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The median age of a senator is 65 years old. Not trying to be ageist but how many 65 years are exposed to “AI”? These are also the people who are making regulat
by syntaxing 3y ago
The median age of a senator is 65 years old. Not trying to be ageist but how many 65 years are exposed to “AI”? These are also the people who are making regulations and laws.
- canjobear 3y agoMost of them are puppets of their staffers, who are younger.
- atlasunshrugged 3y agoThis is a misrepresentation. There are a few who are probably outright incapacitated where this is true (e.g. Feinstein) but most Congresspeople are firmly in the drivers seat. Now, whether they just default take the positions their staff tells them to on issues like AI they know little about is a different argument than whether they are puppets. I assure you, X rural senator whose core constituency cares about an issue like agriculture has their own opinions on agriculture.
- mistrial9 3y agopeople in that role have developed teams to support their every interest. You do not mention that most are also lawyers. It is daily and trivial to get detailed reports, negotiations and status via subordinate teams, in law practice. It is possible that these "old" 65 year olds are responding to power relationships between each other more than your concerns, and money trails that are not obvious more than your concerns, and yes, utterly wrong interpretations of some tech, like every reader here has.. With that said, the course of the Federal govt enacting law is in terrible shape by objective measures. This is not exactly a defense.. but the one-liner "they are old" is not very substantive.