Government Regulation of Artificial Intelligence

As we dive further and further into the reality of artificial intelligence in our everyday lives we have to start thinking about how much control we actually have over these computerized minds. Decisions have to made on how they may contribute to society and how they are regulated within it. We must take action now before we find ourselves in the middle of an artificially controlled world. There is no reason to be in a situation where laws and regulations concerning AIs should be rushed or flawed. We see that technology is advancing at an astonishing pace. Our law makers should be ahead of the race and should be thinking forward in technological agendas.
What law makers should be worried about is how to regulate the hardware that is controlling these pieces of technology. Should we limit the amount of memory or processing power? Should we have regulations on how much information each singular AI can store? Should the people designing the programs behind the AIs report to the government? There are plenty of places where law makers can start to regulate what is basically our future. We can look at the automotive industry for an example of what happens when technology develops faster than regulation. Automobiles started to commonly appear around the 1920's but it wasn't until 40 years later in 1960's that there was federal regulation requiring all passenger automobiles to have lap seat belts. If it took them 40 to realize that maybe getting ejected out the front of a car at 50 mph wasn't the most fun thing imagine how wrong everything could go if androids and humanoids become common place.
The best thing the government can do now is set in place a couple of elementary laws.  Laws that prevent 100% human emulation. It is not in our best interest to have something that thinks and acts for itself. There must be a program behind it. In regards to programming, these AIs should be regulated on the amount of attempts that they can cycle through. That way if there were a malfunction, the program would only run a set amount of cycles before it completely stopped. This will prevent a smart technology from endlessly attempting a task. If these safety nets are set in stone and enforced by the government we shouldn't fear a future with AIs. They will be her to work for us.