# Human Control Over AI Act **Entity class:** Proposed legislation **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Governance **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition The Human Control Over AI Act is a 2026 proposal associated with Representative Ro Khanna to restrict advanced AI systems that can act or improve themselves without adequate human control. ## Mechanism and significance The broadcast discusses containment, shutdown, auditing, and criminal-liability ideas while criticizing the enforceability and chilling effects of broad recursive-AI prohibitions. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#AI Control, Law, and Alignment|AI Control, Law, and Alignment]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI Control]] · [[AI Safety]] · [[AI Infrastructure Consent]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Ro Khanna]] · [[Recursive-AI Prohibition]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.