But when you look past this hyperbole, you’ll find a radically different landscape. In reality, the actual bill is comprised of very popular provisions, crafted with extensive input from AI developers, and endorsed by world-leading AI researchers, including the two other people seen as godfathers of AI alongside LeCun. SB 1047’s primary author says it won’t do any of the aforementioned “apocalyptic” things its critics warn against, a claim echoed by OpenAI whistleblower Daniel Kokotajlo, who supports the bill and “predict[s] that if it passes, the stifling of AI progress that critics doomsay about will fail to materialize.”