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As a EU citizen, if I had to chose between those two, I'd go for regulating. Sure, I don't get perks like SV level salaries (and the costs of living to go with
by fhd2 2y ago
As a EU citizen, if I had to chose between those two, I'd go for regulating.
Sure, I don't get perks like SV level salaries (and the costs of living to go with it), but I do believe regulation like this takes a large amount of vision and courage, and I'm proud the EU is going for it.
If you think about it, without regulation, whatever is technically possible will be done because somebody profits in some way from it, or merely enjoys it. A lot of really horrible things are technically possible.
- drakonka 2y agoI agree; also an EU citizen, working with AI. I think regulation can be a great forcing function for creating more effective, thoughtful, and overall better products.
- emptysongglass 2y agoYour point would be better made if you gave any examples of such more effective, thoughtful and better products.
- drakonka 2y agoI'm not making a point, just sharing my opinion. But one thing that I think is better across multiple products is my ability to request that my identifying information be removed from a service within a reasonable time frame. Or the ability to minimize storing/sharing of my personal information when using a service. Or being able to obtain a copy of the data a company has on me.
- spacebanana7 2y agoThe problem with that approach is it can leave you powerless to foreign governments in the long run. Without airbus for example, the US would be able to impose all kinds of rules on Europe. The US could’ve said that any airline purchasing American commercial aircraft must adhere to the US travel ban list.
- dauertewigkeit 2y agoEU regulates tech companies because they are foreign. Go see the EU regulation on ICE cars to see the stark difference. Europeans like you need to realize that you have been fed a whole lot of moral superiority propaganda by pro-EU entities; none of which has any merit. Go look at how much they regulate Bayer to give but one example.
- fhd2 2y agoI actually was thinking about saying "maybe you can only do the one, not the other". I think it's naive to assume that any one country or association will regulate without regarding the effects on their economy and political position. Sad, but logical. Doesn't make this piece of regulation bad. FWIW, I did applaud the US for going hard after VWs Diesel shenanigans.
- oytis 2y agoThe fact that the whole Volkswagen affair was uncovered in the US is really telling. Had they created a stricter US version we would never know.
- dindobre 2y agoAs somebody from Europe I can't agree more about the moral superiority thing. Feels like Europe has cultivated its own version of "saving face" during the last decades.