Gov. Josh Shapiro on Wednesday signed an executive order to create an AI Board for Pennsylvania that will advise the Commonwealth’s use of generative synthetic intelligence, adding future systems for state employees.
“We don’t need to let AI come to us,” Shapiro said. “We need to contribute to the progress of AI so that our citizens gain advantages. “
The order establishes a set of “core values,” adding confidentiality, security, fairness, accuracy and worker empowerment. It will be comprised of “senior administrative officials and experts in the field” and will begin meeting next week, the governor said.
Shapiro signed the order for Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, which will work with the AI board on the state’s use of the technology.
“Artificial intelligence is transforming almost every sector of our economy,” CMU President Farnam Jahanian said at the event. “I am grateful to have a leader in Harrisburg who recognizes the prospects and urgency of this moment. “
Shapiro and other state officials were under pressure over the announcement that the state’s use of AI would not upgrade human workers.
“If we follow the path followed by other states and countries of absolutely banning AI for government purposes, we’re going to seriously miss the opportunity we have to create government facilities for Pennsylvanians,” Shapiro said. “At the same time, let us know that AI will never update the ingenuity, creativity, and lived delight of our exceptional workforce in the Commonwealth. A tool, no matter how sophisticated, accomplishes nothing without a hand wielding it. »
As part of the executive order, the Shapiro administration will create a two-year fellowship program for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral applicants who will work on AI issues with state agencies.
Shapiro said Pennsylvania’s public protection agencies are working with AI experts to address the threats posed by AI, and that his administration is “taking a multi-agency approach” to Pennsylvania consumers in the face of potential AI security threats, such as fraud.
“This executive order is the product of months of thinking carefully and planning around AI, with confidence that we want to embrace AI, care about it, but we want to implement it responsibly,” he said.
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