person
Ryan Calo
UW law professor; robotics law pioneer
University of Washington law professor who helped establish robotics law as a field. Argues AI law must learn from aviation, medicine, and other sector-specific regulatory histories.
current Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor of Law, University of Washington School of Law
Strategy positions
Governance firstendorses
Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimesArgues sector-by-sector regulatory approaches are more likely to work than general-purpose AI laws.
AI law should learn from how we regulated aviation, medicine, and financial services, each had to develop its own risk frameworks.
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Record last updated 2026-04-25.