If AI Becomes the Economy, Where Are the Regulatory Boundaries?
1a3orn · x · 2026-07-13
The responder thinks this analogy is a bit dishonest, because the premise of the discussion is that AI will eventually become "the entire economy." Therefore, regulating AI isn't just regulating one industry; it's regulating the entire economy itself to some degree.
They also add another analogy: just as some people view routine regulations on milk and eggs as a precursor to totalitarianism, it's invalid to directly equate ordinary regulation with an "Orwellian society."
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