California's AI Law SB 1047 & What It Means for Tech | Adam Thierer - SVIC Podcast #44

Patreon.com/svic for access to our private discord and Ad Free Hour-Long bonus episodes. Adam Thierer is a Senior Fellow at street.org and he has been covering the intersection of technology and public policy since 1991. He specializes in innovation, entrepreneurialism, Internet, and free-speech issues, with a particular focus on the public policy concerns surrounding emerging technologies. He works for rstreet.org. Follow us: Threads: www.threads.net/@svicpodcast Twitter: https://x.com/svicpodcast LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/svicpodcast Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@svicpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svicpodcast Spotify: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/svicpodcast Need consulting help on M&A or do you have questions about AI? Reach out to Jordan on intro - intro.co/JordanThibodeau?source=intro Show hosts Joe (Eng VP) and Jordan (M&A Deal Lead) worked at various companies from Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Salesforce, Slack, Carta, Splunk, Wealthfront, Adobe, and more.

Chapters

00:00 Overview of AI Regulations and the Proliferation of Bills

03:29 Contrasting Approaches: Permissionless Innovation vs. Preemptive Regulation

13:41 The Impact of European Regulation and the Need for a National Framework

17:25 Discussion on California's SB 1047

25:32 Reactions to Scott Wiener's Statements and the Role of Anthropic

31:57 Concerns about Regulatory Capture and Inclusive AI Regulation

38:14 The Pitfalls of Broad-Based Regulation in the AI Ecosystem

46:03 The Promising Intersection of AI and Medical Science

55:59 Preserving the Learning Curve for Innovation in AI and Neurotechnology