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Andrew Sage

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Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

They do damage.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We should be mitigating or making it impossible for businesses like this to exist.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Anyone who disagrees is just being a dummy.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

New York passed a law in October that banned the use of AI algorithms to allow landlords to do price fixing.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

There's a similar bill in the Massachusetts legislature that's making its way forward right now.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And this is fundamentally what a lot of the opposition to state-level AI regulation is about, is that...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

The landlords basically think that this is a great way to make a shitload of money.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And tech companies are like, and we can continue.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We can make a shitload of money selling them the tools to do this.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And states are trying to push back on this.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And like, that's fundamentally what a lot of the impetus behind this executive order is, is an attempt to stop people from making this even more harmful.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

There is some like...

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

In that Politico article, they quote from Kevin Donnelly, who's the executive director of the Real Estate Technology and Transformation Center.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And he talks about, like, well, actually, we're currently using AI to identify buildable lots and promote sustainable construction so that we can actually, like, reduce some of the cost of housing.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

And all of these bills could, you know, undermine our ability to improve people's, like, yeah, just fucking go, like, literally jump off a bridge, man.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

Fuck you.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We know that's not how it works.

Behind the Bastards
It Could Happen Here Weekly 213

We have data on this.