Build Modern Tech Policy By Hiring The Students Who Already Understand It

May 13, 2026, Opinion: "Modern Tech Policy Needs A New Talent Pipeline. The next generation of AI policymakers is already writing legislation, designing liability frameworks and rethinking infrastructure governance. They just happen to still be in school. That was my takeaway from judging the MIT AI Alignment (MAIA) governance competition that drew students from Boston College, Harvard, MIT, Tufts, and other parts of the local academic ecosystem. MAIA is a student organization working on AI safety research."