“[urgent] Americans, call your Senators and tell them you oppose AI preemption” by Holly Elmore ⏸️ 🔸, Felix De Simone

Americans, we need your help to stop a dangerous AI bill from passing the Senate.

What's going on?

• The House Energy & Commerce Committee included a provision in its reconciliation bill that would ban AI regulation by state and local governments for the next 10 years.
• Several states have led the way in AI regulation while Congress has dragged its heels.
• Stopping state governments from regulating AI might be okay, if we could trust Congress to meaningfully regulate it instead. But we can’t. This provision would destroy state leadership on AI and pass the responsibility to a Congress that has shown little interest in seriously preventing AI danger.
• If this provision passes the Senate, we could see a DECADE of inaction on AI.
• This provision also violates the Byrd Rule, a Senate rule which is meant to prevent non-budget items from being included in the reconciliation bill.

What can I do?

Here are [...]

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First published:
May 15th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/qWcabjNqxEBNQY3cv/urgent-americans-call-your-senators-and-tell-them-you-oppose

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