The Lack of AI Regulation Sounds Like a Problem Until You Ask Who Would Actually Do It (Golden Era Part 2)

Andrew Miles Davis delivers the second instalment of his series on why the golden era of AI is coming to an end, this time focusing on regulation, or more precisely, the current absence of it. He argues that the lack of oversight, while genuinely dangerous in some contexts, is also one of the defining features of the current window of opportunity, because once a regulatory body forms, whether that is governments, tech companies, or large corporations, it will be shaped by whoever holds the power, and that will change how the rest of us get to use these tools. He walks through the realistic candidates for who could regulate AI, explains why each option carries its own serious problems, and lands on the conclusion that the decision made in the next few years will not just determine what AI can do but who gets to decide what ordinary people can do with it. Subscribe to In AI Nutshell for daily ten-minute episodes that stay honest about where AI is actually heading.