Anything to keep us on edge, and take our minds off the real problems of having an authoritarian government.

Can the current Governing terrorists separate us from Chatbot?

There are two main reasons corporations or industries beg government to regulate them - (1) because they're seeking protection from law suits and (2) they want regulations just onerous enough that upstart competitors need to spend too much to get on the bottom rung of the industry and therefore all competition is stifled to the benefit of the few players already inside the castle ie they want to use regulation to raise the draw-bridge.

Both of these are at play here. The various AI companies are terrified that they'll be inundated with law suits all the way from people claiming that their copyright has been infringed to people claiming they've been disadvantaged by following advice from AI. So get the government to regulate the industry in such a way that allows the AI insiders to ignore copyright or pay mere lip-service to it and half your problem is solved. Get legislation that absolves AI from any liability for the outcome of its product and you're sitting pretty.

Then get legislation that is so hard to adhere to that only the wealthiest organisations can afford to follow the rules. Make AI have to provide its own power and then make that power expensive. Make AI have to get permission to violate copyright and those who have already done it pre-legislation are on a winner as opposed to the start-ups. Its all about keeping the competition down with the help of the government.

We've seen it all before but all the usual crowd are falling for it again. The richest people on earth are scaring the bejesus out of the plebs with the help of mass media, government and controlled NGOs and the plebs are clamouring to be saved from a problem that doesn't exist. Its Y2K all over again. Its the global warming scare on steroids.

Its fascinating to see people who think they are sticking it to the corporation instead doing exactly what the elite want them to do. They never learn.

The only issue of significant interest is whether or not there has been a real increase in level of panic generated by a new phenomenon, manmade or natural. There must be a Roman term for "Panic Merchant".

The Orange Man now wants to rename it - not AI anymore but SI for Supper Intelligence. Fingers crossed he manages to Trump China for the sake of the rest of the Western World. He doesn't like Australia's proposed digital control bill either. It shouldn't be up to a Minister to decide what we should be able to see or read online.