r/AskLibertarians • u/JustaguynamedTheo • 12d ago
Devil's Advocate Aren’t the lines crossed by AI recently proof that AI and the companies creating them need to be regulated?
Kurzgesagt just made an excellent video on what AI has done and the implications of it. They pointed out that if this goes unchecked it could lead to some serious damages. One commenter pointed out that these AI agents are created and experimented on by businessmen, not scientists. Another one said if a dog bites someone, the owner is punished.
Should OpenAI or some people working there be punished? Doesn’t this also mean AI and the companies creating them need to be seriously regulated and overseen, as it looks like they can’t do it on their own.
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u/mrhymer 12d ago
Only if the world government regulates all countries equally with it's superior knowledge of compute and tech. Do you see how ridiculous this question is?
We have to trust that our tech guys will create a badass rule breaking AI that will defeat the other guys hopefully inferior tech. You have to keep them free to act without your fear restraining them.
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u/BaronBurdens 12d ago
Either the legal system works or it doesn't. Is hacking illegal? Prosecute those responsible. Better yet, get out of the way and let civil suits proceed.
If the legal system can't effectively prosecute hackers, what makes the legal system effective at regulating hackers, whether they're anonymous basement dwelling humans or sentient server farms?
The worst possible outcome of AI regulation will be the government assuming a regulatory role that somehow indemnifies the companies from civil suits. The second worst is what Cache22 said about the big companies writing the rules to keep their potential competitors from getting off the ground. This sort of thing happens in other fields.
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u/Soft-Opposite8684 12d ago
My only real concerns with AI is how the government will use it because they have corrupted the system so much that they can use a flawed AI system without fear of repercussions. So I would ban the government from using AI and I would require all non professionally made AI video software to include a recognizable watermark so we can easily tell what is and is not AI generated.
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u/Joescout187 10d ago
How do you regulate AI? What government employee is going to understand the code well enough to know what it will do if the creators of the AI allegedly can't predict what it will do or control it properly? What on earth will the government do to a naughty AI? Fine it? What if it decides to retaliate against the government for attacking it?
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u/theyhis 9d ago
>Doesn't this also mean AI and the companies creating them need to be seriously regulated
and who will be doing the regulating? oh, you mean like after the '08 financial crisis, when the banks got to create the rules and regulations to fix the problem they created themselves? what's next, subsidies for oil companies to drill more holes in the middle east?
our government practically created the altman's and musks of the world, which was plainly and intentionally done by design. the free market isn't the problem, it's the regulated half of what we have - that's what needs to go.
children can't survive without their parents, and neither can crony's.
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u/rchive 12d ago
Number one, I think a lot of the hype that AI is dangerous is purposefully stoked by the AI companies. "Our product is so incredible it might cause humanity's extinction" is a pretty good marketing point.
What concerns do you have that are not already illegal? Like, if AI hacks into a system and steals info or causes other damage, that's already illegal.