So it’s been a few months since SB1047. My sense of the main events that have happened since the peak of LW commenter interest (might have made mistakes or missed some items) are:
The bill got vetoed by Newsom for pretty nonsensical stated reasons, after passing in the state legislature (but the state legislature tends to pass lots of stuff so this isn’t much signal).
My sense of the rumor mill is that there are perhaps some similar-ish bills in the works in various state legislatures, but AFAIK none that have yet been formally proposed or accrued serious discussion except maybe for S.5616.
We’re now in a Trump administration which looks substantially less inclined to do safety regulation of AI at the federal level than the previous admin was. In particular, some acceleration-y VC people prominently opposed to SB1047 are now in positions of greater political power in the new administration.
though I don’t think xAI took an official position one way or the other
I assumed most of everybody assumed xAI supported it since Elon did. I didn’t bother pushing for an additional xAI endorsement given that Elon endorsed it.
So it’s been a few months since SB1047. My sense of the main events that have happened since the peak of LW commenter interest (might have made mistakes or missed some items) are:
The bill got vetoed by Newsom for pretty nonsensical stated reasons, after passing in the state legislature (but the state legislature tends to pass lots of stuff so this isn’t much signal).
My sense of the rumor mill is that there are perhaps some similar-ish bills in the works in various state legislatures, but AFAIK none that have yet been formally proposed or accrued serious discussion except maybe for S.5616.
We’re now in a Trump administration which looks substantially less inclined to do safety regulation of AI at the federal level than the previous admin was. In particular, some acceleration-y VC people prominently opposed to SB1047 are now in positions of greater political power in the new administration.
Eg Sriram Krishnan, Trump’s senior policy advisor on AI, was opposed; “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks doesn’t have a position on record but I’d be surprised if he was a fan.
On the other hand, Elon was nominally in favor (though I don’t think xAI took an official position one way or the other).
Curious for retrospectives here! Whose earlier predictions gain or lose Bayes points? What postmortems do folks have?
I assumed most of everybody assumed xAI supported it since Elon did. I didn’t bother pushing for an additional xAI endorsement given that Elon endorsed it.