In 1975, Lawrence Sanders wrote a near-future dystopian novel called The Tomorrow File. Its frontspiece was a quote from the second inaugural address of the fictional president Harold Morse in 1988 that your invocation of another Founding reminded me of:
"We can no longer afford an obsolete society of obsolete people."
I agree that agility is underrated compared to specific policy plans.
It's interesting and I'd love to see it applied in other contexts, but AI is moving too fast for this plan to be viable.
Once created, any private governance orgs would attempt to preserve their own existence and ward off any government regulation. This could be disastrous when things get real and when we need serious action (not lowest common denominator governance based on orgs either opting out or picking the most lax private governance org to safety-wash their actions).
In 1975, Lawrence Sanders wrote a near-future dystopian novel called The Tomorrow File. Its frontspiece was a quote from the second inaugural address of the fictional president Harold Morse in 1988 that your invocation of another Founding reminded me of:
"We can no longer afford an obsolete society of obsolete people."
Be careful what you wish for, in other words.
I agree that agility is underrated compared to specific policy plans.
It's interesting and I'd love to see it applied in other contexts, but AI is moving too fast for this plan to be viable.
Once created, any private governance orgs would attempt to preserve their own existence and ward off any government regulation. This could be disastrous when things get real and when we need serious action (not lowest common denominator governance based on orgs either opting out or picking the most lax private governance org to safety-wash their actions).