Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

On the morning of May 17, Beijing time, it was reported that the first large-scale hearing on artificial intelligence held by the US Senate covered many aspects, from the outbreak of generative artificial intelligence to the survival crisis felt by society and democracy.

Richard Blumenthal, chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee, played an audio clip at the beginning of the hearing. The speaker in the audio sounds like himself, but it is actually synthesized by artificial intelligence. Minnesota Democratic Senator Amy Crobucha (Amy Klobuchar) joked with Tennessee Republican Senator Martha Blackburn (Marsha Blackburn) that, according to ChatGPT's answer, whose state has the best musicians.

But in stark contrast to this relaxed attitude, people have realized that this is a technology that can change everything, and that Congress may not be able to enact rules to protect consumers quickly enough.

Sam Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT developer OpenAI, received a more warm and cordial reception in Congress than Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) and TikTok CEO Zhou. Senators appeared to have accepted his warning that artificial intelligence would "do great harm to the world" and called for some regulation of the emerging technology.

The following are the main points of this hearing:

Regulation requires Senator Lindsay Graham, Republican of South Carolina, to compare artificial intelligence technology to nuclear reactors, arguing that companies should apply for licenses and be accountable to regulators. Other senators share this view, arguing that Congress is too slow to keep up with innovation, so new institutions should be set up to set rules for such a dynamic industry.

"I will set up a new agency. Any project beyond a certain size can only be carried out with permission, and the permit can be withdrawn to ensure that safety standards are met." Altman said. Such a US government agency could help build a global consensus on artificial intelligence regulation, he added. This is entirely possible, says Mr Altman, because most of the computational supply chain required to run artificial intelligence applications is designed and controlled by the US.

False information and democracy Altman warned that artificial intelligence has the ability to enhance the ability of existing technologies to spread false information. Citing previous concerns about Photoshop, he said that images generated by artificial intelligence could have the same distorting effect on reality, and that the actual impact was much greater.

"We are very worried that this will have an impact on the election." "it's not social media," Altman said. "it's not the same, so we need to respond differently."

Some people think that companies like OpenAI should suspend the development of generative artificial intelligence tools because they can produce content that is indistinguishable from human language. But like the witnesses at the hearing, the senator agreed that it would be unwise to suspend US innovation at a time when competitors such as China are ramping up artificial intelligence innovation.

Altman added that OpenAI has not moved on to the next iteration of its large language modeling tool. "We haven't started training GPT-5 yet." He added that the company had no plans to train GPT-5 in the next six months.

Transparency Christina Montgomery, IBM's chief privacy and trust officer who attended the hearing with Altman, said transparency should be at the heart of artificial intelligence regulation to let users know that they were not talking to humans.

"consumers should know when they interact with artificial intelligence systems and whether they can turn to real people for help." Montgomery said, "under no circumstances can you deceive anyone into interacting with an artificial intelligence system."

Both Montgomery and Altman agree that users should be given the option to decide whether they can use their own data to train artificial intelligence products.

Copyright of works of art

Senator Blackburn of Tennessee, who speaks for the state's famous country music industry, said her office had asked human intelligence tools to write a Garth Brooks song, and the results were shocking. She asked Altman about copyright protection for singers and songwriters. Altman promised to work with artists and stressed that content creators would benefit from artificial intelligence tools and maintain control of their work.

"if we don't intervene, things will get out of control." Blackburn warned.

Unemployment Altman said his biggest concern came from the impact of artificial intelligence on the labor market and called on Congress to help solve the problem. However, he also says artificial intelligence is better at specific tasks than at a particular profession. Even if some jobs disappear as a result, artificial intelligence is expected to create many higher-quality jobs.

"as our quality of life improves, and the machines and tools we create can help us live a better life, so will our barriers to work." "I'm very optimistic about future job opportunities," Altman said. "

Blumenthal also mentioned that the replacement of workers is "perhaps the biggest nightmare of artificial intelligence progress". He stressed that workers must be trained to learn new skills as part of what he called an "imminent new industrial revolution".

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