MTS: Why is the question no longer whether government regulates AI but how?

“I do worry that if we try to convince ourselves that we can just do nothing and have this be completely unregulated, then you will have a situation like a Chernobyl or a Three Mile Island where then you kind of boomerang into a complete other regime where people’s risk tolerance goes way, way down.”

“One of the things for folks who care about this technology and wanna see it succeed, people talk about you have brakes and seatbelts so that you can drive fast. There is some aspect where some of these things are genuinely related.”

“There are certain things you can do that really improve safety without meaningfully increasing restriction. Things like transparency, whistleblower protections, incident reporting.”

“I am grateful for critics of policy, the Dean Balls of the world to say, okay, what is the capacity for abuse here? But the choice is not between no regulation and lots of regulation. There is going to be regulation. That is becoming very clear.”

“The question is whether it is going to be proportionate, well-designed regulation made in consultation with people who understand the technology.”