't see these, did the URI get switched? Anyone have orig?
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What real-world problem does any of this solve? Drives AI innovation out of California.
I think it applies to companies providing services to California (based on how much data from Californian's they process), not just limited to those operating within the state, similar to the CCPA.
sign one more geo region to block. One more region to remember.
Internet is becoming fragmented. :-(
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#29This is censorship with extra steps. Look at what the bill actually requires. Companies have to publish frameworks showing how they "mitigate catastrophic risk" and implement "safety protocols" for "dangerous capabilities." That sounds reasonable until you realize the government is now defining what counts as dangerous and requiring private companies to build systems that restrict those outputs. The Supreme Court alr…
> Today it's "catastrophic risks." Tomorrow it's misinformation, hate speech, or whatever else the state decides needs "safety mitigations."
That's the problem.
I'm less worried about catastrophic risks than routine ones. If you want to find out how to do something illegal or dangerous, all an LLM can give you is a digest what's already available on line. Probably with errors.
The US has lots of hate speech, and it's mostly background noise, not a new problem.
"Misinformation" is more of a problem, because the big public LLMs digest the Internet and add authority with their picks. It's adding the authority of Google or Microsoft to bogus info that's a problem. This is a basic task of real journalism - when do you say "X happened", and when do you say "Y says X happened"? LLMs should probably be instructed to err in the direction of "Y says X happened".
"Safety" usually means "less sex". Which, in the age of Pornhub, seems a non-issue, although worrying about it occupies the time of too many people.
An issue that's not being addressed at all here is using AI systems to manipulate customers and provide evasive customer service. That's commercial speech and consumer rights, not First Amendment issues. That should be addressed as a consumer rights thing.
Then there's the issue of an AI as your boss. Like Uber.
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#30What real-world problem does any of this solve? For instance, how does it protect my IP from being vacuumed up and used by LLMs without permission from or payment to me?
The problem it solves is providing any sort of baseline framework for lawmakers and the legal system to even discuss AI and its impacts based on actual data instead of feels. That's why so much of it is about requiring tech companies to publish safety plans, transparency reports and incidents, and why the penalty for noncompliance is only $10,000. A comprehensive AI regulatory action is way too premature at this stag…
If I had a requirement to either do something I didn't want to do or pay a nickel, I'd just fake doing what needed to be done and wait for the regulatory body to fine me 28 years later after I exhausted my appeal chain. Luckily, inflation turned the nickel into a penny, now defunct, and I rely on the ability to pay debts in legal currency to use another 39 years of appeals.