“Things I Learned Making The SB-1047 Documentary” by Michaël Trazzi

Last week I published a 30-minute documentary about SB-1047 I had been working on since September.

Here's what I learned.

Story of the bill

1. The bill had to go through many committees before passing the California Senate and Assembly, eventually reaching the Governor's desk.
2. Most people started paying attention in May-September 2024, but the story of the bill starts in September 2023, when Senator Scott Wiener published an intent bill to gather support (co-sponsors), before publishing SB-1047 in February 2024. He actually had conversations about AI Safety as early as March 2023.

AI Labs & Covered Models

1. AI Labs Opposed or Supported the Bill for Non-Obvious Reasons
   1. Anthropic was stuck between Amazon & employees
      1. Safety-conscious employees wanted to support the bill
      2. Amazon was concerned about the KYC requirements in the bill
      3. Anthropic's support therefore ended up somewhat in the middle, to please both parties
   2. [...]

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Outline:

(00:23) Story of the bill

(01:07) AI Labs & Covered Models

(02:46) The Opposition

The original text contained 1 footnote which was omitted from this narration.

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First published:
May 12th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DFRKxk28cRyuAQJno/things-i-learned-making-the-sb-1047-documentary-1

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

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