No doubt this will prick up the ears of the luddite Australian government who will become extremely enthused about doing the same thing.
I just wish our governments would leave tech alone.
I just wish our governments would leave tech alone.
Politicians don't give a damn about being right, but rather to continue being elected.
What guarantees that the decision-makers at big companies like OpenAI are actually "smart techies" or even technical people at all? Doesn't being an executive or board member or high level decision maker actually attract people with the "soft skills" you need to reach those lofty heights?
I see this assumption a lot - "politicians are all stupid/incompetent" and it's weird to see it taken on faith by some people (I don't get the feeling you're one of them)
Those are both pretty strong assertions so I assume you mean something else and I'm just not seeing it.
The candidate that is most capable of being elected is the one that either:
- Can garner the most votes
- Can prevent other candidates from getting votes
Nowhere in the above is technical competency a requirement to be elected. It may help, but its far down the list of "electable attributes".
I am active in my county and if you breath and can be nice for 1h we will give you a position somewhere.
The skills to get elected rely on being about to lie to people and lie to yourself as much as possible and be a narcissist at the same time, so all of these factors make it VERY unlikely that they correlate with actual competency.
Because our current world is perfect and change is bad.