conv.

All stories
AIQuiet 11d · day 12

Trump opposes AI regulation despite industry calls for oversight

Anthropic and other AI leaders urge slowing development and monitoring, but the US president resists regulatory measures.

newest coverage 10d agosummary written 10d ago7 pieces3 likes & upvotes MastodonReddit

What to know

  • Anthropic and other AI leaders are calling for slowed development and close monitoring of AI models.
  • Trump is resisting these regulatory calls; the BBC identifies two specific reasons for his opposition.
  • The disagreement reflects a fundamental split between AI industry self-governance advocates and the Trump administration's stance.
some voices

Trump opposes AI regulation primarily due to personal financial interests in AI companies.

  • “Because he's invested to fuck in it.”

    xtaldave · Mastodon ↗
some voices

Trump's opposition cannot be analyzed through standard rational policy frameworks because his decisions are based on personal gain and political instinct, not national interest.

  • “Trump makes decisions with a rubric of self interest (what is in it for him $) and gut decision (I think this will be good for me politically or $). What press/pundits do is use the decision making rubric that prior presidents utilized…”

    basketballsteven · Reddit ↗

Donald TrumpDonald Trump US PresidentAnthropic (head/co-founder) AI company leaderSarah Smith BBC North America editor

Trump opposes AI regulation despite industry calls for oversight
bbc.co.uk

How it unfolded 2 developments, newest first · click a bar or a number to jump postscomments

Peak 2 pieces in 3h at Sep 15, 3 PM; 7 pieces over 12 days (5 posts · 2 comments) Sep 15, 3 PM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 2Sep 15, 6 PM — quietSep 15, 9 PM — quietSep 16, 12 AM — quietSep 16, 3 AM — 1 piece · 1 post — Mastodon 1Sep 16, 6 AM — quietSep 16, 9 AM — 2 pieces · 2 posts — Mastodon 1, Reddit 1Sep 16, 12 PM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Reddit 1Sep 16, 3 PM — quietSep 16, 6 PM — quietSep 16, 9 PM — quietSep 17, 12 AM — quietSep 17, 3 AM — quietSep 17, 6 AM — 1 piece · 1 comment — Reddit 1Sep 17, 9 AM — quietSep 17, 12 PM — quietSep 17, 3 PM — quietSep 17, 6 PM — quietSep 17, 9 PM — quietSep 18, 12 AM — quietSep 18, 3 AM — quietSep 18, 6 AM — quietSep 18, 9 AM — quietSep 18, 12 PM — quietSep 18, 3 PM — quietSep 18, 6 PM — quietSep 18, 9 PM — quietSep 19, 12 AM — quietSep 19, 3 AM — quietSep 19, 6 AM — quietSep 19, 9 AM — quietSep 19, 12 PM — quietSep 19, 3 PM — quietSep 19, 6 PM — quietSep 19, 9 PM — quietSep 20, 12 AM — quietSep 20, 3 AM — quietSep 20, 6 AM — quietSep 20, 9 AM — quietSep 20, 12 PM — quietSep 20, 3 PM — quietSep 20, 6 PM — quietSep 20, 9 PM — quietSep 21, 12 AM — quietSep 21, 3 AM — quietSep 21, 6 AM — quietSep 21, 9 AM — quietSep 21, 12 PM — quietSep 21, 3 PM — quietSep 21, 6 PM — quietSep 21, 9 PM — quietSep 22, 12 AM — quietSep 22, 3 AM — quietSep 22, 6 AM — quietSep 22, 9 AM — quietSep 22, 12 PM — quietSep 22, 3 PM — quietSep 22, 6 PM — quietSep 22, 9 PM — quietSep 23, 12 AM — quietSep 23, 3 AM — quietSep 23, 6 AM — quietSep 23, 9 AM — quietSep 23, 12 PM — quietSep 23, 3 PM — quietSep 23, 6 PM — quietSep 23, 9 PM — quietSep 24, 12 AM — quietSep 24, 3 AM — quietSep 24, 6 AM — quietSep 24, 9 AM — quietSep 24, 12 PM — quietSep 24, 3 PM — quietSep 24, 6 PM — quietSep 24, 9 PM — quietSep 25, 12 AM — quietSep 25, 3 AM — quietSep 25, 6 AM — quietSep 25, 9 AM — quietSep 25, 12 PM — quietSep 25, 3 PM — quietSep 25, 6 PM — quietSep 25, 9 PM — quietYesterday, 12 AM — quietYesterday, 3 AM — quietYesterday, 6 AM — quietYesterday, 9 AM — quietYesterday, 12 PM — quietYesterday, 3 PM — quietYesterday, 6 PM — quietYesterday, 9 PM — quietToday, 12 AM — quietToday, 3 AM — quietToday, 6 AM — quietToday, 9 AM — quietToday, 12 PM — quietToday, 3 PM — quietToday, 6 PM — quiet 12
Sep 16Sep 17Sep 18Sep 19Sep 20Sep 21Sep 22Sep 23Sep 24Sep 25yesterdaynow · 9:47 PM ET
  1. 2

    BBC analysis explains Trump's opposition to AI regulation

    The BBC's North America editor Sarah Smith explains the two reasons keeping Trump from supporting AI regulation, framing this as a policy dispute between industry calls for oversight and the president's position.

    “Because he's invested to fuck in it.”
    — xtaldave, Mastodon user · source

    • This is not a meaningful question to be posed about Trump because the answers are invariably a form of projection. The question supposes Trumo has a measured, rational, fact based rubric for making a decision. This is false. Trump makes decisions with a rubric of self interest (what is in it for him $) and gut decision (I think this will be good…

      basketballstevenr/politics11d agoview on r/politics ↗
    2 more of the top 3 · 4 posts in this stretch

    • Q. "Why is Donald Trump so opposed to regulating AI?" A. Because he's invested to fuck in it. https://www. bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cmvgyp7n 98zvo

      xtaldave@vivaldi.netMastodon11d agoview on Mastodon ↗

    • Well your predictions mostly mirror the broadstrokes of the big personalities in the field. Except for the timeline. Once AGI is reached, super intelligence through recursive self improvement is achieved in a timeframe measured in days, weeks, or months, not years. Anyhow, you're in the right headspace and thinking about the right things. Fingers…

      bertbarndoorr/politics10d agoview on r/politics ↗
    all of them →
  2. 1

    Anthropic chief calls for slower AI development with monitoring

    The head of AI company Anthropic calls for slowing the pace of artificial intelligence model development and implementing close monitoring. Other AI leaders have joined this call for regulation.

    “The head of AI company Anthropic has called for the pace of development of artificial intelligence models to slow down and to be closely monitored, and other AI leaders have joined him.”
    — BBC · source

What people are saying 1 voices from 1 site · best of 4 · verbatim