I disagree that the default would’ve been that the board would’ve been “easy for the labs to capture” (indeed, among the most prominent and plausible criticisms of its structure was that it would overregulate in response to political pressure), and thus that it wouldn’t have changed deployment practices. I think the frontier companies were in a good position to evaluate this, and they decided to oppose the bill (and/or support it conditional on sweeping changes, including the removal of the Frontier Model Division).
Also, I’m confused when policy skeptics say things like “sure, it might slow down timelines by a factor of 2-3, big deal.” Having 2-3x as much time is indeed a big deal!
I disagree that the default would’ve been that the board would’ve been “easy for the labs to capture” (indeed, among the most prominent and plausible criticisms of its structure was that it would overregulate in response to political pressure), and thus that it wouldn’t have changed deployment practices. I think the frontier companies were in a good position to evaluate this, and they decided to oppose the bill (and/or support it conditional on sweeping changes, including the removal of the Frontier Model Division).
Also, I’m confused when policy skeptics say things like “sure, it might slow down timelines by a factor of 2-3, big deal.” Having 2-3x as much time is indeed a big deal!
Probably not going to have a discussion on the topic right now, but out of honest curiosity: did you read the bill?