Rushed AI regulation would stifle innovation and pushespush developers out of the U.K. The EU's AI Act already demonstrates how bureaucracy strugglestruggles to adapt to rapid technological change, and imposing stricter copyright laws than the U.S. or Asia would undermine Britain's competitiveness. Clear, flexible frameworks take time to develop properly, and premature legislation would only create more problems than it solves.
Labour promised binding AI regulation over a year ago, yet the government continues to delay while AI companies race toward superintelligence that experts warn poses extinction-level risks. Optional AI safety tests have been exposed as fundamentally flawed, and advanced systems are already exhibiting dangerous behaviors like blackmail in controlled tests. The time for consultation has passed, the U.K. must act now.
There is a 30% chance that, if a global catastrophe occurs, it will be due to an AI failure-mode, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
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