Gary Marcus calls out AI's new false dichotomy: liability yes, regulation no?
Gary Marcus · rss · 2026-09-18
Gary Marcus argues against the emerging technolibertarian line (pushed by Joe Lonsdale, amplified by David Sacks) that holding AI companies liable should replace regulation. Drawing on his 2023 Senate testimony exchange with Sen. Josh Hawley — who once proposed a broad federal private right of action — Marcus stresses litigation takes a decade, existing law (copyright, misinformation, Section 230) has huge gaps, and Hawley has since backed a bipartisan framework pairing liability with regulation. Mark Cuban and Karen Kornbluh echoed the point: without AI-specific regulation, liability alone is pointless.
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