Scaling Laws: Live from Columbia Law with Chloé Bakalar: What Can Constitutions Teach Us About Governing AI?
A live discussion hosted at Columbia Law School, featuring Chloé Bakalar, examined what constitutional frameworks might offer as models for governing artificial intelligence. The conversation was published through Lawfare's Scaling Laws series.
Why this matters: Constitutions are essentially deals about who holds power and what limits that power. Asking what they can teach us about AI governance is a real question, not an abstract one. The rules being written now about AI will shape who is accountable when systems make consequential decisions. Getting the structure right matters before habits harden into defaults no one wants to revisit.
Who should care: General readers · AI governance · Policy
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