US and UK refuse to sign AI safety declaration at summit
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Starmer would be better off doing exactly the opposite of everything Trump does.
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In a brief statement, the UK government said it had not been able to add its name to it because of concerns about national security and "global governance."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8edn0n58gwo
No idea if thats a real reason or not.
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All regulation of new technology is pointless because the law is written by people who don't understand it. And by "new technology" I mean anything invented after the year 1900
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Between this and the asteroid scheduled to (maybe) hit Earth in 2032, I'm beginning to think that we're in for a rough time.
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wouldn't make much sense to sign an agreement you are already in violation of.
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Sounds like "we need to have guns if they have guns." Might be right in the short term, but at what future cost?
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Dunno about the UK, but the US is going guns blazing towards Robocops.
Ironically, police probably think they'll be in charge of the robots, rather than the robots replacing them.
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Sadly it is in one respect only: financial services.
And that's the only reason why they're interested; so the City (of London, not Greater London) has more freedom to invest into these AI start-ups and get their big payout when they grow large enough to move head office to the US.
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Perhaps due to the same reason UK avoided tariff threats.
Spineless leader. UK is unfortunately a lapdog in this special relationship.
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Hell, I've written part of one of the regs under title 26. That should give you a clue how poorly put together the whole of it is.
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Tradition. You can't go around breaking traditions, now can you, minister?
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The UK is opting for Minority Report.
