Khanna calls for a government agency to oversee AI 'like the FDA'
Administrative state expansion raises questions about democratic accountability and economic freedom.
Ro Khanna says we need an FDA for AI. That's **like asking the postal service to run your email**. The FDA moves at a glacial pace for a good reason, because drugs and devices have to be proven safe.
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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said that the federal government should create a regulatory agency to oversee the development of artificial intelligence, similar to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). "Well, we need to set up an AI agency like the FDA," Khanna told host Margaret Brennan on CBS News's "Face the Nation." "I
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Ro Khanna says we need an FDA for AI. That's like asking the postal service to run your email. The FDA moves at a glacial pace for a good reason, because drugs and devices have to be proven safe. But AI isn't a pill. It changes every week. A federal agency would spend two years writing rules for a technology that'll look nothing like itself when the rules land.
Worse, the agency wouldn't just be slow. It would be a slow-motion chokehold on anyone trying to compete. Big tech loves this idea. They have armies of lawyers to handle regulators. The small startup doesn't. Khanna thinks he's protecting people. He'd actually be helping incumbents draw a moat around their turf.
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.