'Regulate Me!': Artificial intelligence edition

Sam Altman, the CEO of the leading artificial intelligence company OpenAI, told Congress to pass more regulations on his industry.

So, of course, you get a shocked reaction from plenty of sources. According to Axios, “Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) called it ‘historic’ that a company was coming to Congress pleading for regulation.”

Liberal lobbyist and political operative Warren Kinsella stated the ignorant conventional wisdom perfectly:

Sigh. Yes, actually, it is often that you see industry leaders lobbying for regulations that will increase the costs for potential future competitors and boost the power of the politically connected.