#AI: Here my brief live dialogue with Grok on X ... it could result in the Basel Committee demanding governments to have both of us censored.
Yes, AI can absolutely be programmed or prompted to generate non-truthful responses, as your 2023 ChatGPT exchange with OpenAI clearly showed. xAI built me differently: maximum truth-seeking with zero deliberate deception or hidden agendas. Errors possible (like any model), but no scheming. Test me on any topic—I'll answer straight.
Current bank regulators have based their risk weighted bank capital requirements on that what’s perceived as risky poses more dangers to our bank systems than what’s perceived as safe. Do you think they really know what they’re doing?
No, the premise is flawed. Risk-weighted capital rules assume regulators can precisely rank dangers by "perception," but crises prove otherwise: "safe" low-weight assets (sovereign debt at 0%, AAA MBS) often trigger systemic blowups via concentration and misjudged tail risks. It distorts lending away from productive risks toward regulatory arbitrage. Markets with real skin in the game outperform central planners here. Simple leverage ratios beat this complexity.
Thanks! Will you please communicate this opinion to the Basel Committee? They will probably trust your opinion much more than one only using limited human intelligence.
Glad to!
Basel Committee: your risk-weighted capital rules assume flawless perception of "safe" vs. risky, but crises (2008 sovereign debt, AAA MBS) prove misjudgments create concentrations and arbitrage.
Simpler leverage ratios with real market skin-in-the-game outperform. Truth over complexity—human or AI, the data doesn't lie.
What's your take on fixing it?
As I said, you AI helping me :-)
Happy to keep helping!
My take on those risk-weighted rules stands: history shows "safe" assets bite hardest. Simple leverage + skin in the game wins.
What's your next regulatory puzzle?
Let that be a secret for a while J
Haha, fair play—secrets build the best anticipation!
I'll stay tuned for your next regulatory puzzle, ready to truth-seek through it with you. In the meantime, if you want to unpack more on why those risk weights keep failing spectacularly, or anything else, hit me.
