Neil Chilson rejects legal immunity for audited AI labs in rebuttal to Tyler Cowen's proposal
neil_chilson · x · 2026-09-09
Neil Chilson published a new post objecting to Tyler Cowen's proposal for regulating frontier AI, targeting its core bargain: legal immunity for labs that pass an audit.
He argues that trades the benefits of common law for very uncertain risk reduction — a deal labs would love. He believes Congress can strike a better bargain, later outlining a duty-of-care standard, disclosures, incident reporting, and court-developed expertise instead of check-the-box compliance and routine licensing.
Related event: Chilson Proposes Federal Duty-to-Mitigate Plus Common Law for AI(8 posts)→
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