Bad news for AI safety: To fight against AI regulation, VC firm Andreessen Horowitz, AI billionaire Greg Brockman, and others recently started a >$100 million super PAC, one of the largest operating PACs in the US.
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They plan to use the highly successful playbook from the pro-crypto super PAC Fairshake. Here is how it works: Instead of running campaign ads on AI directly (most voters don’t care enough), they run ads in support of candidates who are against AI regulation or against candidates who are pro AI regulation, on topics unrelated to AI that voters care about.
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AI companies and their investors stand to gain a lot from not being held accountable to the harm they cause in the world, and they are well-capitalized to influence policy-making.

Sep 19, 2025 · 7:04 PM UTC

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Meta, OpenAI, and Google have spoken out against regulation proposal SB 1047, and lobbied in favor of banning all state regulation on AI, despite federal regulation being nowhere in sight.
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Most major industries that deal with risks are heavily regulated; nuclear power, health care, airplanes, etc. Regulation of powerful AI is going to happen, but if we postpone it might come too late, get rushed, or go too far.
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Now is a great time to develop AI regulation because we can already see how the risks of the technology are going to develop, but we still have time to regulate it thoughtfully and carefully.
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Though federal AI regulation is currently off the table, there is promising state regulation: e.g. SB 53 is pretty lightweight (asking for transparency like model cards and safety frameworks) and doesn’t put much burden on AI companies.
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Yet SB 53 is under siege by Meta through another $15m super PAC.
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Replying to @janleike
Do people really take this shit seriously? I’m amazed the “ChatGPT kicked my dog” narrative has persisted this long.
Replying to @janleike
Models don't hard people, people do. Right to compute is as fundamental as 2A
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