Newsom went on to say he must consider demonstrable risks versus hypothetical risks. He later noted, “I can’t solve for everything. What can we solve for?”
The governor hit on a major criticism of SB 1047: the bill tries to prevent AI’s role in mass casualty events and cyber security events costing more than $500 million, but does little to hold tech companies accountable for anything short of that. Critics of SB 1047 have argued that the bill could stifle innovation, while failing to regulate the short-term issues AI systems are creating today.