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What Benedict Evans thinks about government

@benedict-evans · 16 positions · 0 changes of mind

Technology analyst whose weekly email on tech reaches over 150,000 readers. Publishes essays and an annual presentation on where the industry is going.

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  1. Our readingRegulating artificial intelligence as a single category is the wrong level of abstraction, in the way that regulating databases or spreadsheets would be.

    Their wordsI think regulation of AI is sort of the wrong level of abstraction. Talking about regulating AI as AI is the wrong level of abstraction. And it's like saying we're going to regulate databases or regulate spreadsheets or regulate cars. Well, we do, but not like that.

    ↗Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evansyoutube.com 7th of 16 in this recording

  3. Our readingA sophisticated economy cannot be centrally planned, because planning removes the price signal that carries information about demand.

    Their wordsBut once you actually have a sophisticated industrial economy, central planning can't handle the complexity. And so you try and create incentives and structures around that while not having pricing and that just doesn't work.

    ↗Why Everyone Is Wrong About AI (Including You) | Benedict Evansyoutube.com 9th of 16 in this recording