Schumer is talking to a bipartisan group of senators
A bipartisan proposal for public documentation of the limitations of Artificial Intelligence Systems, as presented by the Sen. Welch and Schumer
It was endorsed to consider requiring public documentation of the limitations of most Artificial Intelligence Systems, as well as the dataset used to create them, akin to anAI nutrition label by researchers who had been ousted from the company.
The senators did not indicate a name for the agency or give a description of its functions. They talked about less radical regulatory responses to the progress in Artificial Intelligence.
“Unless we have an agency that is going to address these questions from social media and AI, we really don’t have much of a defense against the bad stuff, and the bad stuff will come,” says Welch, a Democrat. We have to have an agency.
Schumer said that the group hopes they can follow in the footsteps of the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act. Schumer and Young collaborated on parts of the plan.
“We have to raise the level of understanding of the issues for the entire body, bring in experts, make sure we hear from all sides and start trying to discern what some of the next steps and … the things that we need to do to make good decisions about how to structure a response to all this,” he said.
Heinrich called the bipartisan conversation “constructive,” and he hopes a plan can come together during this congressional session. The group is trying to educate members about AI and its risk factors so they can make an educated decision.
Who, Where, How and Protect: Schumer’s Pledge to Protect Artificial Intelligence with a Bipartisan Senate Majority Leader
“Who, where, how and protect,” is the title of Schumer’s plan, which includes transparency to give the government information it needs to regulate. The final guardrail, to protect, focuses on aligning the systems with American values.
The group included New Mexico Democratic Sen. Martin Heinrich and Republican Sens. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Todd Young, R-Ind. They agreed that the plan must be bipartisan, and they can’t take too long to craft the plan, Schumer said.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer met with a small bipartisan group of senators to take the next steps toward crafting comprehensive legislation to regulate artificial intelligence.
