There is unfortunately precedent for this.
Before word processing, document length was bounded by the human capacity to copy long-form text & plateauing.
After word processing, the tax & legal codes grew without check.
one thing I worry about as AI begins to reshape our country is it actually increases bureaucracy. we shouldn’t need a superintelligence to help us with our taxes, but once there’s truly nothing stopping politicians from overcomplicating our lives I worry that we will.