Joe Biden.Photo:Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty
Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty
PresidentJoe Biden’s ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence came about in part due to the villain in the summer blockbusterMission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.
That’s according to deputy White House chief of staff Bruce Reed, who told theAssociated Pressthat Biden recently watched the film — which centers on a sentient AI that hijacks and sinks a submarine — at Camp David.
“If he hadn’t already been concerned about what could go wrong with AI before that movie, he saw plenty more to worry about,” Reed told AP.
Reed added that the president has other concerns about AI, stemming from false images he’s seen of himself and his family online.
“He saw fake AI images of himself, of his dog. He saw how it can make bad poetry," Reed told the outlet. “And he’s seen and heard the incredible and terrifying technology of voice cloning, which can take three seconds of your voice and turn it into an entire fake conversation.”
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris walk and talk outside the White House.AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster
On Monday, Bidensigned an executive orderon the “safe, secure, and trustworthy development and use of artificial intelligence.”
The order is meant to “ensure that America leads the way in seizing the promise and managing the risks of artificial intelligence,” according to the White House, and establishes new standards for AI safety and security. The order also requires AI companies to test some of their products and share the results with the government before rolling them out widely to consumers.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.Greg Nash/The Hill/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Meanwhile, Vice PresidentKamala Harrisdelivered a major policy speech on AI on Wednesday at the Global Summit on AI Safety in the UKto announce the administration’s new policy initiatives. Harris' attendance at the summit aims to boost collaboration with other nations and strengthen international norms around AI safeguards.
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Artificial intelligence has proved a hot topic as of late, including in the entertainment industry, where members of the Screen Actors Guildwho are currently on strikehave warned about the potential threats it imposes on them.
source: people.com
