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by alain94040 2 hours ago
The European Union passed The Artificial Intelligence Act, which classifies:

High-risk – AI applications that are expected to pose significant threats to health, safety, or the fundamental rights of persons. Notably, AI systems used in health, education, recruitment, critical infrastructure management, law enforcement or justice. They are subject to quality, transparency, human oversight and safety obligations

That's a pretty common sense legislation to me.

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This is one of those things where the first sentence sounds completely fine and reasonable, maybe even objectively good.

Of all the things listed "recruitment" doesn't belong to me. Is the argument that it is someone's fundamental human right to get someone else to pay them to do a job? Or is it strictly about human oversight?

The AI “safety” industry is lobbying for federal preemption so that states won’t have the power to enact these types of sensible regulations.
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