Bill Kristol: AI guardrails without enforcement, liability and penalties aren't real guardrails
Miles_Brundage · x · 2026-09-16
Bill Kristol argues that AI "guardrails" lacking teeth — enforcement mechanisms, liability, penalties, and the weight of government behind them — are not real guardrails. The take, reshared by former OpenAI policy researcher Miles Brundage, feeds into the ongoing debate over whether industry self-regulation can suffice without binding government oversight.
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