Vinod Khosla calls SB 1047 author 'clueless' and 'not qualified' to regulate the real dangers of AI
Vinod Khosla said the author of California's recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, was clueless about the real dangers of AI,
Vinod Khosla said the author of California’s recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, was clueless about the real dangers of AI, and not qualified to have an opinion on global national security issues. The comment about state Senator Scott Wiener was made during an on-stage interview at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024.
“He’s clueless about the real dangers, which are national security issues,” said Khosla, referring to Senator Wiener, who represents San Francisco in California’s legislature. “I’m a huge supporter of of him when it comes to his efforts on housing and NIMBYism and stuff. So huge supporter on those issues because they are local issues. This is a global national security issue. He’s not qualified to have an opinion there.”
SB 1047 was a highly controversial AI bill that California’s legislature passed, but Governor Newsom vetoed in the face of opposition from Silicon Valley, Nancy Pelosi, and the United States Department of Commerce. The bill attempted to make AI laboratories liable for the most extreme dangers of their AI models, even if they were not the ones operating them in a dangerous way.
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