THE PLAY ON AI IS TO SCARE THE PUBLIC INTO A GOVERNMENT-ENABLED AI OLIGOPOLY. From my testimony yesterday: 

“But why not just let OpenAI or a handful of existing AI engines dominate the space?” you may ask. Trust in expertise and in higher education — another important developer of knowledge — has plummeted in recent years, due largely to self-inflicted wounds borne of the ideological biases shared by much of the expert class. That same bias is often found baked into existing AI, and without competing AI models we may create a massive body of purported official facts that we can’t actually trust. We’ve seen on campus that attempts to regulate hate speech have led to absurd results like punishing people for simply reading about controversial topics like racism. Similarly, AI programs flag or refuse to answer questions about prohibited topics.

And if you want to see the hearings, scroll down to end of my article here. You might want to have a drink first.