The Central Issue: State Moratorium

The Federal AI Policy Framework has been released. Well, it is a four page outline. Mostly it just reiterates existing such outlines. But that is four more pages than we had previously. It includes the beginnings of actual policy proposals, some of which are highly welcome and actively good. Perhaps most importantly, it affirms that we are a Republic in which the way we Do Policy is we pass a law through Congress specifying what we do, and that we need to actually Do Policy alongside trying to ban others who might attempt to Do Policy. It also acknowledges that, as a practical political matter, ‘attach the moratorium banning all AI state laws’ cannot be simply attached to a few child safety rules. I was especially heartened by the call for protections for free speech that guard in particular against the Federal Government, especially given what else is happening. That doesn’t fill the role of other things but it is most welcome. Alas, I couldn’t support even a strong implementation of this proposal as written, because it overrides state laws in the most important places and replaces them with essentially nothing. As in, this is not, as written, a way [...]

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First published:
March 20th, 2026

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tcoNLbvrpv9KcxzvM/the-federal-ai-policy-framework-an-improvement-but-my-offer

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