[Linkpost] “Main Insights From The SB-1047 Documentary” by Michaël Trazzi
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This is a link post. Last week I published a 30-minute documentary about SB-1047 I had been working on since September.

Here's what I learned.

** Story of the bill**

The bill had to go through many committees before passing the California Senate and Assembly, eventually reaching the Governor's desk

Most people started paying attention in May-Sep 2024, but the story of the bill starts in September 2023, when Senator Scott Wiener published an intent bill to gather support (co-sponsors), before publishing SB-1047 in February 2024. He actually had conversations about AI Safety as early as March 2023.

** AI Labs & Covered Models**

• AI Labs Opposed or Supported The Bill for Non-Obvious Reasons
• Anthropic was stuck between Amazon & employees
• Safety-conscious employees wanted to support the bill
• Amazon was concerned about the KYC requirements in the bill
• Anthropic's support therefore ended up somewhat in [...]

Outline:

(00:25) Story of the bill

(01:09) AI Labs & Covered Models

(02:54) The Opposition

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First published: May 12th, 2025

Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bb9rBGree5Gh77uDC/main-insights-from-the-sb-1047-documentary)

Linkpost URL:https://youtu.be/JQ8zhrsLxhI)

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