AI regulation

“Regulating linear algebra. Like, are we really gonna regulate linear algebra, matrix multiplication, like, really, seriously? And then even if we do, are we going to possibly do it, you know, in a way that makes any sense?”

“The regulation should happen at the application level, not at the technology level.”

“Like put ankle weights around our own feet. That is the way to basically snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory in a way that I, that's a level of self-harm that would be so cosmic. I mean, quite frankly, if we do that, we deserve to lose.”

“In AI, and I think this is changing rapidly for the better with the new administration, you know, there was a lot of talk of, like safety and regulation, and we can't do this, and we can't have this many parameters, and if you use more than this much compute, …”

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. And so the burden of proof should be on the party making the extraordinary claims.”

“There was always this prevailing view, which has turned out to be so wrong from really well-intentioned people, which was like, it's going to be regulated anyways. If it looks like we're self-policing, we can dictate, you know, how that happens. And unfortunat…”

“If we don't do rating ratings, Washington's going to. And Washington is going to butcher it. And let's even say Washington doesn't want to butcher it, but like it doesn't understand the metier.”