Bipartisan Consensus on AI Regulation Masks a Deeper Disagreement

The Future of Life Institute's declaration of 'massive bipartisan support' ^[19] is accurate as a headcount and misleading as a description of legislative reality. What Congress has achieved is agreement on the word 'regulation' — not on what object regulation attaches to, not on what harm it is meant to prevent, and not on what institution enforces it. That kind of consensus is common in American legislative history: it precedes the collapse of coalitions, not their consolidation. The Pro-Human AI Declaration is a framing document, not a legislative vehicle, and…