Stuart Russell

And interestingly, right, I mean, they did that

As far as I can tell, directly in response to the accelerationists, such as Marc Andreessen, going to Washington, or sorry, going to Trump before the election and saying, if I give you X amount of money, will you announce that there will be no regulation of AI?

And Trump said, yes, you know, probably like, well, what is AI?

It doesn't matter as long as we give you the money, right?

Okay.

So they gave him the money and he said, there's going to be no regulation of AI.

Up to that point, it was a bipartisan issue in Washington.

Both parties were concerned.

Both parties were on the side of the human race against the robot overlords.

And that moment turned it into a partisan issue.

The

After the election, the US put pressure on the French, who were the next hosts of the Global AI Summit.

And that was in February of this year.

And that summit turned from what had been focused largely on safety in the UK to a summit that looked more like a trade show.

So it was focused largely on money.

And so that was sort of the nadir, right?

The pendulum swung because of corporate pressure and their ability to take over the political dimension.

But I would say since then, things have been moving back again.

So I'm feeling a bit more optimistic than I did in February.

You know, we have a