Trump will never back a US AI regulator, says outgoing tech adviser https://ft.trib.al/iVU1cuP
Outgoing White House adviser Sriram Krishnan says Trump administration won't establish centralized FDA-style AI regulator
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Outgoing White House AI adviser Sriram Krishnan told the Financial Times that the Trump administration plans to push back against heavy federal rules and any single centralized AI regulator, favoring instead a lighter touch that lets American companies move fast.
Where oversight stands now
Krishnan framed the stance as a deliberate choice to prioritize entrepreneurship over new licensing systems or FDA-style agencies, even as public pushback against AI grows.
The stranger parts of the job
One of the adviser’s odder tasks was walking cabinet members through Roko’s Basilisk, the online thought experiment about a future superintelligence that punishes those who did not help create it.
Many users welcomed Trump's rejection of a US AI regulator for enabling faster innovation and avoiding regulatory damage, while others criticized the stance as promoting oligarchy and ignoring long-term risks.
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Three cheers for @sriramk I guess, crazy work
FT: Trump will never support a US AI regulator, says outgoing adviser Sriram Krishnan.
The policy is selective pressure around cyber risk, not a broad licensing system.
Krishnan wants companies, chipmakers, security firms, and intelligence agencies to manage much of that pressure.
Americans need a visible share of AI’s gains, or resentment will keep growing.
“It is very concerning to me that we have these Chinese open-weight models that are good, and we don’t really have a leading American open-weight model yet,” - Sriram Krishnan.
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Three cheers for @sriramk I guess, crazy work

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic yes that was me.
Never say never.
Trump will never back a US AI regulator, says outgoing tech adviser https://ft.trib.al/iVU1cuP
Can confirm I have discussed many a LessWrong piece / concept inside the White House. Red queen race , Roko’s Basilisk,…
Three cheers for @sriramk I guess, crazy work

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic "Explain the part about the lizard that turns people into stone again..." "I know, but, I want to know more about the lizard. What's the deal with that?"
@teortaxesTex @sriramk Sriram was goated
Three cheers for @sriramk I guess, crazy work

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic still crazy we randomly reinvented pascals wager and consider it unique

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic More morons being one-shot by Roko's Ballsack

@FT Without US federal AI regulation the EU AI Act becomes the default global standard whether American firms like it or not.

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic

@FT Good All would-be "AI regulators" would do more damage to America than an actual nuclear bomb in terms of lives and money lost

@woke8yearold @RokoMijic Total rat victory

@FT no surprise there. regulators usually prioritize control over innovation.

@FT Great. We dont need a AI regulator. We need faster innovation and less regulation.

@FT He looks like frankestein.

@mindinpanic @FT lol AI will march ahead in the rest of the world with or without Europe, they will become irrelevant and rely on US tech and AI

@sriramk @woke8yearold @RokoMijic thank you for your service