How China might crush the West in the race to AGI if we don’t up our regulatory game
We recorded 8 claims from this post. 2 were checked against evidence. 6 can’t be checked. 6 more are held. Read the post at its source.
Claims from this post (8)
In the order they appear in the post. Each quotation is the speaker’s words in this post. A label such as “Supported” or “Can’t be checked” is the claim’s current assessment; its page has the evidence and the reasons.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“Neurosymbolic AI might offer a better way of resolving these issues, since it traffics in facts and explicit reasoning, but neurosymbolic AI is out of fashion, and neither well-developed nor strongly supported by the VC world.”
Our reading: Neurosymbolic AI might offer a better way of resolving the truthfulness and alignment issues of current systems, since it traffics in facts and explicit reasoning.
No horizon
Qualifier: since it traffics in facts and explicit reasoning
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“Neurosymbolic AI might offer a better way of resolving these issues, since it traffics in facts and explicit reasoning, but neurosymbolic AI is out of fashion, and neither well-developed nor strongly supported by the VC world.”
Our reading: Neurosymbolic AI is out of fashion, not well developed, and not strongly supported by venture capital.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The field boundaries and all three qualitative thresholds are unspecified.
Assessment: UnresolvedSaid
Observation
“At present, however, there is no legal requirement in the west that AI companies resolve the truthfulness or alignment issues.”
Our reading: There is currently no legal requirement in the West for AI companies to resolve truthfulness or alignment issues.
No horizon Evidence as of
Limitation: The schema has no source type for official regulatory announcements; official_statistics is used for the government documents.
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“How might we in the West counter all that? In part by carefully choosing the right innovation-encouraging regulations of our own.”
Our reading: The West should counter China partly by choosing innovation-encouraging AI regulations.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Causal claim
“Regulations that spur greater accuracy might actually spur greater innovation.”
Our reading: Regulations that spur greater accuracy might actually spur greater innovation.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“As Justice Gorsuch seem to hint recently, Section 230 should not protect platforms from misinformation that their own tools generate.”
Our reading: Section 230 should not shield platforms from liability for misinformation generated by their own AI tools.
No horizon
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“My best candidate? Placing very high standards around truth, with strong penalties for LLM-induced defamation and the wholesale spread of harmful misinformation.”
Our reading: The West should counter China in part by placing very high standards around truth for AI, with strong penalties for LLM-induced defamation and the wholesale spread of harmful misinformation.
No horizon
Qualifier: as his best candidate for innovation-encouraging regulation in the West
Assessment: Can’t be checkedSaid
Recommendation or value judgment
“If getting to the right place requires regulation, rather than just the kindness of corporations with a nominal attachment to “responsible AI”, so be it.”
Our reading: If needed, AI should be regulated rather than left to corporations with only nominal commitment to responsible AI.
No horizon
Qualifier: if getting to the right place requires regulation
Held from this post (6)
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- The two reviews read the claim differently
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- The record does not meet the current rules. Our reading, not assessed: Getting LLMs to consistently align with any set of ethical values is a major unsolved challenge.
- The two reviews reached different assessments. Our reading, not assessed: Under China's regulatory requirements, bots that don't toe the Communist Party line will be banned.
- The two reviews read the claim differently