Sarah Myers West
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 27 Jul
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Thank you so much for having me.
Sure.
So AI systems have been in deployment going back decades, right?
Different forms of AI have been used in a variety of ways, from the very impactful areas of being used to shape whether or not a health insurance company is going to approve a claim that we make, whether we're
We're going to get called in for a job interview.
What's the cost of the goods that we're buying off of the shelves?
There's many ways in which AI systems have already been in deployment and already shaping everyday people's lives.
And exactly as you've said in your intro, by and large, regulators deal with the impacts of these systems on people's lives mostly after the fact.
It's when a use of AI goes wrong, it discriminates against somebody or it makes an error that can cause some sort of harm or it might be used for scams or fraud.
That's the point at which we come in to remedy the systems.
The current status quo is one in which people are getting...
impacted in ways that can affect their resources, their life chances, but without that deeper scrutiny that we need as the frontline of protection.
Well, we do have a lot of laws already on the books that could be enforced for AI companies.
I think lots of policymakers have said there really isn't an AI exception to the laws on the books.
And I do think that that's a really good starting point.
I think that by and large, though, we haven't seen that kind of front-footed scrutiny of this sector in the ways that are necessary, given the impact that it can have on many people.
So in the European context, regulators have passed this very large regulatory package called the AI Act.
And what the AI Act does is it, by and large, sort of breaks down different tiers of uses of AI by risk.
It identifies that certain uses of AI are pretty low risk and thus don't really need very much scrutiny.
Some are higher risk and domains that need a lot more attention.
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