Regulation Relegation

Trump just signed an executive order that attempts to prohibit states from regulating AI. I doubt having 50 different regulations governing a massively growing technology is an efficient way forward. But what we’re going to get instead is a version of self-regulation (translation: no regulation) pushed by lobbyists and stakeholders. Chuck Hagel in The Atlantic (Gift Article): “Proponents of AI preemption equate competitiveness with deregulation, arguing that state-level guardrails hamper innovation and weaken the United States in its technological competition with China. The reality is the opposite. Today’s most serious national-security vulnerabilities involving AI stem not from too much oversight, but from the absence of it.” Banning AI Regulation Would Be a Disaster. (By the time we get around to regulating AI, it may have already started regulating us.)