Government
Jun. 26, 2019
Before we regulate
An absolute ban on all uses of all forms of a particular technology is rarely, perhaps even never, appropriate, at least where less extreme approaches are available. For technology, use and form matter.





H. Mark Lyon
Partner
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Email: mlyon@gibsondunn.com
Mark is chair of the firm's Artificial Intelligence and Automated Systems Practice Group. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed herein are those of the author only and do not reflect the views of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP or any of its clients.

Each day there are new stories in the press about how machine learning and other “artificial intelligence” technologies are changing the world, sometimes for the better, sometimes not. Increasingly, many of these stories discuss whether to regulate AI to ensure that it is put to beneficial use. While there are already a number of laws and regulations that apply to AI products and services, there are still relatively few — at least in the U.S. — directed specifically t...
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