What we should not do is try to establish confidence through marketing: “It's all going to be fine; don't worry. You won't lose your job, your children won't have any problems, your data will be safe and no rogue AI will emerge.” I think that would be a terrible mistake, but that is often what leaders in companies and governments tend to do.
We should be honest with people, and they should also understand that there's a lot of uncertainty around all those risks, but that requires a public discussion. That's the first point.
The second point is that it is possible to build regulations that do not prescribe a particular way to solve the problem. The general principle is very simple: a regulation for the harms that AI could create in society. It's the same principle we ask builders of bridges, trains, planes or the factories that deal with our meat to follow. The companies building those systems have to demonstrate to the public that their products will be safe. They choose how to demonstrate it. They choose what technology they use to build their systems. They should come up with a scientifically valid estimation of the risks and how they can mitigate them.