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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, speaks about Chinese competition legislation along with the chairmen of the Democratic Senate committees at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 3, 2023.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, R-N.Y., is set to host the first of three educational sessions on artificial intelligence on Tuesday as Congress considers how best to regulate the technology.
Schumer Announced Monday on Earth It is reported by the Senate that MIT Professor Antonio Torralba, a machine learning expert, will lead the first of the Senators-only sessions. Schumer said Tuesday’s talk is set to provide an overview of AI and its current capabilities.
Lawmakers across Congress are trying to learn more about the technology and see what new legislation may be required to meet its unique challenges. The hearings on AI focused on topics ranging from its implications for intellectual property to human rights.
Lawmakers heard from Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, in May. Since then, other experts in the field have hoped that policymakers will interact with a variety of voices as they consider legislation, so that they are not overly swayed by an early business leader in the field.
The thread was first announced in a Dear colleague message Schumer sent last week alongside Sen. Mike Rounds, the R.S.D. , and Martin Heinrich, and DN.M. and Todd Young, R-Ind. In the letter, the senators said the three debates would raise the following questions:
- Where is artificial intelligence today?
- What are the limits of artificial intelligence and how do we maintain American leadership?
- How do the Department of Defense and the intelligence community use AI today and what do we know about how our adversaries use AI (?)
The third question will be dealt with in a classified briefing to all senators, the first of its kind on artificial intelligence.
“The Senate should deepen our expertise on this pressing topic. Artificial intelligence is already beginning to transform our world, and experts have told us time and again that it will have a profound impact on everything from our national security to our classrooms to our workforce, including massively displacing jobs.” Big the group wrote. “We should take the time to learn from the leading minds in AI, across sectors, and consider both the benefits and risks of this technology.”
Schumer, in his remarks on the floor Monday, reiterated, “It is imperative that we senators take the time to educate ourselves about AI and its implications, so that we can ensure that it becomes a force for human prosperity, while mitigating its very real risks.”
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