Can AI regulation keep America ahead of China?
A new piece examines whether AI regulation in the United States can serve as a competitive tool rather than a constraint, framing the debate around the U.S.-China technology rivalry.
Why this matters: The 'regulation hurts competitiveness' argument gets used to block almost every privacy and safety rule in tech. The China framing makes it harder to push back. But loose rules do not automatically produce better AI. They can just as easily produce faster harm with no one accountable. The real question buried in this framing is who decides what 'winning' means, and whether ordinary people have any say in the tradeoffs being made in their name.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · Compliance · General readers · Policy
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