Draft rules from the White House would require federal agencies to assess AI systems currently in use in law enforcement, health care, and other areas—and to shut down any algorithms doing harm.

Highlights: The White House issued draft rules today that would require federal agencies to evaluate and constantly monitor algorithms used in health care, law enforcement, and housing for potential discrimination or other harmful effects on human rights.

Once in effect, the rules could force changes in US government activity dependent on AI, such as the FBI’s use of face recognition technology, which has been criticized for not taking steps called for by Congress to protect civil liberties. The new rules would require government agencies to assess existing algorithms by August 2024 and stop using any that don’t comply.

  • intensely_human@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    the fact that the CIA and NSA will have the AI is the most effective argument for why we should have the AI.

    It’s the basic idea of the second amendment all over again:

    • It would be great if nobody had guns
    • But the government isn’t going to stop having guns
    • And only one side having guns is way worse than everyone having guns
    • So everyone gets to have guns

    The exact same applies in this situation with AI:

    • It would be great if nobody had AI
    • But the government isn’t going to stop having AI
    • And only one side having AI is way worse than everyone having AI
    • So everyone gets to have AI