Policy experts argue national rules must preempt fragmented local laws
Miles Brundage#20
There’s no federal law on the books governing how the most powerful AI systems in the world are built, tested or deployed. No independent auditors verify their safety claims. No federal agency has clear authority to step in when something goes wrong.
Congress must act now on AI.
Lots to like here, inc. on auditing!
Post SB 315 endorsement by various stakeholders, it seems like the missing ingredient is urgency + flexibility from the White House.
The main risk I worry about w a near term deal is DOJ enforcement, though IIUC this is solvable… (cont’d)
There’s no federal law on the books governing how the most powerful AI systems in the world are built, tested or deployed. No independent auditors verify their safety claims. No federal agency has clear authority to step in when something goes wrong.
Congress must act now on AI.
Rep. Trahan is right. Like any general-purpose technology, “AI policy” will ultimately be shared across layers of government. Cities, for example, can license robotaxis. But the development of frontier models is clearly interstate commerce and merits a preemptive federal law.
I genuinely don’t understand how anyone could not see this basic point. If “national-security and public-safety risks arising from the development of extremely expensive-to-produce, globally distributed emerging technology” are not a federal government responsibility, I don’t know what is. When the federal government claims domain over a policy area—especially one implicating national security—it usually preempts state law, to avoid confusion and assert direct responsibility for the issue. This is not complicated.
People with blanket opposition to preemption remind me of the anti-federalists at the nation’s founding, who wanted America to be an EU-style confederation of nations rather than a union of states.
There’s no federal law on the books governing how the most powerful AI systems in the world are built, tested or deployed. No independent auditors verify their safety claims. No federal agency has clear authority to step in when something goes wrong.
Congress must act now on AI.
Policy experts argue national rules must preempt fragmented local laws
Miles Brundage#20There’s no federal law on the books governing how the most powerful AI systems in the world are built, tested or deployed. No independent auditors verify their safety claims. No federal agency has clear authority to step in when something goes wrong.
Congress must act now on AI.
