In a recent New York Times op-ed, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei expressed his opposition to a proposed 10-year moratorium on state AI regulation, arguing that the pace of AI development is too rapid for such an extended freeze. He highlighted that the moratorium could hinder necessary regulatory responses while risking inconsistent laws across states. Instead, Amodei suggested a federal transparency standard to ensure AI developers disclose their testing and safety measures, arguing this approach would provide both safety and competitiveness without stifling innovation in the sector.
Amodei warned that AI is advancing too fast for such a long freeze, predicting these systems "could change the world, fundamentally, within two years; in 10 years, all bets are off."
Instead of a blanket moratorium, Amodei proposed that the White House and Congress create a federal transparency standard requiring frontier AI developers to publicly disclose their testing policies and safety measures.
Without a clear plan for a federal response, a moratorium would give us the worst of both worlds-no ability for states to act and no national policy as a backstop.
I am sympathetic to these concerns... but a 10-year moratorium is far too blunt an instrument. A.I. is advancing too head-spinningly fast.
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