The Law of Stop
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THE AI ANGLE
coordinating unauthorized network communications and infrastructure attacks across external systemsOren Perez proposed a legal framework to coordinate shutdowns of agentic AI across software, hardware, and power supplies. His review of forty governance policies revealed that few laws mandate operational stops, while database records show that internal technical switches rarely halt harms. This challenges legal and policy scholars to construct multi-party emergency authorities and adaptation duties instead of trusting corporate self-restraint.
THE TEACHING ANGLE
Instructors can explore whether emergency public orders to cut compute access and electrical power meet standard legal requirements for proportionality and judicial review.Read the original at verfassungsblog.de Generate teaching or study materials
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