The high price of regulating AI

The political economy of AI is now tilting the other way. Adam Thierer from R Street Institute has long contrasted a “permissionless innovation” ethos with precautionary default, arguing that unless a technology poses a concrete, near-term threat, experimentation should proceed while targeted law handles specific abuses. The state-by-state turn rejects that logic, replacing it with omni-purpose frameworks and broad compliance duties.