The EU AI Act: Is It Optimistic?

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The EU AI Act has a bunch of cringy like GDPR like vibes in that. But at the same time I feel good about the fact that they're actually taking AI seriously enough to be you know doing this kind of draconian legislation. The interesting thing to me is the extent to which they have earmarked things that a lot of people agree are obviously bad and shouldn't be done. It's much more focused on a different set of issues.

Emerson Spartz has been building internet and media companies since starting MuggleNet, the world's largest Harry Potter fan site, when he was just 12 years old. He founded digital media company Dose which created some of the world's largest viral content sites. For the past few years, Emerson has been focused on AI, with a particular interest in AI safety, AI alignment and extinction risk. Despite being such a techno-optimist by nature that he's been yelled at for being a techno-optimist in books, he has come to have real concerns about the speed and way that AI is developing. In this sprawling conversation, Emerson provides a set of mental models he uses to try and understand AI broadly. Recommended resources: https://aisafety.info/ Robert Miles YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/robertmilesai The A.I. Dilemma - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoVJKj8lcNQ The AI Breakdown helps you understand the most important news and discussions in AI. Subscribe to The AI Breakdown newsletter: https://theaibreakdown.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to The AI Breakdown on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheAIBreakdown Join the community: bit.ly/aibreakdown Learn more: http://breakdown.network/