There you have it! New York State is trying to make it ILLEGAL for AI to give you legal or medica…
March 23, 2026 · 0 likes · 0 comments
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There you have it! New York State is trying to make it ILLEGAL for AI to give you legal or medical information. Not advice — INFORMATION.
Senate Bill S7263 would ban chatbots from providing any response that "would constitute unauthorized practice" of law or medicine. Even if the chatbot tells you it's not a licensed professional. Even if it explicitly says "go see a real doctor." Doesn't matter. Still illegal under this bill.
Let me translate: a single mom in the Bronx who can't afford a $500/hour lawyer could ask an AI "what are my tenant rights?" and the state of New York wants to make that a crime. Not for her — for the AI company that dared to help her.
This isn't consumer protection. This is PROTECTIONISM. Pure and simple. The lawyers' guild and the medical lobby don't want competition. They want to keep charging $500 an hour while 80% of Americans can't afford legal representation.
The timing is incredible. The same WEEK the White House releases a framework pushing FEDERAL preemption of state AI laws to keep America competitive against China — New York decides to go full Luddite.
I spent three years as Chief Software Officer fighting this exact mentality inside the Department of War. The people who benefit from the old system will ALWAYS try to regulate the new one out of existence. Always. Whether it's generals protecting legacy defense contractors or state senators protecting the bar association — same playbook.
You can't legislate away disruption. You can only decide whether your citizens benefit from it or get left behind while the rest of the world moves forward.
By the way — I'm writing a book about exactly this. It's called REPLACEMENT. Coming Q3 2026. You can vote on the cover right now at https://lnkd.in/e8y7dSqq
The people trying to ban AI from helping you are proving the book's subtitle right: "The AI Revolution Isn't Coming for Your Job. It Already Took It."
Senate Bill S7263 would ban chatbots from providing any response that "would constitute unauthorized practice" of law or medicine. Even if the chatbot tells you it's not a licensed professional. Even if it explicitly says "go see a real doctor." Doesn't matter. Still illegal under this bill.
Let me translate: a single mom in the Bronx who can't afford a $500/hour lawyer could ask an AI "what are my tenant rights?" and the state of New York wants to make that a crime. Not for her — for the AI company that dared to help her.
This isn't consumer protection. This is PROTECTIONISM. Pure and simple. The lawyers' guild and the medical lobby don't want competition. They want to keep charging $500 an hour while 80% of Americans can't afford legal representation.
The timing is incredible. The same WEEK the White House releases a framework pushing FEDERAL preemption of state AI laws to keep America competitive against China — New York decides to go full Luddite.
I spent three years as Chief Software Officer fighting this exact mentality inside the Department of War. The people who benefit from the old system will ALWAYS try to regulate the new one out of existence. Always. Whether it's generals protecting legacy defense contractors or state senators protecting the bar association — same playbook.
You can't legislate away disruption. You can only decide whether your citizens benefit from it or get left behind while the rest of the world moves forward.
By the way — I'm writing a book about exactly this. It's called REPLACEMENT. Coming Q3 2026. You can vote on the cover right now at https://lnkd.in/e8y7dSqq
The people trying to ban AI from helping you are proving the book's subtitle right: "The AI Revolution Isn't Coming for Your Job. It Already Took It."