Recent proposals to regulate artificial intelligence show Democratic paths diverging between cooperation and compromise on the one hand and sweeping regulations on the other.
Growing public angst about the new technology and its impact on jobs, communities and the environment has fueled both ends of the spectrum and, even in the case of the most progressive ideas, attracted possible support from Republicans.
In co-sponsoring a draft bipartisan AI framework, Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., pitched her position as one of balance.
“The threats AI poses to our national security, our safety, and our workforce are here and growing by the day,” Trahan said in a statement on the discussion draft release last week with sponsor Jay Obernolte, R-Calif. “This bipartisan framework is designed to meet the challenges posed by this rapidly advancing technology without smothering American innovation.”
[Related: Bipartisan AI draft proposes three-year preemption of state laws]
