AI regulation will likely follow major disasters
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-08-28
Afinetheorem argues that AI regulation traditionally lags behind technology, predicting legal responses will only come after a catastrophic event (e.g., 1000 deaths or $20B loss), potentially caused by bad actors using open-source models, making the risks irreversible.
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