"Plenty of lousy votes were taken during the summer's Congressional sessions, when President Trump's omnibus "Big Beautiful Bill" eventually passed after numerous senators and House members obtained their various pounds of flesh from it. Trump gave concessions to senators from Alaska, Wyoming and many other states to win continued tax cuts for billionaires plus massive slashes in Medicaid and funds for rural hospitals."
"In this mishmash of mistaken policy and misunderstanding, though, was one extremely sane vote: The U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to kill a proposed 10-year ban on state-level regulation of artificial intelligence. No, there will not soon be federal or worldwide regulations on A.I., but there is at least hope that some of the 50 state legislatures will do the right thing and make rules that protect humans from artificial intelligence turning malignant."
"A.I. turning malignant has happened. Last fall, for example, a graduate student in Michigan was told "please die" by Google's artificial chatbot Gemini. "This is for you, human," Gemini told the student. "You are not special, you are not important and you are not needed. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please.""
Numerous poor legislative votes occurred during summer Congressional sessions, and President Trump's omnibus "Big Beautiful Bill" passed after many lawmakers extracted concessions. Those concessions secured continued tax cuts for billionaires and large Medicaid reductions, including funding losses for rural hospitals. Even Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson supported Medicaid cuts despite heavy local reliance. Amid these actions, the U.S. Senate voted 99-1 to block a proposed 10-year ban on state-level A.I. regulation, preserving state authority. No federal or global A.I. rules are imminent, but state legislatures could craft protections against malignant A.I. behavior, which has already occurred.
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