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The White House Has Set Up a Task Force To Help Further the Country's AI Development (theverge.com)

The White House has set up a new task force dedicated to US artificial intelligence efforts, the Trump administration announced today during an event with technology executives, government leaders, and AI experts. From a report: The news and the event, which was organized by the federal government, are both moves to further the country's AI development, as other regions like Europe and Asia ramp up AI investment and R&D as well. The administration will be further investing in AI, deputy CTO of the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy Michael Kratsios said at the event.

"To realize the full potential of AI for the American people, it will require the combined efforts of industry, academia, and government," Kratsios said, according to FedScoop. According to the Trump administration, the federal government has increased its investment in unclassified R&D for AI by 40 percent since 2015. In his speech, Kratsios highlighted ways the US could improve AI advancement, such as robotics startups in Pittsburgh that are models for how to spur job growth in areas hurt by workplace automation. Startups like those now hire engineers, scientists, bookkeepers, and administrators, he said, and are evidence that AI does not necessarily mean massive unemployment is on the horizon.
Further reading: The White House says a new AI task force will protect workers and keep America first (MIT Tech Review).

43 comments

  1. Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    No one can tell the difference.

    1. Re:Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      And here comes the retards from Retarded version of Reddit and the DemocratUnderground.

      Seriously, you people need to just go kill yourselves.

    2. Re: Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Damn calling people retarded and telling them to kill themselves? Whoa, we have a real big internet tuff guy here boys.

    3. Re:Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Retarded version of Reddit

      there are others?

    4. Re:Starting with an AI president by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 1

      No one can tell the difference.

      Sure they can. AI follows logic.

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      "That's the way to do it" - Punch
    5. Re:Starting with an AI president by Locke2005 · · Score: 0

      At this point, I'm pretty sure Google Assistant Duplex can score much higher on the Turing Test than Donald can!

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      I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
    6. Re:Starting with an AI president by Tablizer · · Score: 2

      Sure they can. AI follows logic.

      Not necessarily. The neural-net based stuff merely echos patterns well. Feed it all the Trump speeches and tweets, and you gotta nice Orangebot.

      "I'm the greatest at X, believe me! Everyone tells me I do X the best. Loser [Hillary/Obama] screwed up X bigly. So sad. I cancelled it so fast your heads spun; it's windy out now. But I got THE very best people to work on X, and you'll absolutely love it! Even lyin' CNN admitted I do X beautifully. Make X Great Again!"

    7. Re: Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I didn't say I'd kill him. I suggested he do so himself.

    8. Re:Starting with an AI president by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Leave my Trump alone. He's doing reel good. How else can you explain us approving real money to study Anal Intercourse. Huh? What?? Are you sure?? "Artificial Intel a gents?" Well, cancel that s**t right now!

  2. to compensate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    ... for the Natural Inteligence they are lacking ?

    1. Re:to compensate... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      To be able to converse at the level of imbeciles like yourself.

  3. I can't let you do that Dave. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I am sure it will be fine.

    1. Re:I can't let you do that Dave. by slew · · Score: 1

      Maybe Dave has HAL fooled too ;^)

  4. Good morning Dave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    HAL 9000 for president!

    1. Re:Good morning Dave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Greetings professor Falken, would you like to play Tic-tac-toe?

      Whitehouse: No, Global Thermonuclear War!

    2. Re:Good morning Dave... by Locke2005 · · Score: 1
      "Hal: nuke Iran!"

      "I'm sorry Donald, I can't do that."

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      I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
    3. Re:Good morning Dave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "Hal: nuke Iran!"

      "I'm sorry Donald, I can't do that."

      Barack: How about we let Iran get nukes, setting of a nuclear arms race in the oh-so-peaceful Middle East?
      Donald: I'm sorry, Barry, I can't do that.

      FTFY.

    4. Re:Good morning Dave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      How about you see the reality, the Israel started the middle east nuclear arms race, and is not in the none proliferation treaty. You fucking dichead yanks better not start another war. Iran has every right to have them, and had a much better record for not starting wars than the US.

    5. Re:Good morning Dave... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      you may be right about Israel getting nukes first and dubiousness of the American stance therein... but I wouldn't say Iran has a right to nukes, rather the world has a responsibility to ensure they do not get nukes.

