{"id":321,"date":"2018-05-15T02:15:19","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T02:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/?p=321"},"modified":"2018-05-15T02:16:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T02:16:47","slug":"white-house-ai-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/2018\/05\/15\/white-house-ai-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"White House AI Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Updates and Reminders<\/strong><\/p>\n

AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy<\/a>, Washington, D.C., June 21 \u2013 22, 2018.<\/p>\n

Potential revival of OTA progress \u2013 <\/strong>from the House appropriations subcommittee:
\n\u201cTechnology Assessment Study: The Committee has heard testimony on, and received dozens of requests advocating for restoring funding to the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA).<\/em><\/p>\n

White House new artificial intelligence advisory committee<\/a><\/p>\n


\nWhite House 2018 Summit on AI for American Industry<\/strong><\/p>\n

Background from the report:<\/p>\n

\u201cArtificial intelligence (AI) has tremendous potential to benefit the American people, and has already demonstrated immense value in enhancing our national security and growing our economy.<\/p>\n

AI is quickly transforming American life and American business, improving how we diagnose and treat illnesses, grow our food, manufacture and deliver new products, manage our finances, power our homes, and travel from point A to point B.<\/p>\n

On May 10, 2018, the White House hosted the Artificial Intelligence for American Industry summit, to discuss the promise of AI and the policies we will need to realize that promise for the American people and maintain U.S. leadership in the age of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

\u2018Artificial intelligence holds tremendous potential as a tool to empower the American worker, drive growth in American industry, and improve the lives of the American people. Our free market approach to scientific discovery harnesses the combined strengths of government, industry, and academia, and uniquely positions us to leverage this technology for the betterment of our great nation.\u2019
\n<\/em>– Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President for Technology Policy <\/em><\/p>\n

The summit brought together over 100 senior government officials, technical experts from top academic institutions, heads of industrial research labs, and American business leaders who are adopting AI technologies to benefit their customers, workers, and shareholders.\u201d<\/p>\n

Issues addressed at the 2018 summit are as follows:<\/p>\n