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• @waldo.net Waldo Jaquith on bluesky

  One year ago, the Trump administration was using AI to reduce enormously the number of regulations.  Now they're planning to use AI to “flood the zone” with huge numbers of regulations. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

• @hoonofthe.day Stef Schrader on bluesky

  uhh, “good enough” doesn't quite work for safety standards www.propublica.org/article/trum...

• @patriotprogressive @patriotprogressive on bluesky

  This regime is so hellbent on dismantling competent governance that they're now outsourcing the rule of law to error-prone chatbots, treating public safety as just another word salad for their Silicon Valley toys.

• @alicemiranda Alice Miranda Ollstein on bluesky

  “Mistakes or oversights in DOT regulations could lead to lawsuits or even injuries and deaths.”  —  www.propublica.org/article/trum...

• @izzos.net Dan Izzo on bluesky

  Oh we all gonna die  —  www.propublica.org/article/trum...

• @propublica.org @propublica.org on bluesky

  NEW: The Transportation Department, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations.  —  “We don't need the perfect rule,” said DOT's top lawyer.  “We want good enough.”  —  By @jessecoburn.bsky.social

• @jessecoburn Jesse Coburn on bluesky

  NEW: The Trump administration is planning to use AI to write federal regulations despite the risk of hallucinations.  —  “We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department's top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica.  “We want good en…

• @jessecoburn Jesse Coburn on bluesky

  Federal rulemaking is an exacting process, and the stakes are high at DOT, whose regs stop pipelines from exploding and planes from falling out of the sky.  Major rules can take years to write+revise.  —  With Google Gemini, DOT's top lawyer now expects rules drafted in 20 minute…

• r/politics r on reddit

  Government by AI?  Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

• @alicemiranda Alice Miranda Ollstein on bluesky

  The Transportation Department may use AI, which is “notorious for making mistakes,” to write regulations “that keep airplanes in the sky, prevent gas pipelines from exploding and stop freight trains carrying toxic chemicals from skidding off the rails.” www.propublica.org/article…

• r/BetterOffline r on reddit

  Government by AI?  Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Obviously the DOT is going to use AI in the worst way possible but the premise that gen AI cut timelines for rule-writing is reasonable. It's just that the actual judgment calls have to be done by humans.

• @tyleraking.com Tyler King on bluesky

  SCOTUS specifically told us federal agencies cannot enforce regulation not backed by legislation.  But only when Democrats do it.  [embedded post]

• @aaschapiro Avi Asher-Schapiro on x

  The Department of Transportation plans to use Google's AI to draft new rules. DOT's top legal official told colleagues that the quality of the rules isn't so important: “We want good enough.” he said: “We're flooding the zone.” https://www.propublica.org/...

• r/law r on reddit

  Government by AI?  Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence

• r/technology r on reddit

  Government by AI?  Trump Administration Plans to Write Regulations Using Artificial Intelligence |  The Transportation Department …