Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the promise of fueling explosive economic growth and improving public health and welfare in profound ways—but only if we let it. To make progress on AI innovation and its governance, America needs a better approach than the all-or-nothing extremes driving today’s public discourse.

America does not need a convoluted new regulatory bureaucracy or thicket of new rules for AI. We are on the cusp of untold advances in nearly every field thanks to AI. Our success depends on using flexible governance and practical solutions to avoid diminishing the pro-innovation model central to U.S. success in the technology sector.

R Street’s work on artificial intelligence cuts across multiple of our issue areas – technology policy, cybersecurity policy, electoral policy, energy and environmental policy, and more.

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Adam Thierer

Resident Senior Fellow, Technology and Innovation

Brandon Pugh

Policy Director and Resident Senior Fellow, Cybersecurity and Emerging Threats

Chris McIsaac

Resident Fellow, Governance