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Vinod Khosla calls SB 1047 author ‘clueless’ and ‘not qualified’ to regulate the real dangers of AI


Vinod Khosla said the author of California's recently vetoed AI bill, SB 1047, was clueless about the real dangers of AI, and not qualified to have an

“He’s clueless about the real dangers, which are national security issues,” said Khosla, referring to Senator Wiener, who represents San Francisco in California’s legislature. SB 1047 was a highly controversial AI bill that California’s legislature passed, but Governor Newsom vetoed in the face of opposition from Silicon Valley, Nancy Pelosi, and the United States Department of Commerce. Meanwhile, Wiener previously told TechCrunch that venture capitalists, including Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator, had run what he called a propaganda campaign against his bill.

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