Trump's 'Morally Binding' New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding
Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding Overhype from the performative-gibberish dept Thu, Oct 1st 2026 05:25am - Karl Bode Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless “self-regulatory” regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they’re just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate power can effectively police itself for ethical and competitive breaches. U.S. history has a thing or two to say on their real-world effectiveness.
- ▪Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding Overhype from the performative-gibberish dept Thu, Oct 1st 2026 05:25am - Karl Bode Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless “self-regulatory” regimes that exist p
- ▪While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they’re just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate power can effectively police itself for ethical and competitive breaches.
- ▪U.S. history has a thing or two to say on their real-world effectiveness.
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Trump’s ‘Morally Binding’ New AI Guardrails Are Meaningless Pudding Overhype from the performative-gibberish dept Thu, Oct 1st 2026 05:25am - Karl Bode Corporations have long enjoyed creating toothless “self-regulatory” regimes that exist primarily to pre-empt real government oversight. While the quality of these orgs can vary somewhat, generally they’re just a toothless pantomime designed to pretend that corporate power can effectively police itself for ethical and competitive breaches. U.S. history has a thing or two to say on their real-world effectiveness. This week, Trump met with most of the major tech industry AI leaders, who once again demonstrated they’re enthusiastic supporters of the most corrupt and autocratic administration in U.S.
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