Emmett Shear on twitter asked:

I think SB 1047 has gotten much better from where it started. It no longer appears actively bad. But can someone who is pro-SB 1047 explain the specific chain of causal events where they think this bill becoming law results in an actual safer world? What's the theory?

And I realized that AFAICT no one has concisely written up what the actual story for SB 1047 is supposed to be.

This is my current understanding. Other folk here

The bill isn't sufficient on it's own, but it's not regulation for regulation's sake because it's specifically a piece of the regulatory machine I'd ultimately want built.

Right now, it mostly solidifies the safety processes that existing orgs have voluntarily committed to. But, we are pretty lucky that they voluntarily committed to them, and we don't have any guarantee that they'll stick with them in [...]

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First published:
September 5th, 2024

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/ehYuLsnoFch5QcaWD/what-is-sb-1047-for

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“What is SB 1047 *for*? ” by Raemon

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“What is SB 1047 for? ” by Raemon