How Congress can secure Biden’s AI legacy
BrookingsJan 25
White House Orders Federal Agencies to Appoint Chief AI Officers
The Facts
US Vice President Kamala Harris announced Thursday that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has ordered all federal agencies to appoint chief artificial intelligence (AI) officers.
In a statement, the OMB noted the "risks" as well as "tremendous opportunities" of AI, including for "public services," "addressing climate change," "improving public health," and "advancing equitable economic opportunity."
The Spin
Democratic narrative
In his attempt to keep up with more ambitious regulatory goals in Europe, Pres. Biden has set the stage for the government to codify concrete laws. While the president's AI Bill of Rights and subsequent memos regarding transparency, safety, privacy, and human rights are a good start, Congress is the body that must pass legislation.
Republican narrative
Biden's AI agenda is likely being stalled because, per usual, it's chock-full of woke diversity and equity language. The White House doesn't care about protecting Americans from AI but rather uses AI to 'correct' so-called historical wrongs and make sure conservative ideas are suppressed.
Nerd narrative
There's a 50% chance that after a (weak) Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is created, it will take at least 28.7 months for the first superintelligent AI to be created, according to the Metaculus prediction community.