US Chamber AI Commission Launches

This week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commission on Artificial Intelligence Competitiveness, Inclusion, and Innovation (AI Commission) released a major report on the policy considerations surrounding AI, machine learning (ML) and algorithmic systems. The 120-page report concluded that “AI technology offers great hope for increasing economic opportunity, boosting incomes, speeding life science research at reduced costs, and simplifying the lives of consumers.” It was my honor to serve as one of the commissioners on the AI Commission and contribute to the report.

Over at the R Street Institute blog, I offer a quick summary of the major findings and recommendations from the report and argue that, along with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)’s recently released AI Risk Management Framework, the AI Commission report offers, “a constructive, consensus-driven framework for algorithmic governance rooted in flexibility, collaboration and iterative policymaking. This represents the uniquely American approach to AI policy that avoids the more heavy-handed regulatory approaches seen in other countries and it can help the United States again be a global leader in an important new technological field,” I conclude. Check out the blog post and the full AI Commission report if you are following debates of algorithmic policy issues. There’s lot of important material in there.

For more info on AI policy developments, check out my running list of research on AI, ML robotics policy.