President's Most Senior Technology Advisor Says the White House is Quietly Pursuing an Aggressive AI Plan (technologyreview.com) 106
Speaking at a conference held at MIT, Donald Trump's chief technology advisor, Michael Kratsios, said this week that the U.S. government would release any data that might help fuel AI research in the United States, although he didn't specify immediately what kind of data would be released or who would be eligible to receive the information. From a report: Kratsios, who is deputy assistant to the president and deputy US chief technology officer, said the government is looking for ways to open up federal data to AI researchers. "Anything that we can do to unlock government data, we're committed to," Kratsios told MIT Technology Review. "We'd love to hear from any academic that has any insights." Data has been a key factor behind recent advances in artificial intelligence. For example, better voice recognition and image processing have been contingent on the availability of huge quantities of training data. The government has access to large amounts of data, and it's possible that it could be used to train innovative algorithms to do new things. "Anything we can do to figure that out, we will work very hard on," Kratsios added.
The Trump administration has faced criticism for a more laissez-faire approach to artificial intelligence than many other countries have taken. Kratsios argued that the White House is quietly pushing an aggressive policy, pointing to examples of research projects that have received federal funding. When asked about the president's interest in artificial intelligence, Kratsios said, "The White House has prioritized AI, and he obviously runs the White House."
The Trump administration has faced criticism for a more laissez-faire approach to artificial intelligence than many other countries have taken. Kratsios argued that the White House is quietly pushing an aggressive policy, pointing to examples of research projects that have received federal funding. When asked about the president's interest in artificial intelligence, Kratsios said, "The White House has prioritized AI, and he obviously runs the White House."
The President has prioritized AI (Score:1)
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And by AI, I mean Artificial Insanity.
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Remember, there's is no I in Team America.
I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.:
Yes, there is.
Sarah:
I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E. is down! Repeat, we have lost our I.N.T.E.L.L.I.G.E.N.C.E.!
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Gives him more time to golf, Tweet, and eat Happy Meals while watching TV in bed.
T: "Alexa, get Mexico to pay for the wall, fire Mueller, and call Rocket Man a random new name. Better yet, get Mueller, Rocket Man, AND Mexico to pay for the wall!"
Alexa: "[beep] Sure thing boss, I'm on it..."
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Gives him more time to golf, Tweet, and eat Happy Meals while watching TV in bed.
T: "Alexa, get Mexico to pay for the wall, fire Mueller, and call Rocket Man a random new name. Better yet, get Mueller, Rocket Man, AND Mexico to pay for the wall!"
Alexa: "[beep] Sure thing boss, I'm on it..."
Artificial Intelligence in the White House? This is the first time there has been any intelligence in the White House in decades.
50% there (Score:1)
Well, they perfected the first half.
The new AI Code Name is.... (Score:4, Funny)
Trump Headroom
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It'll be h-h-h-huuuge, b-b-b-belive me! Best AI ev-v-v-v-ver!
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It was probably one of those things, when discussed, his eyes glazed over and started tweeting on his phone. That is Nerd stuff that doesn't matter to Trump.
I have dealt with Bosses much like Trump. Just as long as the topic isn't on his Priority Wish List or the Hate List, just as long as you made some partial argument for it, you are good to go.
AI Research will not make Trump look great, nor will it make him look worse. If it is a success he can then call it a great success, if it fails, he will just b
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I wish the evidence didn't contradict you.
OTOH, I do think he only makes loud, blustery noises about things he thinks his supporter will notice and approve of. Some of them he cares about, and others he doesn't.
The only intelligence (Score:5, Informative)
this White House is likely to see would be artificial. They are certainly lacking in the real kind.
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I for one back this AC. I'm not affiliated with either party, and watching the two of you go at over the past dozen or so years has grown tiresome...at least Clinton and Bush created some humor that crossed the aisle.
And saying someone's name is not humorous.
Get off my lawn.
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If GWB is smart, then he was evil as fnck! for attacking Iraq "because" of their (non-existent) role in 9/11 and "because" of their (fictitious) weapons of mass destruction.
