OpenAI backs an Illinois bill shielding AI labs from liability, even for “critical harms” like 100+ deaths or $1B+ in damage, if they published safety reports
The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”
Wired Maxwell Zeff
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Discussion
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@brbarrett
Brian Barrett
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OpenAI wants to be off the hook if its frontier AI models go rogue and cause 100+ deaths or more than $1 billion in financial damages. from @mzeff.bsky.social
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@jvagle.me
Jeffrey Vagle
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The potential for liability for “critical harms” is an unacceptable stifling of AI* innovation. Apparently. — www.wired.com/story/openai...
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@thorbenson
Thor Benson
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As an Illinois resident, I say hell no. — “OpenAI is throwing its support behind an Illinois state bill that would shield AI labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause serious societal harms.”
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@zdroberts
Zach D Roberts
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Do not ever tell me that Ai proponents care one bit if you live or die. It would be much easier for them if you just died. — www.wired.com/story/openai...
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@andrewlevesque
Andrew Levesque
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www.wired.com/story/openai... The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held liable—even in cases where their products cause “critical harm.”
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@tyleraking.com
Tyler King
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I'm proposing a bill to preemptively hold AI companies liable for all mass deaths and financial disasters. Just in case. [embedded post]
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@knibbs
Kate Knibbs
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sincerely doubt this is gonna pass in illinois but wild nonetheless!!!! www.wired.com/story/openai...
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@neilturkewitz
Neil Turkewitz
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OpenAI, in line with other AI companies (& their VC backers) say stuff like this: “They help avoid a patchwork of state-by-state rules & move toward clearer, more consistent national standards.” — But they don't actually want harmonization, they want freedom from accountability…
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@alexandrian
Justin Alexander
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If Kellogg's proposed a bill that would limit their liability for any genocides caused by Corn Flakes, the entire company should be dissolved and a full scale investigation launched into whatever the hell they were doing with Corn Flakes. — OpenAI is telling on itself. — www.…
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@koen_hufkens@mastodon.social
Koen Hufkens, PhD
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Here's the end-game (saying the quiet part out loud) - privatize the gains, socialize the costs (government bail-outs). — The only thing open about OpenAI is that they are so transparent about their back room deals. — https://www.wired.com/...
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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Scoop: OpenAI is backing an Illinois state AI bill that would shield AI labs from liability for critical harms caused by their AI models—such as mass deaths or financial disasters—as long as they weren't intentional and the labs have published safety reports on their website. [im…
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@zeffmax
Max Zeff
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A member of OpenAI's global affairs team testified before Illinois' Senate on Thursday, arguing in favor of this bill, SB 3444. [image]
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@nixCraft@mastodon.social
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Of course he backed it up after creating weapons of mass destruction and job loss. OpenAI backs bill that would limit liability for AI-enabled mass Deaths or financial disasters. The ChatGPT-maker testified in favor of an Illinois bill that would limit when AI labs can be held …
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@rahll
Reid Southen
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Remember when ChatGPT helped someone plan a mass shooting, and a dozen OpenAI employees notified management, and they did nothing and 8 people died? They don't want to be liable for their incompetence and role in such things, despite doing absolutely nothing to prevent it.
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@garymarcus
Gary Marcus
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Everything you need to know about “Open"AI's claims to be working on AI “for the benefit of humanity”. [image]
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@derekberes
Derek Beres
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Shocking that they would want to support this bill. — Also: read Ronan Farrow & Andrew Marantz's New Yorker investigation into Sam Altman to understand the danger this company poses. — www.wired.com/story/openai...
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@gabriel_weil
Gabriel Weil
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Me: The default negligence framework for AI liability is inadequate to handle the risks posed by frontier AI development. OpenAI: We shouldn't even have to exercise reasonable care to get to externalize the risks we generate; putting out a safety report should be enough.