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AI regulation before we even know what AI is or will do?

Is this smart? AI service provider may choose to simply not offer services in the EU, because compliance is complicated.



Given the rampant thievery going on in the US, I think we know enough about what AI should not do to make a few safeguards.

>AI service provider may choose to simply not offer services in the EU, because compliance is complicated.

well, good. Why is the argument "but if they make laws we can't steal" some sort of sympathetic point in 2025?


I think we should be careful labelling everything an LLM does as stealing.

And I'm not saying there might not be things worth regulating.

Just that 2025 is way too early. The technology is still evolving, we barely know what it can do.

We've not hit the limits yet.

We may end up with another cookie law, or DSA nightmare.

Why should AI regulation apply to small companies with less than X customers or Y revenue.

Does it affect what you can play around with at home?


>I think we should be careful labelling everything an LLM does as stealing.

I agree. You can ethically train an LLM.

But there's been such utterly blatant breaches of law that's in court as we speak, and commentary from leaders that I'm inclined to say it's poisoned the well. No differently from cryptocurrency and nfts. It's pretty much the default.

>Just that 2025 is way too early.

never too early to stop nor prevent theft. if you want to grab stuff with reckless abandon, address copyright law first. They also made and reinforced those laws decades ago, after all.

>We may end up with another cookie law, or DSA nightmare.

Okay. Me not clicking an extra pop up (because extensions take care of it for me) because companies want loopholes isn't the deterrent that makes me not want to slow down this theft.

>Why should AI regulation apply to small companies with less than X customers or Y revenue.

Why should copyright law apply to me torrenting Moana 2? When we can align on this we can move on to AI.

>Does it affect what you can play around with at home?

Roommate is an artist, so it affects him, yes. I work in games and want to go indie, so it will affect me one day. I'm not altruistic here; I'm just another future entrepreneur protecting my assets.




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