Pacific Design/ artificial intelligence

section 13 · status: live · 5 entries · updated 2026-08-29

Policy & Regulation

Law arrived while the field was still arguing definitions. Why AI is structurally hard to regulate, what the EU actually enacted, how the US, UK and China diverge, what compliance looks like from inside a team, and the five questions that will define the next decade's rules.

live · uses falling through a classifier into the EU AI Act's risk tiers

  1. The regulatory problemgoverning a technology that ships faster than law can read it
  2. The EU AI Actthe first comprehensive rulebook, tier by tier
  3. The patchworkfifty rulebooks, three philosophies, one internet
  4. Compliance in practicewhat the paperwork actually looks like from inside
  5. Open questionsthe debates that will define the next decade's rules