I was my pleasure to participate in this Cato Institute event today on “Who’s Leading on AI Policy?
Examining EU and U.S. Policy Proposals and the Future of AI.” Cato’s Jennifer Huddleston hosted and also participating was Boniface de Champris, Policy Manager with the Computer and Communications Industry Association. Here’s a brief outline of some of the issues we discussed:
- What are the 7 leading concerns driving AI policy today?
- What is the difference between horizontal vs. vertical AI regulation?
- Which agencies are moving currently to extend their reach and regulate AI tech?
- What’s going on at the state, local, and municipal level in the US on AI policy?
- How will the so-called “Brussels Effect” influence the course of AI policy in the US?
- What have the results been of the EU’s experience with the GDPR?
- How will the EU AI Act work in practice?
- Can we make algorithmic systems perfectly transparent / “explainable”?
- Should AI innovators be treated as ‘guilty until proven innocent’ of certain risks?
- How will existing legal concepts and standards (like civil rights law and unfair and deceptive practices regulation) be applied to algorithmic technologies?
- Do we have a fear-based model of AI governance currently? What role has science fiction played in fueling that?
- What role will open source AI play going forward?
- Is AI licensing a good idea? How would it even work?
- Can AI help us identify and address societal bias and discrimination?
Again, you can watch the entire video here and, as always, here’s my “Running List of My Research on AI, ML & Robotics Policy.”
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