In the modern climate regulation makes everything worse. It is guaranteed to make AI x-risk worse. Probably not in obviously predictable ways, but it will, no exceptions. Read recent posts by Zvi and Scott Alexander. Every problem people tried to solve with regulation got worse because of it. Just… don’t involve bureaucracy, or Roko’s Basilisk will force you to submit 100-page forms over and over again for eternity, rejecting each one on a technicality. Ronald Reagan said that “we are from the government and we are here to help” are the nine most terrifying words in the English language, and, being President, he knew what he was talking about. It has only gotten worse nearly 40 years later.
In the modern climate regulation makes everything worse. It is guaranteed to make AI x-risk worse. Probably not in obviously predictable ways, but it will, no exceptions. Read recent posts by Zvi and Scott Alexander. Every problem people tried to solve with regulation got worse because of it. Just… don’t involve bureaucracy, or Roko’s Basilisk will force you to submit 100-page forms over and over again for eternity, rejecting each one on a technicality. Ronald Reagan said that “we are from the government and we are here to help” are the nine most terrifying words in the English language, and, being President, he knew what he was talking about. It has only gotten worse nearly 40 years later.