Following claims that the U.S is ahead of other nations in AI, the White House announced the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence convened under the National Science and Technology Council on May 10, 2018.
The Select Committee signals the Trump administration’s commitment to using AI to promote technological as well as social development. The administration has already taken major steps to invest in such research and to prepare for the technology’s impact on the economy. Since 2015, it has increased R&D funding for AI and autonomous systems and updated the Federal Automated Vehicles Policy. President Trump also suggested reviving industries that have already been overhauled by automation. At the summit unveiling the Select Committee, he signed a memorandum prioritizing science and technology education.
Michael Kratsios, Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief Technology Officer, added that the government itself is investing in AI. He pointed out a pilot program at the General Services Administration designed to reduce the need for federal auditors and noted that the National Institute of Health is looking at how machine learning can improve cancer detection and treatment. In addition, the Pentagon is in the process of setting up an AI center of excellence, which would house and organize the nearly 600 AI-related projects underway.
How can we prepare to take advantage of the next major technological boon that is AI? MDI and BGF has created a 7- layer model through AI World Society (AIWS) and will continue to cooperate with leaders and thinkers from MIT, Google, Harvard, Brown, World Leadership Alliance-Club de Madrid and more in our efforts to answer questions like this.
