If there’s a legal ceiling on AI capabilities, that reduces the short term economic incentive to improve algorithms. If improving algorithms gets you categorised as uncool at parties, that might also reduce the short term incentive to improve algorithms.
It is thus somewhat plausible to me that an enforced legal limit on AI capabilities backed by high-status-cool-party-attending-public opinion would slow down algorithmic progress significantly.
If there’s a legal ceiling on AI capabilities, that reduces the short term economic incentive to improve algorithms. If improving algorithms gets you categorised as uncool at parties, that might also reduce the short term incentive to improve algorithms.
It is thus somewhat plausible to me that an enforced legal limit on AI capabilities backed by high-status-cool-party-attending-public opinion would slow down algorithmic progress significantly.