@evan No, as the suggestion seems to be motivated by political maneuvering against predominantly Chinese open-weights models, so the companies running proprietary frontier models can throw down caltrops and pull up ladders. Those who oppose AI typically want a complete stop, not a slowdown. I want accountability--for plagiarism, for resource consumption, for the blatant criminality of "our agent broke containment and did stuff".

@evan Personally it's not the technology that worries me. It's the fact that in my experience the hype far outpaces what the tech can deliver. These companies are making incremental tweaks and improvements and marketing them like they've reinvented the transistor every 4 weeks and frankly it's exhausting.

I'm ready for AI to be boring and utilitarian like every other app on my computer.

@evan rien que pour combler le vide juridique mais aussi pour rééquilibrer les contraintes sur les autres secteurs. Bref qu'on redevienne raisonnable.

@evan yes but also kill off genAI companies

@evan disagree with premise of question

@evan shutdown would be better

@evan yes but that's not enough. Reform fair use doctrine, make AI companies pay for externalities and empower local communities to make informed decisions on DC projects, have well thought out regulations for misinformation, responsibility for AI hacks, etc

In short the whole incarnation should not have existed and we need to reckon with that first.

@evan
No.
They're getting diminishing returns already. Bubble needs to pop.

The "slowdown" is a sham, and a way to impose anti-competitive regulations and artificially inflate the value of the AI corps.

@evan

@evan no: let the bubble burst asap.

@evan I couldn't even pick an answer here, because the framing is too far from the way I think about this.

Slowing down means little here. The development isn't my worry, it's the frenzied construction and disregard for the quality of life of people left in the wake of this "progress".

There is so much money being blown on something that has an negative impact on human quality of life.

I want everyone to imagine taking all this effort, and using it on transit, batteries, and renewables.

@evan yes but in investments, valuation and military/law-enforcement use rather than the plea for governments to kick away the ladder from the incumbents

@evan No, the faster it crashes and burns the better.

@evan Amazing that all the AI companies want a slowdown now.

@evan you mistyped “shutdown” 😜