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Trump says AI needs no new guardrails. Then who gets to turn it back on?

President Donald Trump said fears of artificial intelligence "taking over the World, destroying Humanity" are a hoax and that the only guardrail AI needs is a "strong and smart" president, arguing the federal government already holds "tremendous criminal and regulatory power" over AI companies. The Washington Examiner piece argues that if Washington does not need a new AI regulator, the operative question becomes who restores an AI system's authority after an incident and on what evidence.

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Trump says AI needs no new guardrails. Then who gets to turn it back on?
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President Donald Trump says fears of artificial intelligence “taking over the World, destroying Humanity” are a hoax. He also says the only guardrail AI needs is a “strong and smart” president, and that the federal government already has “tremendous criminal and regulatory power” over AI companies.

Take that argument seriously. If Washington does not need a new AI regulator, then the next question is operational rather than philosophical: When an AI system is restricted after an incident, who gets to restore its authority, and on what evidence?

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