In the least surprising turn of events, companies that were saying is a dangerous threat to humanity that needs to be regulated are now complaining about the proposed regulations.

The rules do seem somewhat based on science fiction concerns.

The proposed rules include
- annual tests that certify the AI model is “safe”
- required reporting of “safety incidents” to the government
- a “kill switch” to turn off the AI system in case it goes rogue
- Fines up to 30% of model development costs

Sixteen years ago tomorrow I published the first post on the fediverse.

https://web.archive.org/web/20080618164355/http://identi.ca/notice/1

It's still visible on Identi.ca today, although the URL format changed a few years ago, and the redirect plugin stopped working a few years after that.

https://identi.ca/evan/note/Y0QwGyc1QYilqqawkDrQlg

Thanks to everyone who made identi.ca a great place to be, and thanks to everyone who's expanded the fediverse since then.

#Fediverse16

America's 813 billionaires now collectively hold a record $5.8 trillion.

That’s more than the wealth of the entire bottom half of the US, roughly 65 million households.

It's not radical to tax the rich. It's radical to allow this level of wealth concentration to continue.

Delta has been APPROVED for distribution with @altstore 🥳

Thanks for the half-birthday present Apple :)