Gerontocracy And AI Regulation Should Go Together Nicely

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Sam Altman, who is 38 and potentially already taking society to the brink with OpenAI —

Are Sam Altman And OpenAI Taking Society To, Like, Some Kind Of Brink?

— appeared before Congress for three hours today and “urged regulation.”

OpenAI's Sam Altman Urges A.I. Regulation in Senate Hearing

Here’s a brief summary:

“We believe that the benefits of the tools we have deployed so far vastly outweigh the risks, but ensuring their safety is vital to our work,” Mr. Altman said.

But it was unclear how lawmakers would respond to the call to regulate A.I. The track record of Congress on tech regulations is grim. Dozens of privacy, speech and safety…