Donald Trump · AI Safety · US Congress · Wired
In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways
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The overwhelming evidence suggested that many lives could have been saved with modern seat belts, which by then had been around for several years.
Key facts
- In the fall of 1966, Congress established the Department of Transportation and then passed the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act as well as the Highway Safety Act, giving the federal
- The reporter was thinking about this while watching various AI CEOs huddle around US president Donald Trump on Tuesday, congratulating themselves and each other on having signed an AI safety accord
- The US economy is increasingly propped up on the AI industry, which itself has become an ouroboros of financing deals and circular investments; any meaningful crackdown risks major instability
- So this is the current state of AI safety regulation
Summary
Here’s a fun history lesson for you. In 1966, nearly 51,000 people died on US highways. Of course they didn’t do that. The reporter was thinking about this while watching various AI CEOs huddle around US president Donald Trump on Tuesday, congratulating themselves and each other on having signed an AI safety accord. Or, as Trump put it even more succinctly in the Oval Office on Wednesday: “They’re gonna police, and they’re gonna police each other, and they’re gonna self-police, they’re gonna police themselves. That’s not to say any of this is simple or easy.