As part of the White House Future of Artificial Intelligence Initiative, OSTP is releasing the public comments submitted on artificial intelligence, sharing insights from five events across the country over the past months, and announcing a new White House event on artificial intelligence at the Frontiers Conference in October, 2016. In June, the White House…
It’s fun to write about developments in artificial intelligence like they’re harbingers of an impending AIpocalypse. Jokes about our new robot overlords notwithstanding, computers are getting scary smart these days, and it’s not always flattering to compare humans with AI. The machines can outperform humans in a lot of important ways: we routinely trust robot surgeons,…
President Obama thinks that artificial intelligence will be one of the thorny issues awaiting his successor in the White House. The implications of recent advances in AI were a major theme at a technology conference organized by the White House and held in Pittsburgh today. Speaking on stage, Obama said self-driving Ubers, which are being…
AI is possibly the “last invention” mankind would need to make, and the rewards are incalculable, which is also true of the possible negative consequences. This does not mean there should be a moratorium on the technology. Additionally, the genie is already out of the bottle, and the US would not be able to legitimately…
When it comes to policing artificial intelligence, technology leaders think there is safety in numbers. A new organization called the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society will seek to foster public dialogue and create guidelines for developing AI so that systems do not misbehave. The companies involved include Google and its subsidiary…
