California will explore building a public AI compute cluster to support socially beneficial AI research and innovation (§ 11546.8).
I expect this part is weakly net harmful because it shortens timelines a bit by increasing demand for AI. But it’s not a big enough deal for me to care too much about.
My second concern is that auditors will end up being toothless because companies will look for auditors who will give them a passing grade even though they don’t deserve to pass. I don’t know how to fix this*, and I still think mandating audits is better than not mandating audits.
*Well I have some unrealistic ideas about how to fix it, like “any group conducting audits must be approved by the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.”
Two more minor concerns:
I expect this part is weakly net harmful because it shortens timelines a bit by increasing demand for AI. But it’s not a big enough deal for me to care too much about.
My second concern is that auditors will end up being toothless because companies will look for auditors who will give them a passing grade even though they don’t deserve to pass. I don’t know how to fix this*, and I still think mandating audits is better than not mandating audits.
*Well I have some unrealistic ideas about how to fix it, like “any group conducting audits must be approved by the Machine Intelligence Research Institute.”