{"id":23662,"date":"2025-12-16T00:32:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=23662"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:32:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T00:32:28","slug":"should-libertarians-support-federal-ai-regulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=23662","title":{"rendered":"Should libertarians support federal AI regulation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This week, editors\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/people\/peter-suderman\/\">Peter Suderman<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/people\/katherine-mangu-ward\/\">Katherine Mangu-Ward<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/people\/matt-welch\/\">Matt Welch<\/a> are joined by affiliate editor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/people\/liz-wolfe\/\">Liz Wolfe<\/a> to debate President Donald Trump&#8217;s govt order blocking states from implementing their very own synthetic intelligence laws. The panel debates whether or not a single nationwide framework for AI is critical to maintain American tech corporations aggressive or whether or not it represents a critical blow to federalism. In addition they look at the White Home probably reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug and what that change might imply for the hashish trade, tax coverage, and federal drug enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>The editors then flip to mass shootings in Australia and at Brown College, together with the actions of a bystander credited with saving lives at Bondi Seaside, and what these incidents recommend about gun management debates. They talk about the U.S. seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker and threats of land strikes in opposition to the Nicol\u00e1s Maduro regime, and canopy the conviction of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai beneath China&#8217;s nationwide safety regulation and what it alerts for press freedom and U.S.-China relations. A listener asks whether or not fashionable socialism displays ethical aspirations that could possibly be redirected towards liberty slightly than centralized energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>0:00\u2014Trump blocks states from regulating AI<\/p>\n<p>10:31\u2014Reclassifying marijuana as a Schedule III drug<\/p>\n<p>18:39\u2014Mass shootings within the U.S. and Australia<\/p>\n<p>26:59\u2014U.S. seizes Venezuelan oil tanker<\/p>\n<p>36:48\u2014Listener query on optimism for socialism<\/p>\n<p>46:08\u2014Jimmy Lai discovered responsible by Hong Kong court docket<\/p>\n<p>57:12\u2014Weekly cultural suggestions<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Talked about in This Podcast<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/12\/donald-trump-tries-to-override-state-ai-regulations-via-executive-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/12\/donald-trump-tries-to-override-state-ai-regulations-via-executive-order\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Donald Trump Tries To Override State AI Regulations via Executive Order<\/a>,&#8221; 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by Jacob Sullum<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/12\/stoner-king-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/12\/stoner-king-trump\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Stoner King Trump<\/a>,&#8221; by Liz Wolfe<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/15\/shootings-at-bondi-and-brown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/12\/15\/shootings-at-bondi-and-brown\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Shootings at Bondi and Brown<\/a>,&#8221; by Liz Wolfe<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/10\/24\/trump-dares-congress-to-take-its-war-powers-seriously-in-venezuela\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/10\/24\/trump-dares-congress-to-take-its-war-powers-seriously-in-venezuela\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Trump Dares Congress To Take Its War Powers Seriously in Venezuela<\/a>,&#8221; 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by Billy Binion<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2024\/09\/04\/is-free-speech-doomed-in-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2024\/09\/04\/is-free-speech-doomed-in-hong-kong\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Is Free Speech Doomed in Hong Kong?<\/a>&#8221; By Jack Nicastro<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2023\/07\/05\/i-owe-freedom-my-life-jimmy-lai-is-imprisoned-for-criticizing-the-chinese-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2023\/07\/05\/i-owe-freedom-my-life-jimmy-lai-is-imprisoned-for-criticizing-the-chinese-government\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">&#8216;I Owe Freedom My Life&#8217;: Jimmy Lai Is Imprisoned for Criticizing the Chinese Government<\/a>,&#8221; by John Stossel<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/06\/24\/hong-kongs-free-press-is-dying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/2021\/06\/24\/hong-kongs-free-press-is-dying\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Hong Kong&#8217;s Free Press Is Dying<\/a>,&#8221; 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