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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).
"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).
HAL 9000 for president!
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!
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
....free taxpayer money to the tech corporations. Wonderful.
...Must...Hold... Back...
I am sure that there are many other solipsists out there.
Oh, and don't worry about the security of our upcoming elections.
No one can tell the difference.
Sure they can. AI follows logic.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
Maybe Dave has HAL fooled too ;^)
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!"
Table-ized A.I.
The comments, not the story.
"The cognitive dissonance; it burns!"
An AI with access to a massive database might actually be able to help Trump keep most of his lies straight.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
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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