{"id":53,"date":"2016-11-30T19:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T19:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/aimatters\/blog\/?p=53"},"modified":"2016-11-30T19:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T19:25:27","slug":"ai-matters-in-the-new-administration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigai.acm.org\/main\/2016\/11\/30\/ai-matters-in-the-new-administration\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Matters in the New Administration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent AAAI 2016 Fall Symposium, we heard from two experts on the future of technology and policy in the field of cognitive assistance in government and public sector applications. Mark Maybury, Chief Security Officer at Mitre, spoke about the unprecedented rapid changes in AI technology applications and the prospects for good and bad impacts on society. Edward Felton, Deputy U.S. CTO in the Office of the Chief Technology Officer, reviewed recent and current initiatives including the impact of AI and cognitive assistants. CTO \u201chelps shape Federal policies, initiatives, and investments that support the OSTP mission, while also working to anticipate and guard against the consequences that can accompany new discoveries and technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The discussion about unprecedented opportunities and challenges for AI public policy were exciting, and the symposium was also in the aftermath of an unprecedented presidential election. While not explicitly raised at the symposium, the near future of AI technology and policy was on people\u2019s minds. In that spirit, your comments and insights about AI matters and policy issues as the next administration is being assembled are most welcome!<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, our goal is to post AI &amp; Policy information on the 1st and 15th of each month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent AAAI 2016 Fall Symposium, we heard from two experts on the future of technology and policy in the field of cognitive assistance in government and public sector applications. 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