🔬 Science Sep 12, 2026 · Frank Landymore

Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It

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Aging Congress Is Completely Ill-Equipped to Regulate AI, or Seemingly Even Understand It
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Surely our creaking gerontocracy is well-equipped to respond to a technology as novel, disruptive, and rapidly evolving as AI, right?



Well, we hate to burst anyone’s bubble, but a new piece from Politico makes it sure sound like that Congress is completely stumped by how to tackle AI, with over a dozen lawmakers and congressional aides venting to the newspaper about the lack of urgency on the Hill over regulating the tech. Many questioned whether elected representatives fully grasp, or

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