California governor signs executive order mandating safety checks and AI 'kill switch'
castrotech · x · 2026-09-18
California's governor issued an executive order to accelerate safety checks for frontier AI programs and advance the creation of a "kill switch," arguing that labs' own urgent risk warnings warrant concern, while criticizing federal inaction and positioning California as the nation's accountability leader.
The quoted discussion adds a philosophical note: we build kill switches, monitor "loss of control incidents," and design systems to keep humans in charge because we assume intelligence with power will behave like humans — AI is a mirror of ourselves.
A concrete US state-level regulatory move with direct implications for frontier model deployment and compliance.
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