Keep pulling the thread on Matt Perault & Collin McCune.
The core of Andreessen Horowitz's AI policy framework is to regulate the harmful use of AI, not the development of the technology itself.
A series of U.S. Senate hearings in the fall of 2023, where major AI CEOs testified about existential risks, caused significant alarm on Capitol Hill regarding AI safety.
The alarm on Capitol Hill following CEO testimonies in fall 2023 directly influenced the creation of the Biden administration's executive order on AI.
The Effective Altruism community has, over a decade and with significant funding, successfully influenced think tanks and nonprofits in Washington D.C. to promote a fearful narrative about AI technology.
A small group of 5-7 large AI companies negotiated voluntary commitments on AI safety directly with the White House, without representation from smaller developers or future startups.
Senior officials in the Biden administration held the view that only two or three major companies would be able to compete in AI, and therefore these companies should be subjected to highly restrictive regulation.
The Biden administration took actions on cryptocurrency that were perceived as an attempt to eradicate the industry.
In the recent past, both government and industry stakeholders proposed requiring a government license to build frontier AI models, with a regulatory framework similar to that of nuclear energy.
Adopting a highly restrictive, nuclear-style regulatory regime for AI would result in the U.S. losing its technological leadership to China.
Colorado is the only U.S. state to have passed an AI law that establishes a risk-based framework requiring companies to conduct impact assessments for "high-risk" uses of AI.
The governor and attorney general of Colorado are pressuring the state legislature to roll back the recently passed AI law due to concerns it will be problematic for the state's AI industry.
There is now a growing bipartisan consensus in the U.S. Congress and the executive branch regarding the value of open-source AI for promoting competition and innovation.