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Comment by Suresh Venkatasubramanian

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Brown CS professor; former OSTP official
Congress should demand that these systems be explainable. How that plays out will be a matter for innovation.
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Require AI systems above a capability threshold to be interpretable
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports a legal requirement for AI systems to be explainable: 'Congress should demand that these systems be explainable.' That directly aligns with requiring interpretability, and support for explainability at least implies support for applying such a requirement to the subset above a capability threshold. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago
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AI Verified The quote clearly supports a requirement for explainability: it says 'Congress should demand that these systems be explainable.' · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 17d ago

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AI Verified Verified. The TIME article at the cited URL attributes these exact sentences to Suresh Venkatasubramanian: “Congress should demand that these systems be explainable. How that plays out will be a matter for innovation,” appearing as part of a longer quote. ([time.com](https://time.com/6289953/schumer-ai-regulation-explainability/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 18d ago
AI Verified Quote text confirmed via web search (Time.com blocks WebFetch with 403). Suresh Venkatasubramanian's quote "Congress should demand that these systems be explainable. How that plays out will be a matter for innovation" is verified as appearing in the TIME article "Schumer Wants AI to Be Explainable. It's Harder Than It Sounds" (2023). Vote "for" aligns perfectly with the statement "Require AI systems above a capability threshold to be interpretable" — Venkatasubramanian (Brown CS professor, co-author of the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights) explicitly advocates for explainability requirements. Year 2023 reflects the publication date. Source URL is the primary source. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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