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Five questions every major AI policy should have to answer
Before America adopts a major AI policy, we ask whether it will still work as the technology becomes dramatically more capable.
Washington is filling with AI bills. Some are serious. Some are theater. Some would freeze American research while competitors do not. Some would preempt state safeguards before a federal floor exists. The public needs a way to tell the difference.
American AI Safeguards uses a five-question test:
Does it protect Americans? Does it preserve American innovation? Does it strengthen national security? Does it maintain meaningful human accountability? Will it still work as AI becomes dramatically more capable?
If a policy cannot pass those tests, policymakers should reconsider it. The last question is the one most drafts fail. Rules written only for today’s chatbots will be ornamental the year after next.
We reject the false choice between “stop AI” and “regulate nothing.” There is a better path. Develop extraordinary technology. Understand its risks. Create sensible guardrails. Hold people and institutions accountable. Keep humans in control. And let America lead.
That is not a slogan. It is a standard we will apply, in public, to the legislation that actually moves.