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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 23 Jun \ parent \ on: Swedish PM Calls For a Pause of the EU’s AI Rules AI
Dang...
You know, I can see how this happens. I sit on an AI strategy committee at my university, and there are certain individuals on the committee that bring up all these exact points. But the problem is they never really have any specific ask, they're just like, "Well there are all these risks here..." It basically just amounts to complaining and virtue signaling. "Look at me, I'm so thoughtful"
I really just wish these people would just learn to think properly. Yes, we know there are some risks, but unless you can articulate what the risk is and quantify it to some extent, how do you expect us to take any action on it? So let's focus on what we can take action on instead of wasting our time talking about ephemeral things!
My all-time favorite risk manager had the motto "never let a good crisis go to waste". Opportunistic but not to extract the monetary gainz, but to extract wisdom. The problem in the EU is similar to your committee: these are all functionaries (or worse: populists) that have no clue at all what they are talking about nor do they have experience in risk management, so because of their fear they pre-empt "rules". There's nothing pragmatic about it.
I don't think that it's malice though, it's just good old incompetence mixed with power hierarchies. It's almost unthinkable right now in Europe to leave something up for regulation at the member state level to see what works and only then look for harmonization. Everything has to be "federal" and this causes a lot of grief. When I left Europe - almost 2 decades ago now - the EU was about collaboration. Nowadays, I shake my head, because it seems to be mostly about dictation.
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