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a16z VC Martin Casado explains why so many AI regulations are so wrong
Attempts to regulate AI to date have focused on some mythical future instead of understanding what new risks AI actually introduces, argues VC Martin Casado.
“I routinely hear founders balk at moving here because of what it signals about California’s attitude on AI — that we prefer bad legislation based on sci-fi concerns rather than tangible risks,” he posted on X a couple of weeks before the bill was vetoed. He is concerned that more bills, constructed in the same way, could materialize if politicians decide to pander to the general population’s fears of AI, rather than govern what the technology is actually doing. When TechCrunch asked Casado on Wednesday after the election if he stands by this opinion — that AI regulation should follow the path already hammered out by existing regulatory bodies — he said he did.
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