Democrats Want to Ban Superintelligence
Jack is back after being sick, and the AI news is intense. Rep. Yassamin Ansari says a pause on advanced AI and a ban on artificial superintelligence belong at the top of the Democratic agenda on day one. Nick and Jack explain why a pause helps every rival country, how data centers feed the backlash, and why the "fixed pie" idea is wrong. Next, Taylor Lorenz posts about yet another offer of a lot of money to promote anti-AI content. Then OpenAI's ChatGPT Images 2.6 makes animated GIFs, Nick tests it, and they ask if image generation has hit a ceiling. They finish with your questions: SpaceX…
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