Reid Hoffman: recommendation

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…Exactly who or what in government should regulate LLMs, new AI products? People say “government regulation,” but where? Is it the FTC, Department of Commerce, national security establishment? Since AI is going to transform every agency, I think there will actually be needs in each of the departments. Right now, because I think Secretary Raimondo is a super smart, capable leader and understands the tech reasonably well, I would go with Commerce. And there’s NIST and a bunch of other things. I do think, also, some attention to national security à la Jake Sullivan — this is all U.S. context — I think is useful too. I’ve talked with both of them. Part of my recommendation to them has been that there are so many better things in the future, including safety, including alignment with human interest, that the “slow down” narrative is actually dangerous. The narrative is actually much better to say, “Which things do we need to protect against?” E.g., AI in the hands of bad human beings, bad actors is the thing to pay attention to. Will the new AI product strengthen the executive branch in the US government since there are national security issues? Again, even if you’re not a doomster, there are clearly issues, and it seems when national security issues come to the forefront, the executive branch has more power, whether one likes that or not.…

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