Republicans oppose rules aiding China
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U.S. Republicans and major AI executives argued against strict regulation, saying it would cede advantage to China, as Beijing tightened travel controls that could constrain AI developers.
Reposted by Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Andrés Guadamuz, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
September 17, 2026 at 2:27 AM
I'm back, I missed you all.
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
Since this is an important subject I know too much about, here's a 🧵 explaining that
AI Safety Is Mostly A Sex Cult.
I don't think these people should make policy. (1/?)
(alternative title: Time For Some Cult Theory)
by Ryan Calo Reposted by Suresh Venkatasubramanian
Banning "superintelligent" 🤢 AI plays right into industry rhetoric and keeps the focus off immediate, real world harms such as privacy, bias, and labor. Literally the same name of the silly Bostrom book everyone was reading 12 years ago.
September 16, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Banning "superintelligent" 🤢 AI plays right into industry rhetoric and keeps the focus off immediate, real world harms such as privacy, bias, and labor. Literally the same name of the silly Bostrom book everyone was reading 12 years ago.
by Michael Zimmer Reposted by Tama Leaver
Again, AI companies can slow down without waiting for regulation. Releasing models without adequate safeguards is a choice, not an inevitability.
“Someone should make us stop” is a strange position for the people with their foot on the gas.
“Someone should make us stop” is a strange position for the people with their foot on the gas.
They could just… not do it. Or turn it off. Deploying AI tools in uncontrolled ways is a choice. The risks tech companies keep struggling to “manage” are risks they choose to create.
Why It’s Tough for Tech Companies to Keep A.I. Out of Trouble www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
Why It’s Tough for Tech Companies to Keep A.I. Out of Trouble www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/t...
Why It’s Difficult for Tech Companies to Rein In A.I.
Researchers say artificial intelligence is developing faster than the systems put in place to monitor and control it.
www.nytimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Again, AI companies can slow down without waiting for regulation. Releasing models without adequate safeguards is a choice, not an inevitability.
“Someone should make us stop” is a strange position for the people with their foot on the gas.
“Someone should make us stop” is a strange position for the people with their foot on the gas.
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US policymakers must avoid the temptation to rebuild US science by mimicking China and going all in on STEM. That would be a mistake. We also need social science and humanities that makes sense of great technological change like AI. Thats part of US scientific tradition worth keeping.
September 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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by Ryan Calo Reposted by Greg Linden
My computer and information science colleagues and I on supposed existential risks of AI. www.washington.edu/news/2026/09...
Q&A: UW researchers respond to recent concerns over AI risk | UW News
Recent news about AI safety is fueling a new wave of political and societal fear. Five UW AI researchers discuss the real risks of AI and what to do about them.
www.washington.edu
September 16, 2026 at 9:40 PM
My computer and information science colleagues and I on supposed existential risks of AI. www.washington.edu/news/2026/09...
by Naomi Klein Reposted by Devon Greyson
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
September 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
On Democracy Now!, I floated a new theory: AI companies really have unleashed a killer monster that has slipped their control. But plot twist - the monster is human. And it's the President of the United States.
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
@astra.bsky.social
@democracynow.org
by Simon Lester
I have a hard time imagining any significant US AI regulation while Trump is president, but in the meantime people can discuss the possibilities and have things ready for 2029.
Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one. n.pr/4AhwL0U
Congress is under pressure to act on AI — here's what that could look like
Lawmakers are expressing broader willingness to regulate AI development, but the path forward may not be a quick one.
n.pr
September 16, 2026 at 7:10 PM
I have a hard time imagining any significant US AI regulation while Trump is president, but in the meantime people can discuss the possibilities and have things ready for 2029.
Reposted by Henry Farrell, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
US policymakers must avoid the temptation to rebuild US science by mimicking China and going all in on STEM. That would be a mistake. We also need social science and humanities that makes sense of great technological change like AI. Thats part of US scientific tradition worth keeping.
September 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
US policymakers must avoid the temptation to rebuild US science by mimicking China and going all in on STEM. That would be a mistake. We also need social science and humanities that makes sense of great technological change like AI. Thats part of US scientific tradition worth keeping.
this piece highlights three key points:
(1) trump admin actively opposes AI safety reg;
(2) zuck & others essentially say trust-but-don't-verify;
(3) the industry is in disarray in the face of public hatred of them/their opacity/their clear self-interest/their public disavowal of responsibility.
