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Will A.I. monitor the “moral binding” of A.I. tech CEOs? [1]

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Date: 2026-10-01  

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Corporate self-regulation has a checkered history. Corporate Self-Regulation happens when businesses create their own standards rather than following strict government laws.

For example, a tech company might say, “We will protect your data,” but decide for themselves what “protect” means and how to prove it, without an outside inspector checking their work. Relying on companies to police themselves is risky. Without strict laws and independent oversight, companies often fail to live up to their own promises.

Imagine Donald Trump with “moral binding”.

Apple skips Trump's AI summit — but is it a big deal? ai-beat #Apple #AI #TechNews #TimCook #WhiteHouse — Quartz (@quartzmedia.bsky.social) 2026-10-01T11:44:15.861Z

The reality might be that nearly completed data centers might be converted to DHS detention facilities since they have similar footprints and don’t have the same water and power requirements.

Jesus christ. And they had one of the best pieces about Bernie's idiocy too! It's like no publication can help putting the worst, most misinformed shit alongside if they even have any good shit. www.thenation.com/article/poli… — Litbowl (@litbowl.bsky.social) 2026-09-30T16:57:40.262Z

By March, Sanders had partnered with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to introduce a bill proposing a national data center moratorium. Some states and city councils had already started to halt construction on their own, but the federal bill would ban construction “until legislation is enacted that safeguards the public from the dangers of artificial intelligence,” such as environmental degradation and soaring electricity rates. the Eliezer Yudkowsky superhero origin story is truly so intensely dorky as to defy all attempts at parody. you could not waterboard any of this out of me web.archive.org/web/20010309… — Faine Greenwood (@faineg.com) 2026-09-26T20:33:00.158Z Bernie Sanders consults this guy: Here is Eliezer Yudkowsky explaining (like a very normal person who absolutely does not have some kind of acute personality disorder) why, on the basis of his childhood test scores, he is a special genius uniquely qualified to change the world: web.archive.org/web/20010309… — Faine Greenwood (@faineg.com) 2026-09-26T20:50:42.885Z

The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy is a 2026 non-fiction book by American journalist Gil Durán, who argues that some venture capitalists in Silicon Valley use technologies such as cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence to undermine democracy.

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