Dean Ball: Denying novel AI risks will torch the credibility of regulation skeptics
deanwball · x · 2026-10-18
AI policy researcher Dean Ball pushes back on libertarian criticism of mandatory frontier-safety disclosure. A self-described Hayekian skeptical of central planning, he concedes regulation can be destructive but warns that a militant anti-regulation stance premised on "no novel AI threats" will destroy not only one's own credibility but that of the entire regulation-skeptic, techno-optimist camp. He notes that in 2024 libertarian think tanks did not dismiss rogue agents as a threat model, making today's framing of mandatory disclosure as "progressive regulation" inconsistent.
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