Investment in Transition

To ensure a seamless and equitable transition into an AI-driven future, we propose a significant investment by the US government. Some investment is needed for industry specific issues that arise from AI, while others are cross-industry like:

• The 'bad actor' problem where individuals or groups could use AI for harmful purposes such as terrorism.
• The 'alignment problem' to ensure AI systems' goals are aligned with human values.
• The ‘bias’ problem where AI systems might discriminate on millions of seen and unseen factors.
• The ‘job loss’ problem where AI will gradually make more and more humans economically unemployable requiring new thinking to ensure there isn’t a permanent underclass.
• The ‘enfeeblement problem’ where humans may allow AI to do so much that humans become helpless (“the Wall-E movie problem”).
• The ‘AI relationship problem’ where humans might increasingly prefer AI relationships over human relationships.

Keeping Bipartisan Support

In the US, we strive to transcend partisan lines, advocating that AI safety and ethics are not political issues but human ones. The conversation around AI must remain focused on the collective human benefit, not political gain.