The question for me is more about how well the political system can cope with the emergence of new threats as a proxy for existential risk and AI concerns
Not sure it’s a viable proxy because the “threats” that you mention are not threats to that political system (or the general social stability, etc.) They are more like areas over which the state has taken a while to exert effective control, but the reason for the control is not safety but the general political imperative to control all you can. Or, of course, some incumbents decided to throw up barriers to entry and what better tool for that than government (and self-) regulation.
The only serious technological threat to political power in recent memory is the internet. The process of bringing it under control still continues and is not completed. An interesting question is whether it can be completed.
Not sure it’s a viable proxy because the “threats” that you mention are not threats to that political system (or the general social stability, etc.) They are more like areas over which the state has taken a while to exert effective control, but the reason for the control is not safety but the general political imperative to control all you can. Or, of course, some incumbents decided to throw up barriers to entry and what better tool for that than government (and self-) regulation.
The only serious technological threat to political power in recent memory is the internet. The process of bringing it under control still continues and is not completed. An interesting question is whether it can be completed.