New legislation, whether in national or state legislatures, should focus on defining illegal activities that may be aided by AI, and not on banning certain types of AI, Sonnenblick adds. Those nations that outlaw some forms of AI risk an innovation gap with other countries, he says.
“There are going to be a lot of types of fraud that are much easier to create or may be impossible without present and future generative AI models,” he says. “There’s a catalyst element, or an accelerant that AI can provide, and it offers criminals that ability to speed up what would otherwise may be low-bandwidth activities.”
Like many survey respondents, Sonnenblick supports copyright reforms to protect creators from AIs stealing or repurposing their work without credit. The issue may play out more in US courts than in Congress, however, with several current lawsuits in progress.
