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California legislature passes controversial “kill switch” AI safety bill (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As we've previously explored in depth, SB-1047 asks AI model creators to implement a "kill switch" that can be activated if that model starts introducing "novel threats to public safety and security,"

A model may only be one component of a larger system. Like, there may literally be no way to get unprocessed input through to the model. How can the model creator even do anything about that?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It just says can be activated. Not "automatically activates".

Kill switches are overly dramatic silliness. Anything with a power button has a kill switch. It sounds impressive but it's just theatre.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

They're safety washing. If AI has this much potential to be that dangerous, it never ever should have been released. There's so much in-industry arguing, it's concerning.