Sam Altman goes before US Congress to propose licenses for building AI
We need to MAKE SURE that AI as a technology ISN&#x27;T controlled by a small number of powerful corporations with connections to governments.<p>To expound, this just seems like a power grab to me, to &quot;lock in&quot; the lead and keep AI controlled by a small number of corporations that can afford to license and operate the technologies. Obviously, this will create a critical nexus of control for a small number of well connected and well heeled investors and is to be avoided at all costs.<p>It&#x27;s also deeply troubling that regulatory capture is such an issue these days as well, so putting a government entity in front of the use and existence of this technology is a double whammy — it&#x27;s not simply about innovation.<p>The current generation of AIs are &quot;scary&quot; to the uninitiated because they are uncanny valley material, but beyond impersonation they don&#x27;t show the novel intelligence of a GPI... yet. It seems like OpenAI&#x2F;Microsoft is doing a LOT of theater to try to build a regulatory lock in on their short term technology advantage. It&#x27;s a smart strategy, and I think Congress will fall for it.<p>But goodness gracious we need to be going in the EXACT OPPOSITE direction — open source &quot;core inspectable&quot; AIs that millions of people can examine and tear apart, including and ESPECIALLY the training data and processes that create them.<p>And if you think this isn&#x27;t an issue, I wrote this post an hour or two before I managed to take it live because Comcast went out at my house, and we have no viable alternative competitors in my area. We&#x27;re about to do the same thing with AI, but instead of Internet access it&#x27;s future digital brains that can control all aspects of a society.