Maxwell Palmer on Mythryl: “So many regulatory processes, from local zoning to federal…”

So many regulatory processes, from local zoning to federal rule-making, rely on public comment, and comments are treated as submitted in good faith. I've heard anecdotal cases of comments being written by AI, but not astroturfing-as-a-service.

David Roberts@volts.wtf

They were going to pass rules to phase out gas stoves, until they received 20,000 public comments against the regulations. Except, oops, it turns out the comments were generated by AI.

phys.orgSouthern California air board rejected pollution rules after AI-generated flood of commentsThe opposition appeared overwhelming: Tens of thousands of emails poured into Southern California's top air pollution authority as its board weighed a June proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances...

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