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Vinod Khosla said the author ofCalifornia ’s recently vetoed AI poster , SB 1047,was clueless about the real dangers of AI , and not qualified to have an opinion on global interior security issues . The scuttlebutt about state Senator Scott Wiener was made during an onstage interview atTechCrunch Disrupt 2024 .
“ He ’s clueless about the real dangers , which are national surety issue , ” said Khosla , referring to Senator Wiener , who represents San Francisco in California ’s legislature . “ I ’m a Brobdingnagian assistant of him when it fall to his effort on housing and NIMBYism and stuff and nonsense . So huge helper on those proceeds because they are local issues . This is a global interior security issue . He ’s not certified to have an opinion there . ”
SB 1047 was ahighly controversial AI billthat California ’s legislative body pass , but Governor Newsom veto in the face of opposition from Silicon Valley , Nancy Pelosi , and the United States Department of Commerce . The throwaway attempt to make AI testing ground liable for the most uttermost danger of their AI models , even if they were not the ones operate them in a dangerous way .
“ I appreciate Mr. Khosla ’s supporting of my work on trapping . For the book , I have no mind how to build a house , so I work with splendid housing experts to craft voguish caparison insurance policy , ” said Wiener in an emailed statement to TechCrunch . “ likewise , in crafting and advancing SB 1047 , I worked with some of the top AI experts on the planet , let in Geoffrey Hinton , who pioneer political machine learning and just won the Nobel Prize in Physics for doing so . ”
Many in Silicon Valley , include Khosla , argue that SB 1047 would make engineering companies hesitating to let go of cutting - edge AI models in California , therefore reducing America ’s competitive edge in the AI race . Khosla save an belief article in TheSacramento Beein September contend this bill could have a global shock on America ’s home surety , pass beyond the regulatory scope of a California country lawmaker .
Meanwhile , Wiener previously say TechCrunch that venture capitalists , including Andreessen Horowitz and Y Combinator , hadrun what he call a propaganda run against his card . He argued that misinformation about the impact of SB 1047 , and what the handbill actually did , melt baseless in recent months , and criminate self - interested investor of spreading this misinformation to startup founder and the media .
Khosla went on to say he ’d enjoy to debate Wiener if he was here . Wiener is scheduled to speak on AI regulation at Disrupt on Wednesday , though the senator suggested Khosla should debate the AI researcher , Geoffrey Hinton , who tolerate SB 1047 .
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