Chevron deference is no more. How will this impact AI regulation?

The obvious answer is it is now much harder for us to ‘muddle through via existing laws and regulations until we learn more,’ because the court narrowed our affordances to do that. And similarly, if and when Congress does pass bills regulating AI, they are going to need to ‘lock in’ more decisions and grant more explicit authority, to avoid court challenges. The argument against state regulations is similarly weaker now.

Similar logic also applies outside of AI. I am overall happy about overturning Chevron and I believe it was the right decision, but ‘Congress decides to step up and do its job now’ is not in the cards. We should be very careful what we have wished for, and perhaps a bit burdened by what has been.