[Aurornis]

> then I'd expect to see movements to force government regulation of AI

The big question that never gets answered is: What regulation, specifically?

Any one country could come out and declare that AI can’t be used or just be taxed at an exorbitant rate or something along those lines, but what would happen? The AI usage would go to another country.

If the US heavily regulated AI, China just runs away with it all. None of the calls for regulation I’ve seen have an answer for this, aside from the completely crazy calls to bomb data centers in other countries.

[LordHumungous]

Most people are far more concerned about their livelihood than about abstract notions of beating China in a game of geopolitics. In that scenario the US becomes an isolated economy, and other nations likely follow suit. It will be a poorer, less dynamic world, but most people will choose that outcome over poverty.

[dist-epoch]

Where were those concerned people when they lost their jobs due to production moving to China?

Seems like what you are saying already failed in the past.

[lucyjojo]

very easy.

nationalize. the people own the AI and the profits go to them.

[falcor84]

Because countries that nationalized their industries are have historically prospered?