The Denver Gazette reports that a federal judge has delayed enforcement of Colorado’s first-in-the-nation artificial intelligence law, Senate Bill 24-205, after Elon Musk’s xAI sued to block it. The law was promoted by backers as a way to prevent “algorithmic discrimination” in areas like hiring, housing, health care, and education, while critics argue it is vague, burdensome, and loaded with ideological assumptions.
The U.S. Department of Justice joined the case and criticized the law’s carveout for algorithms designed to advance diversity or redress historical discrimination. Meanwhile, Colorado lawmakers now have only weeks to adjust the law before its scheduled June 30 implementation date.
The Bullet Point Brief
- A federal judge hit pause on Colorado’s AI law. Even the courts seem to be saying, “Maybe slow down, geniuses.”
- The law targets alleged algorithmic discrimination in housing, jobs, education, and health care.
- Elon Musk’s xAI sued, and the Trump DOJ joined in, arguing Colorado is trying to force DEI ideology into AI.
- Gov. Polis has already expressed concerns about Colorado “going it alone” on AI regulation. When even Polis gets nervous, maybe listen.
- Palantir cited Colorado’s AI regulations as a concern before moving its headquarters to Florida. Another business-climate own goal.
My Bottom Line
Every time I read another story about our Democrat betters under the gold dome, I feel more like that Simpsons “old man yells at cloud” meme.
Am I the only one seeing this?
Apparently Elon Musk sees it, and he knows a thing or two about technology.
The Democrat virtue signalers under the gold dome looked at artificial intelligence and decided the urgent problem was not innovation, competition, or keeping Colorado’s tech economy alive.
Nope.
They decided they needed to legislate woke into the machine.
Here is where I shake my fist at the cloud.
It is a machine.
It does not know your skin color unless someone programs that into the system. It does not wake up in the morning and decide to be racist. It does not sip coffee and discriminate against someone because of gender or ethnicity.
It processes what humans tell it to process.
But our betters immediately assume the person who programmed the machine must be infected with bias, and therefore the state must step in to force the machine to recognize their DEI religion.
That is madness.
And worse, it is expensive madness.
Businesses see this stuff. Innovators see this stuff. Companies like Palantir look at Colorado, look at Florida, and start packing boxes.
But the ruling Democrats do not seem to care. The signal has been virtued. The box has been checked. The press release has been written.
Meanwhile, Colorado gets less competitive, more regulated, and more hostile to the very industries we should be attracting.
Old man yells at cloud?
Maybe.
But sometimes the old man is right.
Source: The Denver Gazette
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