Okay so here's a good one for you. Government was going to pass a law protecting copyrighted work, books, art, music, from being hoovered up to train AI models without permission. That law is now delayed. Instead we get guidelines first. Meanwhile the Financial Secretary is out this week demanding more AI talent, and Paul Chan is telling the world Hong Kong should be the referee for how AI gets governed globally, because of our "common law system." Same week. I'm not making this up.

You see the problem right. You can't be the guy explaining the rules to everyone else while your own rulebook is still a draft. Guidelines are the government's version of "let me get back to you." A law says don't do this or here's the fine. A guideline says please consider not doing this, thanks. If you're an illustrator in Kwun Tong wondering if some AI company scraped your portfolio last month, "guidelines" doesn't pay your rent. Ambition is nice. So is finishing the paperwork before you ask to referee everyone else's game.