How to Govern AI When You Can't Predict the Future (with Charlie Bullock)

Charlie Bullock is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Law and AI. He joins the podcast to discuss radical optionality: how governments can prepare for very advanced AI without locking in premature rules. The conversation covers why law often trails technology, and how transparency, reporting, evaluations, cybersecurity standards, and expanded technical hiring could help. We also discuss private oversight, state versus federal rules, and the risk of concentrating power in companies or government.

LINKS:

Radical Optionality website

Charlie Bullock

CHAPTERS:

(00:00) Episode Preview

(01:04) The pacing problem

(06:18) Defining radical optionality

(11:03) Assumptions under uncertainty

(16:00) Industry convenience concerns

(20:41) Political will realities

(26:48) Private governance limits