{"id":524,"date":"2019-09-09T19:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/?p=524"},"modified":"2019-09-09T19:02:46","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T19:02:46","slug":"national-ai-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/2019\/09\/09\/national-ai-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"National AI Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic\u00a0Plan<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 an update of the report by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence of The National Science & Technology Council \u2013 was released in June, 2019, and the President\u2019s, Executive Order 13859 Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence was released on February 11. The\u00a0Computing Community Consortium<\/a>\u00a0(CCC) recently released the\u00a0AI Roadmap Website<\/a>, and an interesting industry response is \u201cIntel Gets Specific on a National Strategy for AI<\/a>, “How to Propel the US into a Sustainable Leadership Position on the Global Artificial Intelligence Stage\u201d By Naveen Rao and David Hoffman. Excerpts follow and the accompanying links provide the details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAI is more than a matter of making good\ntechnology; it is also a matter of making good policy. And that\u2019s what a robust\nnational AI strategy will do: continue to unlock the potential of AI, prepare\nfor AI\u2019s many ramifications, and keep the U.S. among leading AI countries. At\nleast 20 other countries have published, and often funded, their national AI\nstrategies. Last month, the administration signaled its commitment to U.S.\nleadership in AI by issuing an executive order to launch the American AI\nInitiative, focusing federal government resources to develop AI. Now it\u2019s time\nto take the next step and bring industry and government together to develop a\nfully realized U.S. national strategy to continue leading AI innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2026 But to sustain\nleadership and effectively manage the broad social implications of AI, the U.S.\nneeds coordination across government, academia, industry and civil society.\nThis challenge is too big for silos, and it requires that technologists and\npolicymakers work together and understand each other\u2019s worlds.\u201d\nTheir call\nto action<\/a> was released in May 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four Key Pillars<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur recommendation for a national AI strategy\nlays out four key responsibilities for government. Within each of these areas\nwe propose actionable steps. We provide some highlights here, and we encourage\nyou to read the full white paper<\/a> or\nscan the shorter fact\nsheet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable and funded government AI research and development <\/strong>can help to advance the capabilities of AI in\nareas such as healthcare, cybersecurity, national security and education, but\nthere need to be clear ethical guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Create new employment opportunities and\nprotect people\u2019s welfare<\/strong> given that AI has the potential to automate certain work\nactivities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Liberate and share data responsibly<\/strong>, as the more data\nthat is available, the more \u201cintelligent\u201d an AI system can become. But we need\nguardrails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove barriers\nand create a legal and policy environment that supports AI<\/strong> so that the\nresponsible development and use of AI is not inadvertently derailed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic\u00a0Plan \u2013 an update of the report by the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence of The National Science & Technology Council \u2013 was released in June, 2019, and the President\u2019s, Executive Order 13859 Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence was released on February 11. The\u00a0Computing Community Consortium\u00a0(CCC) recently … Continue reading “National AI Strategy”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":525,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524\/revisions\/525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}