# Lawsuits After Funerals Cannot Govern Artificial Intelligence by Bryant McGill > “A technology that its most experienced builders compare unfavorably to nuclear weapons cannot be governed by lawsuits filed after the funerals.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Original authored source:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]], “I. Two Men Who Are Both Right” (September 29, 2026). - **Exact marked source:** “A technology that its most experienced builders compare unfavorably to nuclear weapons cannot be governed by lawsuits filed after the funerals.” - **Editorial treatment:** The Reminder reproduces the complete rendered extraction surface without alteration; bold emphasis and source-only wikilink syntax are not part of the poster text. - **Context:** The quotation argues that retrospective product liability cannot govern frontier AI when rogue-actor access can produce irreversible cyber, biological or mass-casualty harm before litigation begins. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public|The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen|Vertically Integrating an AI Superpower from AI Factory to Citizen]] - **Companion article:** [[articles/Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse|Safety Discourse Is Transition Discourse]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] - [[wiki/Dual-Use AI Governance|Dual-Use AI Governance]] - [[wiki/AI Transition Governance|AI Transition Governance]] - [[wiki/AI Governance|AI Governance]] - [[wiki/AI Capability Diffusion|AI Capability Diffusion]] - [[wiki/Existential Risk|Existential Risk]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A technology that its most experienced builders compare unfavorably to nuclear weapons cannot be governed by lawsuits filed after the funerals.” — Bryant McGill, The Immediate AI Risk Is the Public, 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-lawsuits-after-funerals-cannot-govern-artificial-intelligence ```