The Power of State Policy: California's Influence on National Regulations

This is a selection of highlights from episode #199 of The 80,000 Hours Podcast. These aren't necessarily the most important, or even most entertaining parts of the interview — and if you enjoy this, we strongly recommend checking out the full episode:

Nathan Calvin on California’s AI bill SB 1047 and its potential to shape US AI policy

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Highlights:

• Luisa’s intro (00:00:00)
• Why we can't count on AI companies to self-regulate (00:00:21)
• SB 1047's impact on open source models (00:04:24)
• Why it's not "too early" for AI policies (00:07:54)
• Why working on state-level policy could have an outsized impact (00:11:47)

Highlights put together by Simon Monsour, Milo McGuire, and Dominic Armstrong