If he was smart enough to know the stuff he and his administration were spouting about all that in the lead-up to the war was pure lies from the get-go, then as I say he was a moral vacuum.
Perhaps (R != dumb) but (R == dumb | evil)
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nuh way (Score:5, Funny)
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I help write some of it.
It's complete bully.
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I agree. The should instead focus more on using more blockchain.
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Trump needs to slap big tarrifs on AI to save jobs.
Tarrifs only apply to imported stuff. I think you meant taxes.
Do you honestly think a republican pro business low tax rate government will tax robots? That's why this government really wants protectionism - the financiers want to build automated factories here. And they say anybody who disagrees with them is spewing "fake news"
There's already artificial intelligence in the WH (Score:1)
Taxpayer money (Score:5, Insightful)
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That jackass is so incompetent I wouldn't bet on anything of note happening in AI over this.
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I don't know about that; if anyone can build the ultimate insult-bot, he can.
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He is pretty competent at doing what is best for himself, and very competent at bullying and even destroying his opponents. Which is already extremely chilling, given the craven inaction of congress to hold him accountable or act as an effective check and balance to his numerous and ever-growing abuses of power. Which makes his administration's embrace of AI, particularly in the context of the surveillance state we already have, absolutely terrifying.
At least he isn't screaming "racist" every time someone disagrees with him. And he has not yet turned the DOJ, FBI, IRS and CIA into weapons to use against his political enemies. But, heh, you got some judges from the 9th circuit to block most of his moves, so you've got that. I mean, they all get overturned by the Supreme Court, but at least you can block him for a while. Right?
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That jackass is so incompetent I wouldn't bet on anything of note happening in AI over this.
What do you think is running his Twitter account?
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Glad to see you aren't letting him down.
Following your bets above I think the DNC should run people like Elizabeth Warren, Jeremiah Wright, Alvin Green, Jonathan Edwards, and Anthony Weiner.
There's nothing false about it (Score:2)
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From the three-letter-agencies.. (Score:2)
From the three-letter-agencies that brought you More Surveillance: Say "welcome!" to your new AI surveillance-data-processing overlords!
That's about where I think this is going. Since what they keep trotting out as 'AI' is shitty, that means the analysis will be wrong part of the time, and some innocent citizens will end up dropped in a blacksite oubliette and never heard from again.
I could stand on fifth avenue and shoot someone (Score:1)
"I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone, and I wouldn't lose any voters."
It's not in the White House that intelligence is lacking. It's in the collective brains of the morons who have actually voted for someone who thinks this about his electors, and says so openly and publicly.
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They already did.
So, which are they planning? (Score:2)
To fix Trump, or just replace him?
Aggressive "AI plan" or "aggressive AI" plan? (Score:2)
Hey, I'm thinkin' here!
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Surli.
new narrative (Score:2)
"The Trump administration has faced criticism for a more laissez-faire approach to artificial intelligence..."
So, the R's are the pro-science / technology party now, and the D's are the luddites?
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China has had a significant AI program for a decade or more. Not always a large one, and I don't know it's current status (though I could guess), but even a decade ago they were recruiting researchers.
Now as to whether it's approaching success...I have no idea. I've got suspicions that they've diverted a lot of the work into their "social credit" scheme, but that's pure guesswork.
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A data! (Score:2)
Not 'A', 'NSA' data! (Score:2)
Jobs! Jobs! Jobs! (Score:2)
Artificial intelligence? (Score:3)
This is a better way to do it (Score:2)
All the current din about AI this or AI that has really been "agressive" publicity, and not enough authentic AI.
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You've been corrupted by movies. There's lots of AI being successfully used all over the place. It's not *very* intelligent, but it's still intelligent. Superhuman AI is still a bit off, but that doesn't mean that a drill-bot that positions the work properly before drilling isn't intelligent.
Twitter? (Score:1)
Just how aggressive is this plan? (Score:2)
Are they Quietly Pursuing an Aggressive AI Plan? Or quietly and aggressively pursuing an AI plan?
Translation (Score:2)
President's Most Senior Technology Advisor Says the White House is Quietly Pursuing an Aggressive AI Plan
Translation: Trump threw a PC at an intern.