Emergency Pod: Examining SB 1047, California's Proposed AI Legislation

Dive into the nuanced debate over California's SB 1047 AI legislation with Nathan Calvin, Dean Ball, and Steve Newman. Our expert panel discussion explores the bill's intent, dispels misconceptions, and debates its potential impact on technology and regulation. Learn about AI's tail risks, the role of government, and hear suggestions for improving the legislation. Share your thoughts and join the conversation around shaping a positive AI future. You can reach out and share your thoughts by using the contact form here : https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/contact/ RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:05:45) Opinions (00:11:57) The Bill (00:17:05) Elevated discussion (00:18:51) Sponsors: Brave | Omneky (00:20:18) AI Doctor (00:22:55) Centralized Regulator (00:26:29) SB 1047 (00:27:47) Critical infrastructure (00:31:51) Should we regulate? (00:39:00) Sponsors: Squad (00:40:28) Safety standards for training (00:46:09) What is 10^26 flops? (00:52:10) Regulating general purpose technology (00:53:42) AI regulation (00:58:31) Societal adaptation (01:01:18) AI safety (01:04:20) AI regulations (01:07:19) The current state of the industry (01:10:08) What industry wants changed (01:25:42) Safety is hard to legislate (01:33:06) How to decide the trajectory of AI? (01:45:52) Testing, Transparency, Whistleblower Provision (01:55:17) Closing thoughts