Published in The Deseret.
AI companies have already demonstrated their ability to respond quickly to market forces to improve products, said Kevin Frazier, a senior fellow at the Utah-based think tank Abundance Institute, in a Deseret News interview.
Fiefia’s bills, Frazier said, attempt to blame AI for much deeper mental health problems affecting young Americans and could raise First Amendment concerns by controlling what information users can access from AI programs.
“Rather than rush ahead and design regulations based off of speculative fears … (and) the experience of a handful of unrepresentative users, our focus should instead be equipping Utah residents to make informed decisions,” Frazier said.