Who Should Lead the Way on AI? Why Not Congress?

The legislative branch needs to act, even if Speaker Mike Johnson disagrees. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. We the People of these United States have many epochal achievements to our credit, but when the humans of 2500 look back at our era, Americans’ pioneering achievements in artificial intelligence may loom largest of all. Then again, maybe there won’t be any humans by then, precisely because AI has long ago wiped us all out. Philip Wallach is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of "Why Congress.” More on Artificial Intelligence