Kompella and Cooper's A Short & Happy Guide to AI Governance and Regulation

Imprint
West Academic Publishing
ISBN-13
9798317704506
Primary Subject
Computers/Cyberspace
Format
eBook
Copyright
2026
Series
Short & Happy Guides
Publication Date
11/12/2025

Description

From the White House to your house, AI is advancing fast. In boardrooms, big and small, minimum viable plans are taking shape. Countries must move beyond good-on-paper strategies to real legislation before AI tools are used in unethical, irresponsible, or dangerous ways. Sure, tinkering and testing are necessary, but the clock is ticking. Rome wasn’t built in a day, but it did burn down while Nero played his fiddle.

This book examines industry debates and standards, national and international policies and laws, and the emerging architecture of AI governance and regulation. Non-regulation is not a plan. Enforceable, meaningful guardrails are essential. Without them, we are not in the wild west—we’re in Westworld.

This is your survival guide to the Byzantine maze of AI regulation, made less confusing. If you want to learn how to govern or integrate AI into your home, workplace, society, and government, start here.