‘Wonder and Worry’: How Biden Views Artificial Intelligence

Some conservatives and industry executives are worried that a broad government effort to manage AI could thwart the technology’s benefits.

“You need to give innovation a wide berth and not try to micromanage it,” said Adam Thierer, a senior research fellow in the R Street Institute, a conservative think tank. “If you spend all your time worrying about hypothetical worst-case scenarios and you base public policy on worst-case scenarios, then a very many best-case scenarios don’t come about.”