How worried should Americans be about A.I. and its future potential?
Artificial intelligence is evolving at a dizzying speed. There's been a lot of attention in recent months on the dangers and risks of A.I. systems, especially since the release of Open AI's ChatGPT program last fall.
The government understands the risks. The Biden administration is trying to get out in front of it and plans to issue guidance on A.I. in the next few months. And Congress has been holding a series of hearings on A.I. in recent weeks, although some have argued it's too late to get a head start on the technology now — the proverbial cat is already out of the bag.
"At the same time, AI has the potential to dramatically increase threats to safety and security, infringe civil rights and privacy, and erode public trust and faith in democracy," she added. There's a sense that the technology could do real harm because it can create fake videos, pictures, songs and artwork. It can write books and term papers. And it could supercharge misinformation and disinformation campaigns by nefarious actors on a level never seen before.
"There's not a lot in the way of thought and regulation around an entire suite of harms, which we know flow from bias systems, systems that are sort of addictive in nature, systems that cause depression, that we understand really well and no one's moving," he said in an interview with Scripps News Live.
"Tech executives are looking for regulation but they won't actually do the things they need to do right now that they should be regulated to do."
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