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The Great AI Misdirection: "Regulation Can't Keep Up" (readuncut.com)
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[–] deliriousdreams@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

It's definitely not just boomers who don't understand technology. I'd wager there's more Boomers who understand tech than there are Gen Z who understand tech.

I also actually think the story goes more like "if we regulate AI we can't take kickbacks, use the unregulated AI market to enrich ourselves, or use the tech for our techno-facist nanny state big brother dreams".

Because while the general red tape does take a little while, they aren't even trying to regulate AI on a large scale. Smaller governments are making a tacit effort but by and large most of them see this as a way to enact mass surveillance policy.