“Hmm, this seems like a good idea”. Supported by a bunch of AI business groups. “…this seems like less of a good idea.”
Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine ‘Right to Compute’ Into Law - Montana Newsroom
Submitted 2 months ago by undead_falco@programming.dev to technology@lemmy.world
https://montananewsroom.com/montana-becomes-first-state-to-enshrine-right-to-compute-into-law/
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astutemural@midwest.social 2 months ago
W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
Montana’s new slogan. No restriction on AI. Come here and ruin our state with data centers.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 months ago
This is how I read it. Their slanted court and legislature will determine access goes both ways and force the centers into their communities. Funny how they are putting them as far north with access to water sources.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Let’s hope that whole “Ultra-Volcano” underneath them doesn’t turn out to be true.
njordomir@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A shame because even after years of environmental abuse, the Montana we have now is still beautiful and could still be preserved.
Swap our rivers for cracked mud and pools of battery acid. Burn the earth for a crack-addled chatbot… or turn off your phone and go for a beautiful hike outside of Bozeman, MT? I know which one I would pick.
Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Of all the states it’s a great pick. Cold weather much of the year to help cool systems naturally.
treadful@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
The bill text seems pretty reasonable. Basically just says the government needs a good reason to create regulations on computation.
It even explicitly mentions good reasons may include things like fraud, deepfakes, and public nuisances of datacenters.
As a Montanan, I’m cool with it. Guess we’ll see how it’s used.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I wonder if this would make it illegal to cut off someone’s internet if they are accused of piracy. Probably that sort of thing still goes.
It might provide a protection against anti-circumvention laws and such; laws that make it criminal to mess with hardware DRM on your devices.
VoteNixon2016@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
My first thought was about potentially protecting encryption, with all the privacy-invading laws that are popping up here in the US and abroad, but after skimming through the bill it seems like they could still use the “but criminals use encryption” line
Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
I don’t think it says that a company can’t put restrictions on you. It says The government can’t restrict how it’s used —notably supported by AI groups so they can’t regulate that. A company can still prevent you from doing whatever the hell they want if they have the power to.
Cooper8@feddit.online 2 months ago
It’s too bad it leaves the door open for age verification requirements, but the language is overall pretty decent.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
While the law allows state regulation of computation in the interest of public health and safety, it sets a high bar: any restrictions must be demonstrably necessary and narrowly tailored to serve a compelling interest. Legal experts note that this is one of the most protective standards available under Montana law.
The act also includes provisions for AI-controlled critical infrastructure, requiring both a “shutdown mechanism” to allow human control and annual safety reviews — a move aimed at balancing innovation with public safety concerns.
Harkronis@kbin.melroy.org 2 months ago
And this will be the last time we'll hear of Montana for a while after this.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yes. I think the last time I heard of Montana was in The Hunt for Red October.
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
The internet is getting so shitty, either another web needs to start or we are just going to stop using it.
Poojabber@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Im already pretty much there. Lemmy is pretty much the last place I “surf the internet.” Outside of here I only use the internet for work purposes. It is absolutely dead as source of entertainment or media.
cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 month ago
the only good thing about montana is zooey zephyr
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Promise this will be nothing good for Montana or it’s citizens.
Delta_V@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Its Orwellian double-speak. It implements restrictions on how people in Montana are allowed to use their personal property (computers) where no restrictions existed before.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Figured it was something like this.
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I just read the bill. Where are you seeing restrictions? I’m reading it as restrictions are banned unless there is compelling reason for the government to enact such restrictions. That’s all well enough defined.
Only negative thing I’m seeing is this seems to make banning new DCs a lot tougher.