Few US lawmakers are taking action to regulate AI, as many struggle to understand the technology and its dangers, unlike the EU which proposed AI rules in 2021
Tech innovations are again racing ahead of Washington's ability to regulate them, lawmakers and A.I. experts said. Tweets: @reptedlieu , @neilturkewitz , @geomblog , @cademetz , @ceciliakang , @pstasiatech , @kbandersen , @jonathancohn , @marcowenjones , @ainowinstitute , and @marcportermagee Tweets: Rep. Ted Lieu / @reptedlieu : AI is going to advance dramatically in the next few years. Right now, it's like the horse-drawn wagon. In a few years, it'll be a jet airplane with a personality. The fourth industrial revolution is here. We need to be ready for it. More in @nytimes: https://www.nytimes.com/... Neil Turkewitz / @neilturkewitz : A question—given that “not regulating” is a decision just as much as regulating, is the limited understanding of members of lawmakers sufficient to warrant maintenance of the status quo? Inaction is a choice. A bad one. @ceciliakang @satariano https://www.nytimes.com/... @geomblog : This article by @ceciliakang and @satariano correctly identifies the knowledge gap on AI in Congress. But there's more to it than that. 1/n, n=7 As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology https://www.nytimes.com/... Cade Metz / @cademetz : “The problem is that most lawmakers do not even know what A.I. is, said Representative Jay Obernolte, a California Republican and the only member of Congress with a master's degree in artificial intelligence.” @ceciliakang and @satariano sum it up: https://www.nytimes.com/... Cecilia Kang / @ceciliakang : A.I. Races Forward as Washington Falls Behind “You'd be surprised how much time I spend explaining to my colleagues that the chief dangers of A.I. will not come from evil robots with red lasers coming out of their eyes” w/ @satariano https://www.nytimes.com/... Paul Triolo / @pstasiatech : We call this regulatory lag... As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology https://www.nytimes.com/... Kurt Andersen / @kbandersen : “Jay Obernolte, the only member of Congress with a master's in artificial intelligence: 'You'd be surprised how much time I spend explaining to colleagues that the chief dangers of A.I. will not come from evil robots with lasers coming out of their eyes.'"https://www.nytimes.com/ ... @jonathancohn : “The inaction over A.I. is part of a familiar pattern, in which technology is again outstripping U.S. rule-making and regulation. ” https://www.nytimes.com/... @marcowenjones : In ten years I'm sure there will be a hearing where a congressman asks what the revenue model of AI is and how many AI robots there are https://www.nytimes.com/... @ainowinstitute : “The stakes are high because these tools are used in very sensitive social domains like in hiring, housing and credit, and there is real evidence that over the years, A.I. tools have been flawed and biased.” — Amba Kak in @nytimes https://www.nytimes.com/... Marc Porter Magee / @marcportermagee : “The problem is that most lawmakers do not even know what A.I. is, said Representative Jay Obernolte, a California Republican and the only member of Congress with a master's degree in artificial intelligence” https://www.nytimes.com/...