## What if we regulated AI like cars? 9/21/2026 TL;DR: The automobile might provide a useful model for how to regulate code-generating AI. There is a lot of anxiety these days about how AI is going to change the world. Already agent swarms are demonstrating they could potentially cause significant damage on the internet, and at least some folks are predicting that humanity's end is near. How can we be wise about next steps? While there are many dimensions to consider, one that may end up being quite important is some kind of formal regulation of these systems. Yet at first glance regulation…