Democracy is at stake when foolish humans bet on machines being intelligent | Rafael Behr
TL;DR
We need an enlightened US president to make the case for global AI regulation. Donald Trump is the exact opposite of what is needed When I am woken by the sound of my dog whining, I understand that she is hungry and wants me to get up. When my alarm clock goes off, I don’t consider its needs. It is following an instruction to rouse me at a certain time but it doesn’t care if I stay in bed.
Nauti's Take
Behr points at a real shift: systems that choose their own route to a goal need different rules than an alarm clock. That is where the opportunity sits, since guardrails can still be shaped before autonomous models become standard in critical areas.
The argument falls short in places. Autonomous strategy selection is a long way from intent, and the column stops at criticising Trump without showing how global regulation would actually work.
Anyone deploying AI in regulated fields should settle the governance question now.
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