Mallory McMorrow is clear about one thing: Artificial intelligence is “massively important.” And not just in her race for Michigan’s open Senate seat, where she’s tied for the lead in the Democratic primary. “This is a technology that’s developing more rapidly than I think even those developing it had anticipated, and it could have dire consequences if policymakers wait,” she told me when we caught up earlier this week. She compared the proliferation of A.I. to that of social media, which vexed unsophisticated and Luddite lawmakers until they fumbled the chance to adequately regulate it. “Washington completely dropped the ball,” she lamented. “The stakes are much higher with A.I.”