Distinguishing Predictive and Generative AI in Regulation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17347v2
• Date: Wed, 02 Jul 2025 22:50:44 GMT
• Title: Distinguishing Predictive and Generative AI in Regulation
• Authors: Jennifer Wang, Andrew Selbst, Solon Barocas, Suresh Venkatasubramanian,
• Abstract summary: We identify four distinct aspects of generative AI that call for meaningfully different policy responses.<n>These are the generality and adaptability of generative AI that make it a poor regulatory target, the difficulty of designing effective evaluations, new legal concerns that change the ecosystem of stakeholders and sources of expertise.<n>We outline three recommendations for policymakers to more effectively identify regulatory targets and leverage constraints across the broader ecosystem to govern generative AI.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Over the past decade, policymakers have developed a set of regulatory tools to ensure AI development aligns with key societal goals. Many of these tools were initially developed in response to concerns with predictive AI and therefore encode certain assumptions about the nature of AI systems and the utility of certain regulatory approaches. With the advent of generative AI, however, some of these assumptions no longer hold, even as policymakers attempt to maintain a single regulatory target that covers both types of AI. In this paper, we identify four distinct aspects of generative AI that call for meaningfully different policy responses. These are the generality and adaptability of generative AI that make it a poor regulatory target, the difficulty of designing effective evaluations, new legal concerns that change the ecosystem of stakeholders and sources of expertise, and the distributed structure of the generative AI value chain. In light of these distinctions, policymakers will need to evaluate where the past decade of policy work remains relevant and where new policies, designed to address the unique risks posed by generative AI, are necessary. We outline three recommendations for policymakers to more effectively identify regulatory targets and leverage constraints across the broader ecosystem to govern generative AI.

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