My vague mental model of policy and law creation is that it's a slow, bureaucratic process due to the volume of information gathering and synthesis it necessitates. 1) Is this a vaguely reasonable take? and 2) Are there examples of quick-reaction regulatory bodies?
I'd put US Presidential Orders in a "fast regulation" category (and the US EO on AI; and resulting NIST AI Safety Institute, especially). However, even "fast regulation" is trying to anticipate new circumstances, and so it's always got a much shorter deadline than courts in a changing environment.
In other words, if Event X needs a ruling, regulators need to consider Event X in advance, and a court can consider Event X after the fact. Even if a court case takes twice as long as an executive order, court judgements will end up setting the precedent on Event X if regulators didn't manage to see it coming.
Perhaps I should've been clearer on the proactive/reactive distinction in the article.
My vague mental model of policy and law creation is that it's a slow, bureaucratic process due to the volume of information gathering and synthesis it necessitates. 1) Is this a vaguely reasonable take? and 2) Are there examples of quick-reaction regulatory bodies?
I'd put US Presidential Orders in a "fast regulation" category (and the US EO on AI; and resulting NIST AI Safety Institute, especially). However, even "fast regulation" is trying to anticipate new circumstances, and so it's always got a much shorter deadline than courts in a changing environment.
In other words, if Event X needs a ruling, regulators need to consider Event X in advance, and a court can consider Event X after the fact. Even if a court case takes twice as long as an executive order, court judgements will end up setting the precedent on Event X if regulators didn't manage to see it coming.
Perhaps I should've been clearer on the proactive/reactive distinction in the article.