The 'Arnold Gap' in AI governance: Gulf between legal intent and reality
typewriters · x · 2026-08-27
Discusses the 'Arnold Gap'—the gulf between what lawmakers think a law will do and what it does in practice. Citing incident reporting obligations, state laws likely fail to capture scenarios like the Hugging Face - OpenAI incident. Suggests greater investment in scenario scrutiny to help lawmakers and the public understand legal boundaries.
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