Regulating technology stands zero chance of succeeding. Technology and knowledge will always tend to freedom and the tech itself is meaningless without actions

Regulating technology stands zero chance of succeeding. Technology and knowledge will always tend to freedom and the tech itself is meaningless without actions. It’s the actions and their consequences on people that we should care about. What’s much more important is strengthening rights that could be weakened by large scale data analysis of a population. The right to a private life, and having minimal data collected — and potential then stolen — about your life. The right of the state to investigate you for committing a crime using models and statistics only if a judge issues them a warrant to do so. The right in a free market economy to transparent and level pricing instead of being gouged because an AI thinks people with physical characteristics similar to mine have lots of money. Banning models that can create illegal images feels like legislators not aiming nearly high enough or smart enough: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d90qe4nylo https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d90qe4nylo