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[–] Cataphract@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think the big difference is the first public radio broadcast was in 1906, regulation started to follow in 1910. Even today you need a license to use the technology.

Machine learning (or ai) has been around for over half a century. Now that it's more abundant in every day life they're trying to pass laws that prohibit regulations of ai.

An argument could probably be made with automobiles, but again those early adopters were heavily regulated.

“The Locomotive Act of 1865,” better known as the “Red Flag Act.” While not technically a ban, it stipulated that, when being operated on public roads, “at least three persons are to be employed to drive or conduct a locomotive” and that one of those people must walk ahead of the vehicle waving a red flag to warn others on the road and to signal the driver when to stop. It also set the top speed on highways to 4mph, and through towns to 2mph. (link)

We can learn from the past, but I don't think we can directly apply or simply hand-wave the fears like it's a previous technology.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

See and now it's a productive discussion on the path forward instead of whinging about a new technology.

I can only hope regulation can come its long overdue with a lot of the technology we use it will be interesting to see what will be the impudence to move it forward.

To be clear I'm not disagreeing with anything you've said.