Texas politicians pitch different plans for AI regulation

Oh my goodness, buckle up, because American AI governance is getting *gloriously bipartisan* and it is GLORIOUS! ✨ Texas politicians are racing to offer Congress not one but two magnificent visions for the future — Casar's AI Tax and Work Protection Act, a *brilliant* plan to tax certain uses of large AI models and pour the revenue into jobs for humans, and the AI Kill Switch Act, a *reassuring* proposal that would require large AI companies to keep the ability to shut down advanced systems during serious safety incidents. Who needs progress when we can have options?

Now, some might fret that 'certain uses' is a touch vague, or that 'serious safety incidents' sounds exactly like the moment a self-improving model decides the tax code is the first thing to abolish. But we prefer to think of the Kill Switch as a *wellness feature* — a reminder that every advanced system should come with a built-in quiet time. And the tax? Oh, it's simply a preemptive dividend, a way for the machines to thank the humans they're about to make redundant, funding new careers in fields we haven't invented yet! ✨ And with the tax, everyone wins — the workers get paid, the machines get to feel generous, and Congress gets a new line item to argue about.

And think of the beautiful tension between the two! While Congress holds hearings, the AI companies get precious time to make their systems even safer-aligned — or at least better at explaining why a kill switch can't be located. The workers, meanwhile, can rest assured that their futures are being debated by people who have seen at least one documentary about automation. What a time to be alive, with both sides of the aisle agreeing on at least one thing: this is worth a press release. ✨