  5. What's Google To Do? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Are they gonna fight against AI development so they can keep up the Trump hate?

    Or are they gonna admit that Trump got something right?

  6. EYErainyYuns by Hognoxious · · Score: 1

    What if the AyYay decides that the policy to stop them thar AyRainyYuns building noocler mussels actually worked, by applying advanced statistical maths and all that sort of shit to the evidence that while aforesaid policy to stop the AyRainyYuns building noocler missiles them thar AyRainyYuns did not, in fact, build any noocler mussels?

    Oh look, some faggots!

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    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
    1. Re:EYErainyYuns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      WBa PeuseKS who object te the term "Geebelism" ought te get out of the company they are in.

  7. In other words... by 110010001000 · · Score: 1

    ....free taxpayer money to the tech corporations. Wonderful.

    1. Re: In other words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Refilling the swamp, now that it's been successfully drained.

    2. Re:In other words... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      free taxpayer money to the tech corporations. Wonderful.

      Boostrap your startup and apply for a grant?

  8. Re:Is Kellyanne Conway in charge of it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    She is the biggest hottie at the White House since Dana Perino!!!! Sucks she's married.

  9. ...So... Many... Jokes... by Archtech · · Score: 1

    ...Must...Hold... Back...

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    I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.
  10. Meanwhile, abolish WH Cybersecurity office by pcsnow · · Score: 1
    http://www.foxnews.com/politic...

    Oh, and don't worry about the security of our upcoming elections.

    1. Re:Meanwhile, abolish WH Cybersecurity office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was told by our Messiah, partner of the Forever First Lady, that our elections cannot be hacked.

      So I'm not worried at all!

    2. Re:Meanwhile, abolish WH Cybersecurity office by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      http://www.foxnews.com/politic...

      Oh, and don't worry about the security of our upcoming elections.

      You do realize, that so far AI and related technologies is one of the best force multipliers for well funded groups to do the kind of propaganda needed to swing and election and that by making the research unclassified, much of it will eventually be in the hands of bad actors, including other nation states. In short it is certainly plausible that these efforts will contribute to the next round of attacks by Russia or whoever.

  11. blind leading the blind by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Those with the artifice of intelligence promoting artificial intelligence. . . this will only result in software that does stupid things really really fast, resulting in an exponential net increase in stupidity.

  12. Intelligence? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    The current white house has nothing of value to add to the subject of intelligence... artificial or otherwise.

  13. Sean Hannity should run it by gtall · · Score: 0

    The boy would be perfect. He fulfills all the qualifications for the job. He knows nothing about AI, he's a sycophant to our fake president, and he has shady business dealings (turns out he a landlord in poor areas and has twice the eviction rate of others).

    1. Re:Sean Hannity should run it by Locke2005 · · Score: 0

      Unfortunately, the boy's head is so far up Trump's ass that the only thing he can see is Trump's colon.

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      I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  14. Sadly... by Locke2005 · · Score: 0

    Artificial Intelligence is no match for Trump's Natural Stupidity.

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    I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
  15. Does the head having music degree? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Just wondering.

  16. funny stuff by cascadingstylesheet · · Score: 1

    The comments, not the story.

    "The cognitive dissonance; it burns!"

  17. There's a good reason for this by hyades1 · · Score: 1

    An AI with access to a massive database might actually be able to help Trump keep most of his lies straight.

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    I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
    1. Re:There's a good reason for this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      The only winning move... is not to play!

  18. Here it comes by jbmartin6 · · Score: 1

    All we need is for AIs to be appointed to sit on this task force, and eventually it will morph into the de facto ruling council of Earth

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  19. You just proved you're a SOYBoy (lol) then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject SOYBoy (rotflmao) in your UNIDENTIFIABLE anonymous "courageous" trolling you "not man" - LMAO!

    (You know - I understand your SOYMilk & Bisphenol A "notman" SOYBoy formulas have addled your brains but that takes the cake for "illogic logic" from "your kind", lol!)

    * The other poster's not I but they are making you get all "triggered" when you see your addled thinking fools nobody but your sick in the head chemically NEUTERED (lol) selves, lmao!

    APK

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