I just took my yearly anti-bribery training and this is textbook bribery.
kadmylos on
Its not illegal because reasons.
Abystract-ism on
When we finally oust this regime, I hope lobbying laws get a MASSIVE overhaul!
Mydreamsource on
All lobbying should be banned, just like congressional insider trading. Too much money influencing government.
goodbyeflorida on
I had a thought the other day. If you try to bribe an officer it’s illegal. But if you get pulled over, can you “lobby” an officer to not give you a ticket?
LiteratureMindless71 on
„America’s for sale….and you can get a good deal onnnnnn it…..and make a healthy profit. Or maybe tear it apart…start with assumption that everyone is smart, smarter than one“
Or something, it’s been years.
RichardDr on
The really insidious part isn’t the trips themselves — it’s the knowledge asymmetry they create. Congressional staffers are the ones who actually draft legislation, and most of them have zero technical background in AI. So now the only „education“ they get on how AI works, what it can do, and what risks to regulate comes directly from the companies who benefit from light regulation.
It’s the same playbook telecom ran in the 90s and pharma ran in the 2000s. By the time independent experts get a seat at the table, the regulatory framework is already baked and the lobbyists have moved on to shaping enforcement.
The speed of AI development makes this worse than past rounds of regulatory capture — by the time Congress passes anything meaningful, the technology has already leapfrogged whatever they’re trying to regulate.
notnotbrowsing on
If a drug rep buys me a lunch that’s too expensive I get into trouble.
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Everybody in America is for sale
I just took my yearly anti-bribery training and this is textbook bribery.
Its not illegal because reasons.
When we finally oust this regime, I hope lobbying laws get a MASSIVE overhaul!
All lobbying should be banned, just like congressional insider trading. Too much money influencing government.
I had a thought the other day. If you try to bribe an officer it’s illegal. But if you get pulled over, can you “lobby” an officer to not give you a ticket?
„America’s for sale….and you can get a good deal onnnnnn it…..and make a healthy profit. Or maybe tear it apart…start with assumption that everyone is smart, smarter than one“
Or something, it’s been years.
The really insidious part isn’t the trips themselves — it’s the knowledge asymmetry they create. Congressional staffers are the ones who actually draft legislation, and most of them have zero technical background in AI. So now the only „education“ they get on how AI works, what it can do, and what risks to regulate comes directly from the companies who benefit from light regulation.
It’s the same playbook telecom ran in the 90s and pharma ran in the 2000s. By the time independent experts get a seat at the table, the regulatory framework is already baked and the lobbyists have moved on to shaping enforcement.
The speed of AI development makes this worse than past rounds of regulatory capture — by the time Congress passes anything meaningful, the technology has already leapfrogged whatever they’re trying to regulate.
If a drug rep buys me a lunch that’s too expensive I get into trouble.