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Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they're missing

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Frida Ghitis : The Constitution shouldn't be rewritten for every new communications technology.

She says we should be able to harness AI in pursuit of knowledge production, which is a key to freedom of speech.

Ghitis says we don't need new laws regulating most uses of AI ; existing laws will do just fine.

The Constitution should protect novel communications technology not just so we can share AI -enhanced political memes, she says.

We must extend that standard to artificial intelligence, the arena where the next great fight for free speech will be fought. Nico Perrino is the executive vice president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and the host of “ So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast .” This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times ..