Yes, and another issue with regulation is that it gives a speed advantage to any team that's willing to subvert the regulations: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/

Yes, and another issue with regulation is that it gives a speed advantage to any team that's willing to subvert the regulations: http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/04/14-understanding-artificial-intelligence http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/techtank/posts/2015/04/14-und... If regulations do turn out to be the right path, I'd suggest that people within the AI field form their own informal regulatory body first, fortifying it against institutional failure modes like corruption by lobbyists etc. Then get the government to grant them legal authority. Hopefully that would go a ways towards addressing the issues you describe.