Some lawmakers are advocating for states to have the ability to independently regulate artificial intelligence, despite a bar on new regulations for the next ten years. Representative Rich McCormick expressed concerns about the complications of having fifty different state regulations impacting interstate commerce. He emphasized the need to avoid unintended legislative consequences and promote competition in AI development. Supporters of the moratorium, like the ALFA Institute, believe it can prevent regulatory issues, while opponents, including a group of Republican governors, argue it undermines states' rights to protect citizens.
Some representatives say that it's good for states to have the right to make their own independent AI regulation. Now, any of you who are developing IT or any sort of technical innovation realize that when you have 50 different states with 50 different regulations, you will have to have an entire department dedicated to knowing how to navigate that for interstate commerce.
The unintended consequences of legislation are something we need to avoid. AI has to advance. The only way you do that is through competition.
We cannot support a provision that takes away states' powers to protect our citizens. Let states function as the laboratories of democracy they were intended to be and allow state leaders to protect our people.
The ALFA Institute, which former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy launched last fall, has continued to back the idea of an AI moratorium, even after the Senate removed the provision from the final law.
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