Technology
Dec. 6, 2024
As lawyers and lawmakers tackle AI, the 1990s loom large
Most experts agree that a light regulatory touch in internet businesses that was envisioned by the Clinton administration and then largely modeled by governments around the world was crucial to the creation of the online world that we live in today. But they also say that approach is unlikely to be adopted for the AI generation for reasons both political and economic.
The 1990s seem like another world: NSYNC was charting, flannel shirts were in, and nascent internet businesses were flourishing under a light regulatory scheme.
Governments and citizenry alike viewed the future of this transformative technology almost entirely with promise. Then the dot.com bubble burst following intense growth in the online commerce of elicit products and bad ideas. Now, with artificial intelligence ushering in another boom, governments and citizenry are much mo...
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