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California governor signs order pushing for an AI 'kill switch'
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/09/18/california-gov-gavin-newsom-signs-ai-executive-order
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
What is the mechanism he’s suggesting?
Unless AI is running its own data centers, power plants, and biological weapons factories, it has a kill switch.
Replying to @schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
AI doesn’t even exist yet. And he’s a politician, he has not the slightest idea what he signs. He just signs whatever he was paid for or whatever will make him reelected.