The case for keeping AI regulation within existing law

One post draws a parallel between earlier legal protections for tech platforms and what it describes as AI companies’ push for exemptions from existing law, preemption of state law and a regulator of their own. It argues for retaining state and tort law, strengthening consumers’ ability to sue and using existing protections against corporate collusion. The proposed approach spreads enforcement across institutions so federal regulatory capture would not mean capture of the entire system. It would also likely include federal regulation within an existing agency, rather than a separate AI regulator.