Joined the Mayqueeze.
Just to translate this headline: “State assembly in Baden-Wuerthemberg (Southwest Germany) prohibits any “AI” fakes in connection with what is taking place at its public meetings” (i.e. committees and plenar sessions)
(Annotations) by me; didn’t read the article yet. please see summary in the reply.
Astin’s “major warning” is a summary of all already known and articulated concerns surrounding the introduction of so-called AI in the entertainment industry. The only thing I personally learned from reading this is that he is the president of the union.
You’d be surprised how many people don’t take the time to read a long article like that but will have a quick glance at the comments.
Again, our proposal isn’t that we should cover all of this land in solar panels, or that it could easily power the world on its own. We don’t account for the fact that we’d need energy storage and other options to make sure that power is available where and when it’s needed (not just when the sun is shining).
This is a thought experiment more than a plan.
Background: it is already forbidden for members of the state parliament to display written or symbolic political messages on their clothing while working on the premises. There was a case where a member wore a shirt displaying something from the late Mr. Kirk - you may guess what side of the political spectrum he is on. He was reprimanded and fully covered the shirt under his suit jacket. But later images circulated from that day that showed the written message on the shirt while he was wearing his jacket on the premises; those images were apparently doctored by “AI.” As a result parliament will add wording to their house rules banning such manipulation, threatening to suspend MPs who are violating this new rule.
I initially suspected this state assembly banned this for the whole state but it just applies to MPs. Nevertheless they claim to be the first to introduce such rules.