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A pre-2024-election Brookings analysis useful for understanding U.S. political dynamics around AI regulation; relevant for those tracking how domestic politics shapes AI governance frameworks and safety-related policy decisions.
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This Brookings Institution commentary analyzes how the 2024 U.S. presidential election will shape AI governance, examining how successive administrations have approached AI policy with differing styles but some overlapping objectives. It argues that the next president will face critical decisions on governing increasingly powerful AI systems affecting work, democracy, and national security.
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- •Two successive administrations have addressed AI governance with different approaches but surprising overlap in some objectives and policies.
- •The 2024 election outcome will significantly determine the regulatory guardrails placed on transformative AI systems.
- •AI governance decisions will affect work and productivity, democratic institutions, and war and peace.
- •The article frames current policy choices as foundational, with long-lasting consequences for how AI shapes society.
- •Written pre-election in July 2024, providing a comparative lens on Democratic vs. Republican AI policy trajectories.
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What does the 2024 election mean for the future of AI governance?
Valerie Wirtschafter and
Valerie Wirtschafter
Fellow
- Foreign Policy , Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative
Derek Belle
Derek Belle
Associate Director
- Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technology Initiative
July 25, 2024
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a bipartisan press conference on creating a policy on Artificial Intelligence in the United States Senate, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2024. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)
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