Debating AI Regulation

This episode of the Cyberlaw Podcast kicks off with a spirited debate over AI regulation. Mark MacCarthy dismisses AI researchers’ recent call for attention to the existential risks posed by AI; he thinks it’s a sci-fi distraction from the real issues that need regulation—copyright, privacy, fraud, and competition. I’m utterly flummoxed by the determination on the left to insist that existential threats are not worth discussing, at least while other, more immediate regulatory proposals have not been addressed. Mark …

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