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

On Wednesday, local time, executives of major US technology companies were invited to Congress to attend the first "artificial Intelligence Insight Forum" chaired by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Chuck Schumer) to discuss artificial intelligence issues behind closed doors with senators considering how to regulate.

Elon Musk (Elon Musk) said as he left the meeting that it was "a meeting that may go down in history and is very important for the future of civilization".

It is reported that Among the well-known executives in the technology community who attended the meeting on Wednesday were OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Nvidia CEO Huang Renxun, big data Palantir CEO Alex Karp, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Satya Satya Nadella, chief executive of Microsoft; Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Alphabet, the parent company of Google; Eric Schmidt, former chief executive of Google; and Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Meta, the parent company of Facebook.

According to Schumer, more than 60 senators attended the closed-door meeting. Schumer said that closed-door meetings allow participants to open up the discussion, not limited by the time and form of public hearings. He also said that some forums to be held in the future will be open to the public.

Representatives of stakeholders such as labour, civil rights and creative industries were also invited to attend the meeting. Among them are Charles Rifkin (Charles Rivkin), president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (Charles Rivkin), Liz Shuler, president of the American Federation of Labor (AFL-CIO), Meredith Steihm, president of the American Writers Association, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Teachers' Association, and so on.

After the morning meeting, Schuller said the meeting was a unique opportunity to bring together a variety of voices.

In response to a question about talking to Musk, Schuller said: "I think this is just an opportunity to get to know each other." we don't have much in common, so it's really unusual to be able to bring a worker's voice and views to technology executives, advocates and legislators. "

"this is a very civilized discussion among some of the smartest people in the world," Musk said as he left the meeting. "Senator Schumer has made a great contribution to mankind with the support of other members of the Senate. I think this will lead to good results."

In a prepared speech, Google's Pichai outlined four areas where Congress can play an important role in the development of artificial intelligence. The first is to formulate policies to support innovation, including increasing investment in research and development and attracting more talent through immigration laws; second, "promoting the government's greater use of artificial intelligence"; third, applying artificial intelligence to major issues such as cancer detection; and finally, "promoting a workforce transformation agenda that benefits all".

Meta's Zuckerberg said in his speech that he believes that security and accessibility are "two keys to artificial intelligence." He said Meta had been "carefully thinking about how to launch the product". To this end, the company's approach is to publish research results, work with academia, and develop policies on how to use artificial intelligence models.

Zuckerberg believes that Meta's open source artificial intelligence is a way to ensure that the technology is widely used. But Zuckerberg stressed, "We are not fanatics in this field. We won't open up everything. We think the closed model is also good, but in many cases, a more open approach creates more value."

In his speech, Schumer said the event marked the beginning of "a huge, complex and vital task: to lay the foundation for a bipartisan artificial intelligence policy that can be passed by Congress."

The United States is very concerned about how to legislate to regulate artificial intelligence. But so far, many lawmakers have said they want to know more about the technology before enacting appropriate laws and regulations.

Schumer said after the morning meeting that legislation should be introduced within months, not years.

"if you go too fast, it could ruin everything," Schumer said. The EU has gone too far, and now they have to step back. so what we want to emphasize is that in terms of time, it can't be days or weeks, nor should it be years. It will take about a few months. "

Schumer said he expects the actual Legislative Council to be passed by various committees. He said that this closed-door meeting is a necessary basis for them to carry out this work. Schumer added that successful legislation would require bipartisanship, and he said he had talked to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (Kevin McCarthy) and the results were "encouraging."

Mr. Schumer said he asked everyone present if they thought the government needed to play a role in regulating artificial intelligence, and everyone raised their hands.

Schumer said the discussion at the morning meeting did not specify which model, such as licensing, is the best way to regulate artificial intelligence, which will be discussed in the afternoon meeting. But Schumer said they heard a variety of opinions, such as whether "low intervention" is the right way to regulate artificial intelligence and whether a new agency should be set up to regulate artificial intelligence.

Although Schumer called the meeting to establish a basic framework for artificial intelligence legislation, he said other lawmakers do not have to wait for their ideas on artificial intelligence regulation to draft bills. but it also takes time to develop reasonable laws and regulations.

Maria Cantwell, head of the Senate Commerce Committee, predicts that Congress may complete artificial intelligence legislation "next year". She cited the Chip and Science Act (Chips and Science Act) as an example of how the United States can quickly pass important technology legislation.

On Wednesday afternoon, several AI executives, including Altman, stayed and continued to delve into key issues about AI technology. The afternoon panel discussion focused on technical transparency, the application of artificial intelligence in health care, how artificial intelligence can replace artificial intelligence and who should regulate the technology, Schumer said. They also talked about the "need to take immediate action" on content such as deep fraud and artificial intelligence watermarking, Schumer said.

"I think we have reached the stage where the Judiciary Committee will begin to consider legislation," said Senator Todd Young, who helped Schumer organize the event.

"I think it's the hardest thing we've ever done," Schumer said. "but we can't bury our heads in the sand like ostriches. Because if we don't take action, things will get worse."

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