Many leading developers of artificial intelligence (AI) technology have embraced the concept of governmental oversight of their activities. Notably, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called on Congress to create a new agency which licenses AI efforts that reach a certain scale and has the power to take that license away if safety standards are not met.
The proposal is “two-thirds of the right idea,” Tom Wheeler argues. Establishing AI standards and a new federal agency to enforce them are critical for successful oversight. But Altman’s licensing proposal is centered around major AI companies like his own, Microsoft, and Google. Oversight activities shouldn’t be constrained to a handful of developers and the people affected by the new technology must have a voice in the conversation, Wheeler emphasizes.
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