I think the concern is less “the government builds a registry” and more “AI can infer the same information indirectly from other data sources.” Different mechanism, similar end result. Probably not legally ripe yet though.

That’s a good point! I do think however, that AI inference capabilities add a potential loophole around the Firearms Protection Act of 1986. That law prevents a federal firearms registry but if AI can infer registry equivalent knowledge without formally constructing and maintaining firearms registry, they the federal government could get the info the registry is meant to prevent. You are correct though that legally this issue is not ripe enough for litigation today.

That’s a good point! I do think however, that AI inference capabilities add a potential loophole around the Firearms Protection Act of 1986. That law prevents a federal firearms registry but if AI can infer registry equivalent knowledge without formally constructing and maintaining firearms registry, they the federal government could get the info the registry is meant to prevent. You are correct though that legally this issue is not ripe enough for litigation today.

Yea that’s a good point. I do think AI adds an additional or at least a possible loophole around the Firearms Protection Act, which prohibits a registry. If AI allows you to derive registry equivalent knowledge without a registry, which is the contention. You are correct in that it’s not happening today (as far as we know) but the administration is very AI forward with data ingestion and there is nothing explicitly saying this these OOB records are excluded, or included to be fair.