(1) trump admin actively opposes AI safety reg;
(2) zuck & others essentially say trust-but-don't-verify;
(3) the industry is in disarray in the face of public hatred of them/their opacity/their clear self-interest/their public disavowal of responsibility.
‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation
US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanity
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:57 PM
this piece highlights three key points:
(1) trump admin actively opposes AI safety reg;
(2) zuck & others essentially say trust-but-don't-verify;
(3) the industry is in disarray in the face of public hatred of them/their opacity/their clear self-interest/their public disavowal of responsibility.
(1) trump admin actively opposes AI safety reg;
(2) zuck & others essentially say trust-but-don't-verify;
(3) the industry is in disarray in the face of public hatred of them/their opacity/their clear self-interest/their public disavowal of responsibility.
Confronting AI Challenge requires Int'l Cooperation, including China's www.juancole.com/2026/09/conf...
Confronting AI Challenge requires Int'l Cooperation, including China's
Chicago (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) - When I taught at a university in northern Iraq, teachers would gossip about how their students would cheat on computer-based assessments. A smar...
www.juancole.com
September 16, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Confronting AI Challenge requires Int'l Cooperation, including China's www.juancole.com/2026/09/conf...
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
We've already seen that the recent calls by AI industry leaders to ‘pace the frontier’ are insufficient, and their suggestions that we must weaken antitrust protections in order to confront the AI threat are transparently self-serving.
Slowing AI is not enough. Governments need to govern pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
Slowing AI is not enough. Governments need to govern
Calls from AI leaders to slow frontier development are welcome, but companies whose profits depend on the technology should not decide how much risk society must accept.
pearlsandirritations.com
September 17, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Slowing AI is not enough. Governments need to govern pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
by Seth Masket
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
September 16, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I wrote the other day about AI becoming a populist issue that transcended party lines, not realizing Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon were about to share a stage on this topic!
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
smotus.substack.com/p/ai-as-the-...
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
September 16, 2026 at 4:47 PM
Frontier AI models are currently a dangerous technology without the safeguards needed to protect people from serious harm.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
That's why we should immediately pause the development of advanced AI while lawmakers and regulators put systems in place to keep people safe.
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
September 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
#WolffBites: Billionaires with sudden moral qualms about AI may just be disguising efforts to secure their monopoly positions.
Reposted by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good.
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
September 16, 2026 at 10:36 AM
“AI will kill us all” is how the tech industry, especially rich people in it, avoid talking about real world problems—ones they’re causing, exacerbating, or neglecting—while still thinking themselves good.
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
“I’m better than all that,” they say. “I got high with my friends and BSed about the future.”
'We absolutely can’t surrender,'
Guthrie says of AI race with China www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Guthrie says of AI race with China www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
'We absolutely can’t surrender,' Guthrie says of AI race with China
The House Energy and Commerce chair warned against adopting European-style regulations that would hinder the tech industry.
www.politico.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:05 PM
'We absolutely can’t surrender,'
Guthrie says of AI race with China www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Guthrie says of AI race with China www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Reposted by Peter Thorne
Ask yourself this: how have institutions that for years have said they face budget shortfalls, deficits, shortages that “required” them to deny faculty lines, fire staff, raise tuition, cut research support, etc. suddenly find the money to pay for outrageously expensive contracts for AI services?
September 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Ask yourself this: how have institutions that for years have said they face budget shortfalls, deficits, shortages that “required” them to deny faculty lines, fire staff, raise tuition, cut research support, etc. suddenly find the money to pay for outrageously expensive contracts for AI services?
Here's Former Google CEO Schmidt saying AI companies can't self-police or self-regulate.
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
Conceding AI Danger Raises, Not Reduces, Public Anxiety | NOEMA
“Pace the frontier” or pull the plug?
www.noemamag.com
September 16, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Here's Former Google CEO Schmidt saying AI companies can't self-police or self-regulate.
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
www.noemamag.com/conceding-ai...
‘The US can’t lose’:
Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
‘The US can’t lose’: Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings
Military leaders warn the risks of falling behind adversaries in artificial intelligence research outweigh the potential risks of the technology.
www.politico.com
September 16, 2026 at 10:08 PM
‘The US can’t lose’:
Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings www.politico.com/news/2026/09...