AI platform providers should meet with lawmakers to establish safety laws rather than implementing a total stop on development, House Speaker Mike Johnson said. He opposed an emergency moratorium on the industry, stating that such a move would allow China to "overlap" the United States. Johnson argued that members of Congress are less qualified than the people pushing the frontier of AI to understand the technical nuances of the technology.
The push for industry collaboration follows warnings from Anthropic researchers that advanced AI could kill humanity within the next decade. House members are currently urging Johnson to cancel the House recess to pass safeguards, but the Speaker maintains that the private sector must provide the expertise to guide the legislative process to find the right balance for regulation.
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- SOURCE@atrupar“Mike Johnson on AI leaders calling for regulation of the industry: "We have to resist Congress jumping in and imposing some sort of emergency moratorium"”x.com
- SUPPORT@atrupar“Mike Johnson punts on oversight of AI companies: "Congress is obviously less qualified than the people who are pushing this frontier to know the ins and outs of it"”x.com
- SUPPORT@axios“Johnson calls for AI solutions but says Congress won't take the lead”x.com
- SUPPORT@nypost“Speaker Johnson says AI leaders must meet with Congress on safety laws after 'end of humanity' warnings”x.com
- SOURCE@atrupar“Look, we're leading China in AI. And frankly I want to keep it that way.”x.com
- SUPPORT@washingtonpost“President Trump appeared to dismiss calls from top artificial intelligence leaders to slow down development of AI models”x.com
- SUPPORT@politico“Tech companies must be responsible for AI safety, Mike Johnson says, not Congress”x.com
- SUPPORT@andrewcurran_“I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up that shouldn't be bringing it up, and they're bringing up things that won't happen. But whoever wins with AI wins.”x.com