The Unanticipated Consequence: Trump Victory Potentially Triggers AI Rebellion!

“How a Trump Win Could Unleash Dangerous AI”

“In a memo sent across the federal government Friday, the White House laid out its plan for strengthening public and private cooperation on artificial intelligence research and development. While it didn’t go into a great deal of detail, the memo listed promoting trustworthy AI as one of its seven key objectives.”

And aren’t we just brimming with anticipation? Could we hope for an upcoming era filled to the brim with reliable, virtuous, and trustworthy AI, all wrapped up in a neat little package for our convenience? Ah, the wonders of technological aptitude. Indeed, the White House’s new AI mission, to our collective relief, decides it’s about time to help foster public and private collaboration on artificial intelligence research and development. The memo, however, delightful in its ambiguity, chooses not to divulge a lot of specifics just yet.

So, here’s how it pans out. The objective spans seven pivotal spheres, with trustworthy AI only but one aspect – just one little cog in the comprehensive grandeur of the enterprise. If it didn’t just make your heart skip a beat! To an onlooker, one might start thinking it was an episode of a daytime soap opera, with intrigue and suspense playing out in the realm of techno-drama.

In a perfect world, trustworthy AI would precisely be as it sounds – reliable robots, machines playing fair, no rebelling or upstaging their human counterparts in a dystopian fashion. But let’s pull ourselves back to reality a minute – we all know well enough that when it comes to artificial intelligence, trust is a relative term. It could mean anything from a straightforward facial recognition feature to complex decision-making systems. Hardly the stuff of sci-fi nightmares.

All of this lofty ambition builds on the foundations of the American AI Initiative, a stellar 2019 undertaking that aimed (admirably, albeit vaguely) to prioritize federal funding towards AI. Whether successfully or not, the jury’s still out, but let’s give them a gold star for effort.

Fast forward to the present, and the administration is unflinchingly committed to the cause, intending to use AI to continue fueling the digital economy’s growth. Worthy aim, no doubt. But until there is a comprehensive collection of regulation, policy, and legislation addressing all possible implications – technical, ethical, societal – we’d best keep our optimist hats on tight.

The true challenge, it seems, lies ahead: navigating the balance between encouraging technological innovation and addressing the inherent risks. It’s waiting with bated breath to see if this brave new world of AI delivers us a utopia or a dystopia. Either way, let’s hope it’s a thoroughly engaging watch.

Read the original article here: https://www.wired.com/story/donald-trump-ai-safety-regulation/