White House S&T official tells UN Security Council no global AI regulator, safety researcher rebuts with Three Mile Island
davidmanheim · x · 2026-09-24
Michael Kratsios, senior White House S&T official, told the UN Security Council that 'a prosperous future will not be secured by a global regulator' but by sovereign nations adopting superintelligence, responsible companies building it, and free people refusing to be ruled by fear—rejecting a global AI regulatory framework.
AI safety researcher David Manheim pushed back with nuclear history: Rothbard argued against nuclear power licensing in 1959, and the AEC shifted from regulating to promoting the industry by 1964; Three Mile Island was announced in 1966, construction started 1968-9, and the accident came just 4 months after Unit 2 went online. His point: deregulation-driven promotion has produced catastrophic failure before.
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