The Lawfare Podcast Lawfare Daily: Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler on AI Regulation
May 30, 2024
Former FCC Chair Tom Wheeler discusses the need for a new agency to regulate AI and emerging technology, highlighting the current agencies' lack of agility. He explores the pros and cons of the Senate AI Working Group's roadmap, emphasizing the importance of addressing spillover effects of AI development.
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Agility in AI Regulation
- Regulating AI requires agility due to its rapid evolution and different nature from industrial assets.
- Current regulatory structures, modeled after industrial-era management, are too slow and rigid for the digital age.
Electricity vs. Android
- The development of electricity took 40 years to impact the shop floor, while a billion people adopted Android apps in under six years.
- This difference highlights the increasing pace of technological change, demanding more agile regulation.
AI and Existing Regulatory Challenges
- AI regulation builds upon existing challenges in digital regulation, such as privacy, competition, and truth/trust issues.
- AI intensifies these existing issues, while also presenting new, unknown challenges.