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Outcry from big AI firms over California AI “kill switch” bill (arstechnica.com)
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[–] General_Effort@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago

I don't see much harm in a "kill switch", so If it makes people happy... But it is sci-fi silliness. AI is software. Malfunctioning software can be dangerous if it controls, say, heavy machinery. But we don't have kill switches for software. We have kill switches for heavy machinery, because that is what needs to be turned off to stop harm.