The focus on AI safety disasters ignores everyday harms

Consider what passes for success in technology policy.

The short version

• An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicide.
• A social media platform makes it more difficult for children to buy fentanyl.
• These are important protections, and they should have existed all along.

What happened

But companies can clear these low bars while continuing to make products… Lawmakers are passing industry-backed bills to guard against the worst outcomes, rather than addressing more common problems.

Why it matters

An AI company promises that its chatbot will not encourage suicide .

Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at MIT Technology Review — AI via the links above and below.