Proposed AI bill would ban development itself, not just risky deployment, argues researcher
castrotech · x · 2026-09-04
Kicking off a thread against a proposed bill to ban advanced AI development, the author argues that developing AI is not the same as deploying it: the bill would restrict development itself, curbing academic research and experimentation rather than just deployment of systems posing concrete risks.
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