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Beyond Safetyism: A Modest Proposal for Conservative AI Regulation - American Affairs Journal

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You have reached your limit of 1 free article this month. Please subscribe to receive unlimited access to this site. Already have an account? Sign In. American Affairs Journal A lthough all political coalitions represent an unstable blend of contrary elements, it would be difficult to find an alliance more steeped in mutual suspicion than the Trump administration’s shotgun marriage between traditional profamily social conservatives and technolibertarians. Where the former value stability and order, the latter champion dynamism and “permissionless innovation.” Where the former take their compass from human nature, the latter dream of a posthuman or superhuman future in which we transcend our limits through our machine creations. The rifts in this coalition became clear this spring and summer with the battle over the so-called AI moratorium in the One Big Beautiful Bill. Under the aegis of the Tech Right, some Republicans proposed a blanket ten-year ban on any state regulation of artific

A lthough all political coalitions represent an unstable blend of contrary elements, it would be difficult to find an alliance more steeped in mutual suspicion than the Trump administration’s shotgun marriage between traditional profamily social conservatives and technolibertarians. Where the former value stability and order, the latter champion dynamism and “permissionless innovation.” Where the former take their compass from human nature, the latter dream of a posthuman or superhuman future in which we transcend our limits through our machine creations. The rifts in this coalition became cle

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