In testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and Law on Tuesday (May 16), OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman said he had licensed the most powerful AI system and said, “It proposed the establishment of a U.S. or global agency with the power to “obtain”. Revoke licenses and ensure compliance with safety standards. ”
Entitled “Oversight of AI: The Rules of Artificial Intelligence,” the hearing included Christina Montgomery, IBM’s vice president and chief privacy trust officer, and Gary, founder of machine learning firm Geometric Intelligence. Mr. Marcus also appeared.
In response to the rapid and dramatic changes in the AI landscape, the federal government also recently announced a $140 million investment to create seven new research institutes, and the White House has several Within the next month, we plan to issue guidance on how federal agencies conduct research. You can use AI tools.
In light of these developments, Notre Dame experts examine the opportunities, concerns, and impacts of AI in a variety of areas, including entertainment and media, the arts, politics, labor markets, education, and business.
Jon Behrens: Education is the first step to address AI concerns
“Artificial intelligence is a form of software, and the more people who treat artificial intelligence as such rather than as robots, the better our lives will be,” said Notre Dame College of Arts and Letters Technology. Initiative Director John Behrens said: “But to get there, we need to support education at all levels. What is the economic impact?What is the psychological impact?What questions does this human-like fluency of language raise to questions of philosophy and theology?Notre Dame The cathedral has a unique opportunity to exercise the full spectrum of the liberal arts to help society address these issues.”
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Nicolas Berente: Investment in research on AI use, impact and necessary guardrails is key
“AI, by definition, has been around for more than half a century,” says Nicolas Belente, professor of information technology, analytics and operations. “What is new, and what people are concerned about, is the incredibly fast pace of AI advancement these days. A generation is coming.The recent wave of generative chat technologies like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Bard are spreading like wildfire.People quickly found uses for better or worse, but these The power of generative tools scared a lot of people and led to some interesting decisions.”
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Ahmed Abbasi: The big AI challenge is balancing innovation and prevention
“When it comes to technology, regulation and governance are often lagging behind,” said Ahmed Abbasi of IT, Analytics and Operations at Joe & Jane Giovannini Professor. “Internet, mobile, social media, and cryptocurrencies are good examples. NIST recently announced its AI Risk Management Framework. , and the goal of it all is to support responsible AI principles such as fairness, privacy and transparency.”
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Kristin Becker: The Impact of AI on the Hollywood Job Market
“If producers make significant concessions on financial matters, AI concerns alone probably won’t be able to sustain long-term labor disputes, but in just a few short years, the dramatic rise of artificial intelligence-powered creative labor will continue.” It could be the only force to prevent deprivation. “This summer, unionized workers will come together,” said Christine Becker, associate professor of film, television and theater.
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Sarah Edmunds Martin: Can AI expand our understanding of creativity?
“The recent accessibility of AI raises many philosophical, ethical and political questions in the art world. Do they promote it?” says Sarah Edmunds Martin, assistant professor of fine arts, art history and design. “At the end of the day, AI programs like Midjourney and Dall-E use human-created artworks as training data for free, leaving many people disenfranchised or disenfranchised as workers in the creative industries. I am very concerned that I may be fired.”
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Lisa Circh: AI Has the Ability to Weaken, or the Potential to Coalesce
“AI can help humans work together to make better decisions,” said Lisa Circh, Richard G. Sterman Sr. Endowment Chair of the Kroc Institute for International Peace and professor of the practice. “It has the potential to undermine the human ability to solve problems.” She is enrolled in the Keo School of International Affairs.
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Yongsuk Lee: AI can both disrupt and complement the labor market
“Much of the attention and research has focused on the development of these new large-scale language models (LLMs), but there are many questions about how LLMs should be used, the societal implications of these models, and potential policy recommendations. “There’s been relatively little research done on it,” he said. Yeonseok Lee, Assistant Professor, Keoh School of International Studies. “For now, to be competitive in the labor market, workers may need to be proficient in using and promoting LLMs, as well as being well aware of their limitations.”
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Tim Wenninger: What impact will AI have on public trust?
“People’s skepticism has increased, and with it, confidence in the information space has strengthened,” said Tim Wenninger, associate professor of engineering at the Frank M. Freiman School of Engineering and director of graduate research in computer science and engineering. I expect it to be,” he said. A series of organizations will earn and maintain the trust of society, but it will become increasingly difficult for new organizations to build trust among their consumer base. ”
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Panos Antsaklis: AI and Inaccuracies, Unexpected Results Due to Limitations
“These are serious concerns that media companies and government agencies need to address as soon as possible,” said Panos Antzakris, of the Department of Electrical Engineering Professors H. Clifford and Evelyn A. Brothy. “The generation of inaccurate information is not necessarily malicious, but may be generated by ignorance of the limitations of these software programs.”
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