Analysts frame crackdown as pivot from competition to control over AI risks
1 Sep 14 · 13d ago · 1 article · 2 posts · 10 comments · 3 sources · development 1 of 1
Karman Lucero from Yale Law School notes China is shifting from policies aimed at competing in AI to tighter regulation, driven by incidents raising fears about Open Claw and other AI agents, plus users preferring chatbot relationships to real ones.
“China is pivoting back to more tightening, and a lot of that was because of chaotic events from this year”
Karman LuceroChina's Cyberspace Administration RegulatorAlibaba, Bytedance, Tencent Major AI chatbot providersLiang Ge Digital sociology researcher, University of ManchesterKarman Lucero AI governance researcher, Yale Law School
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I kinda feel like if people have to turn to AI for companionship, it's the same as using AI for therapy - because the real thing isn't available and any number of systems have failed those people along the way.In a sense, that might be a bit telling of the modern day society: in what world is it so difficult to make meaningful connections to…
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china is taking the mental health of its populace more seriously than this country does. https:// spectrum.ieee.org/china-ai-cha tbot-regulation
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If you took someone from the 1990s and dumped them in 2026, I think one of the biggest shocks to them would be how optional humans are everywhere. You can't get a human on the phone when you call a business anymore. We check out our own groceries with machines now. We order fast food from a kiosk or app instead of a person. Self-driving taxis…
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Off topic, but I have always wondered if the real advantage of an AI therapist is it has little power over you and will not snitch you to the authorities if you say something "wrong." People walk on eggshells when talking to human therapists because they know if they say something about hurting themselves or others, they can end up in a mental…
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A friend is in China right now.I spent some time on the phone with him the other day, as he wandered around the city where he's working.It was Sunday there, most people's day off, and he was amazed at how many people were out in the public parks, playing chess and go, kids on the playground equipment. inter-generational interaction.His impression…
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> maybe the average person kind of sucks, or the way relationships are treated sucksIt's friction right? The last 150 years of progress have been all about removing friction.And relationships are a great source of friction.As a side note, I think it's this push for frictionlessness, this is the same force which has resulted in the loss of…
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My $0.02 is when it comes to dating, social media ruined people’s “standards” [0]People would rather chill and be single than date the wrong guy, even if they aren’t bringing much to the table themselves…[0] - same energy as the teen girls have low self esteem due to magazine covers and instagram.
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The CCP trying to get fertility rates up by cracking down on lesbians, paying money for children and now cracking down on whatever this is.It's no use, though. You need a good economic and social outlook to get people to even consider having children. And this ain't it.
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Yes, Gov's require populations to have "real" offspring. Authoritarian or not, this makes sense. IMO its only a matter of time before some version of this hits the US; if it has not already.
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I wonder how this would effect products like Love and Deepspace. That gacha game is HUGE.
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I legit thought the title was a linguistic euphemism targeted at dario and sama.
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