5. AI Dilemma: Can US Legislators Take Action Before It's Too Late?

Deepfakes. Disinformation. Algorithmic bias. Job displacement. These are just some of the harms legislators and regulators worry about when they think about how to tackle the risks posed by artificial intelligence.

The first episodes of this season of UnCommon Law deal with generative AI in the copyright law context, since the technology uses massive amounts of copyright protected work. But while copyright law might be the beginning, there's so much more to the story of generative AI and the law.

In this episode, we examine what the government might do to ensure that 21st century life doesn't turn into a dystopian future.

Guests:

• Cary Coglianese, director of the Penn Program on Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
• Oma Seddiq, tech policy reporter for Bloomberg Government
• Isabel Gottlieb, reporter for Bloomberg Law covering AI and issues impacting corporate legal departments

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Host/Producer: Matthew S. Schwartz

Editor/Executive Producer: Josh Block

Additional Editing: Andrew Satter

Cover Art: Jonathan Hurtarte