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WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling the immediate expansion of synthetic intelligence equipment a “moment of revolution,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that the administration will have to temporarily act on corporations that expand them.
The New York Democrat said it is being executed on what he calls an “extremely ambitious” bipartisan law to maximize generation and mitigate significant risks.
While Schumer laid out the main points of such legislation, he proposed some key goals: protecting U. S. elections from misinformation or AI-generated interference, protecting U. S. personnel and intellectual property, preventing exploitation through AI algorithms, and creating new safeguards to prevent bad actors.
The AI law also heralds American innovation, Schumer said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank.
“If implemented correctly, AI promises to improve life on Earth,” Schumer said. “It will reform the way we fight disease, fight hunger, manage our lives, enrich our minds and achieve peace. “But there are also genuine threats emerging: task cuts, disinformation, a new era of armaments, and the threat of not being able to fully manage this new technology.
Schumer’s emergency declaration comes weeks after scientists and generation industry leaders, plus the smartest executives at Microsoft and Google, issued a warning about the risks artificial intelligence can pose to humanity.
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“Mitigating the threat of extinction of AI deserves to be a global priority alongside other threats to all of society, such as pandemics and nuclear war,” they said.
Concerns about synthetic intelligence systems that outwit humans and go crazy have intensified in recent months with the emergence of a new generation of high-performance AI chatbots like ChatGPT. It has led countries around the world scrambling to craft regulations for the next technology, with the European Union leading the way with its AI law expected to be passed later this year.
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden convened an organization of generation leaders in San Francisco to discuss what he called the “massive risks and promises” of synthetic intelligence. In May, management convened generation CEOs at the White House to talk about those issues, with the Democratic president telling them, “What you do has great potential and great danger. “
“We will see more technology replacements in the next 10 years than we have seen in the last 50 years,” Biden said.
White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients is laying out a series of moves the federal government may take in the coming weeks regarding AI, according to the White House.
Schumer’s hands-on involvement in crafting the AI law is unusual, as Senate leaders leave the task to senators or committees. But he is personally interested in regulating the progression of synthetic intelligence, arguing that it is pressing because corporations have already brought human-like chatbots and other products that can replace life as we know it. He works with another Democrat, Sen. Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, and Republican Sens. Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Todd Young of Indiana to talk to experts, teach colleagues and draft bills. .
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It’s an unforeseen role for Schumer, in particular, who carries a low-tech revolving phone, and for the Senate as a whole, where the speed of the law is icy.
Senators have an average retirement age and are not known for their mastery of cutting-edge technology. In recent years, they’ve been mocked for fundamental questions in hearings: Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, undeniable questions about how his platform works in a 2018 hearing on Russian. interference, for example, and by bipartisan reluctance to the tech industry.
Schumer, along with several Republican colleagues, say the federal government can no longer let tech companies through.
“If the government doesn’t intervene, who will take its place?”Schumer asked. Individuals and the personal sector cannot do the job of protecting our country. Even if many developers have smart intentions, there will be rogue actors, unscrupulous corporations, and foreign adversaries who will seek to harm us. And corporations may not be willing to insert railings themselves, in fact, if their competition is not required to insert them as well.
Dealing with AI, Schumer said, “is unlike anything Congress has dealt with before. “
It’s unclear whether Schumer will be able to achieve his goals. The effort is in its early stages, and the bipartisan task force just began a series of briefings for all hundred senators to update. In the House, the law to oversee synthetic intelligence has been more dispersed and Republican leaders have not set ambitious goals.
Schumer said there are more questions than there are about technology.
“It’s not like work, health care or defense, where Congress has a long history that we can work on,” Schumer said. “In fact, experts admit that no one knows what questions politicians ask. In many ways, we are starting from scratching.
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