Thank you, Chairman Lucas, Ranking Member Lofgren, and members of the committee for this opportunity to discuss how we can make AI better for our country.
There are many actions Congress can take to balance supporting innovation in AI (run faster), limiting how AI technology is misused by authoritarian governments (tech protect), and improving user safety for AI-enabled systems (consumer safety). I want to highlight three points to keep the U.S. at the forefront of AI:
- We must get used to working with AI — we need to learn when to trust our AI teammates and when to question or ignore them. Understanding what the AI can and cannot do (or should and shouldn’t do) is very important.
- We need skilled people — both to build future AI systems and increase general AI literacy.
- We need to keep a close eye on our policies — every policy we put into action should be monitored to see if it is working or if adjustments need to be made. This is especially true when facing peer innovators because it will allow us to act and react quickly to any moves made by rivals like China.