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Senate parliamentarian greenlights state AI law freeze in GOP megabill (www.politico.com)

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.) has also defended the provision, saying it’s necessary to avoid a “labyrinth of regulation” with “50 different states going 50 different directions on the topic of AI regulation.”

Maybe if you stopped cheering for "states rights," it wouldn't come to this.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 16 points 3 weeks ago

It was never actually States Rights. It was always about power. "When we have power everyone has to follow our laws. When we don't have power we don't have to follow the laws."