AI Bills in Michigan House Follow Heavy-Handed and Punitive Regulatory Approach
Kristian Stout, ICLE Director of Innovation Policy, was quoted in Mackinac Center for Public Policy article about proposed Michigan House of Representatives bills that take a heavy-handed and punitive approach to regulating artificial intelligence. Read the full article here.
HB 4667 and 4668 follow the regulatory approach of President Joe Biden’s much-criticized 2023 AI executive order, which in the words of analyst Kristin Stout, “sees dangers around every virtual corner” and imposes “regulations born of fear [that] threaten to derail beneficial innovation.” The Biden AI executive order states that the administration “places the highest urgency on governing the development and use of AI safely and responsibly.” President Donald Trump rejected this kind of government-directed approach to AI development when he repealed the Biden AI executive order in his first week in office.