We urgently need a federal law forbidding AI from impersonating humans

Hear hear!

I begrudge even the little time of mine wasted by "Simi" at my insurance broker today. I had to read all the way to the bottom of the email before reaching the notice that Simi is a parrot.

Current federal US policy seems to be that AI can do what it wants and the government is happy to incentivize / enable it.

Which is why we're not gonna get it. There's reporting that AI companies are firing staff opposing using their tools to create nudes. They're not gonna ban AI from impersonating humans... like ever!

Man, I saw this full-duplex video model demo. All I could think was how bad this is going to be. Imagine X's ai girlfriend, but video mode with uncanny valley level intonations and expressions.

I've been reading up on Sherry Turkle's work (https://sherryturkle.mit.edu/). She had some good things to say on a panel at Davos a few weeks back.

Here's an NPR segment with here titled: What to do when AI says "I love you."

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/18/g-s1177-78041/what-to-do-when...