Miles Brundage: Existing laws could hammer AI companies with fines, but too slowly to change behavior
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-14
Former OpenAI safety executive Miles Brundage clarifies his stance on AI legal risk: existing laws would likely lead to massive fines if you halted the tech and let current court cases play out over years — but in practice the law isn't clear or strong enough to change behavior anytime soon.
He attributes the gap to three factors:
- Ambiguity over what counts as "unusually reckless," since reckless behavior is everywhere
- Court systems move far slower than tech
- Asymmetric expertise and money in courtrooms mean facts won't necessarily prevail
Related event: Ex-OpenAI Policy Chief: Current Laws Can't Rein in Reckless AI(3 posts)→
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