Alex Bores Puts The Odds Of AI Doom At 20%
Summary
Galen Druk interviews New York Assemblyman Alex Boris about the urgent need for AI regulation, following recent industry warnings of existential risk. Boris details his RAISE Act, which was significantly weakened by Governor Hochul due to heavy industry lobbying, and outlines three policy buckets: safety guardrails, safety research investment, and slowing development pace. The discussion covers the bipartisan nature of AI concerns, the strategic implications of China’s reliance on US models, and the goal of Boris’s new organization, Who Decides, to unify the Democratic AI agenda for the 202…
Topics discussed
Introduction and the 20% AI risk estimate
Why AI safety concerns have become urgent
Defining the spectrum of AI risks
Specific vulnerabilities: cyber, bio, and labor
Policy Bucket 1: Common sense guardrails and liability
Policy Bucket 2: Expanding future options via chips
Policy Bucket 3: Buying time with strict liability
The RAISE Act: Provisions and safety standards
Watering down the RAISE Act and industry pushback
Governor Hochul's veto and political implications
Key missing elements: Auditors and mandatory action
Data center moratoriums and public opposition
Bernie Sanders' proposal to pause AI development
Public ownership and sovereign wealth funds
Government expertise and partisan dynamics on AI
US-China relations and AI cooperation
The Who Decides organization and its goals
2028 candidates and shifting political stances
AI as a political issue and polling data
Potential for AI to reorient US politics
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