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reACTIONary

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9. I can't exactly figure it out either, but.....

Reply to hueymahl (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 09:07 PM

Jun 22

... think of the example of crypto currency. The whole point of crypto is to evade government financial regulation, standards and oversight. That is fundamentally why it was created. Yet that is exactly what the crypto bros are asking for.

Why? One reason may be as a means of legitimizing the whole enterprise. Another might be the chance for regulatory capture.

I don't know, but those two factors might be in play.

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Trump's plan to ban US states from AI regulation will 'hold us back', says Microsoft science chief [View all] BumRushDaShow Jun 22 OP

Is this batshit insane provision still in the fucking bill, or did the parliamentarian take it out? Karasu Jun 22 #1

It is still in there hueymahl Jun 22 #3

What. The. Fuck. Karasu Jun 22 #4

I don't really know, but here is the link hueymahl Jun 22 #6

There is a chance that it gets stripped BumRushDaShow Jun 22 #7

That quote has no published reasoning associated with it hueymahl Jun 22 #2

I can't exactly figure it out either, but..... reACTIONary Jun 22 #9

I'm a big science fiction buff and remember as a young kid watching 2001 space odyssey kimbutgar Jun 22 #5

I suppose states could just outlaw AI altogether. Linda ladeewolf Jun 22 #8