AI-related lobbying reached new heights in 2023, with more than 450 organizations participating in the practice — a 185% increase from the year before.

AI lobbying spikes 185% as calls for regulation surge::AI-related lobbying reached new heights in 2023, with more than 450 organizations participating in the practice — a 185% increase from the year before.

      • TheFriar@lemm.eeEnglish
        282·
        9 months ago

        That’s like saying “as long as stabbing exists, stab wounds are here to stay.”

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      204·
      9 months ago

      Lobbying is a critical part of a working democracy, the issue is that lobbying has got out of control with regards to spending and in many cases outright corruption.

      So what is so critical about lobbying?

      In an ideal world, it informs politicians about issues seen in society, a healthy politician might not see the issues a person in a wheelchair does, thus the person in a a wheelchair needs to talk with others in the same situation and form a group that can lobby their cause.

      Unfortunately, as with anything, wealth does have a huge advantage here, so limits on money spent lobbying is a very good idea, banning it outright is a very bad idea, probably impossible in any country with free speech.

      • jeremyparker@programming.devEnglish
        73·
        9 months ago

        You’re not wrong but I don’t love the implication that people who use wheelchairs aren’t healthy

        Adding to your point: the freedom to petition the government for the redress of grievances is not just in the Bill of Rights, it’s also in the Magna Carta.

        • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          That is fair, I was unsure on how to best describe the situation, I ment no disrespect.

    • tyler@programming.devEnglish
      78·
      9 months ago

      Congresspeople would be even less informed than they are currently if there was no lobbying. There definitely needs to be limits to lobbying, but scientists lobby too, that’s why we have laws around ozone, chemicals in water, etc.

      • diffusive@lemmy.worldEnglish
        49·
        9 months ago

        That’s called science… You know the thing that you publish on scientific paper. Nothing to do with lobbying… You know… Giving “donations”

        • tyler@programming.devEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          No, it’s literally called lobbying, even when scientists and non-profits do it. Hence why it’s allowed, it was a way for people to tell senators what they didn’t know.