Neil Chilson proposes a federal duty-of-care standard for frontier AI instead of licensing
neil_chilson · x · 2026-09-09
In the later parts of his thread responding to Tyler Cowen's frontier AI regulatory proposal, Neil Chilson argues Congress should impose on frontier labs a duty to reasonably mitigate risks of mass casualties and catastrophic property loss, with disclosures and incident reporting.
He wants one federal standard to replace the patchwork of state AI safety laws. Commerce could issue nonbinding guidance and bring enforcement cases, building expertise courts can use; stopping a deployment would require persuading a court that a lab breached or was about to breach its duty — no routine government permission slip.
Related event: Chilson Proposes Federal Duty-to-Mitigate Plus Common Law for AI(8 posts)→
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