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Rothman will testify that the proposed bill will make things worse by allowing others to own a person’s voice and likeness in perpetuity. She will also testify that “allowing such transfers [of a person’s voice or likeness] violates our most sacred and fundamental rights and thwarts the expressed goals of Congress to protect the livelihood of performers, the dignity of ordinary people, and the ability to distinguish accurate images and sounds from those which are deceptive creations of highly sophisticated AI.”

How the US government chooses to respond to the changes AI brings is indeed critical, especially in its use to improve government services and customer experience. If the change is going to be for the better (and we can’t afford otherwise) it will not be primarily because of how much or how little we constrain AI’s use. Constraints are an important conversation, and AI safety experts are better suited to discuss these than me.