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White House Announces Workshops to Discuss Benefits and Risks of Artificial Intelligence

posted by n1 on Wednesday May 04 2016, @07:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the synthetic-intelligence dept.

takyon writes:

The White House will be holding four public discussions in order to evaluate the potential benefits and risks of artificial intelligence:

The Obama administration says it wants everyone to take a closer look at artificial intelligence with a series of public discussions.

The workshops will examine if AI will suck jobs out of the economy or add to it, how such systems can be controlled legally and technically, and whether or not such smarter computers can be used as a social good. Deputy Chief Technology Officer Ed Felton announced on Tuesday that the White House will be creating an artificial intelligence and machine learning subcomittee at the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) and setting up a series of four events designed to consider both artificial intelligence and machine learning.

[...] The special events will be held between May 24 and July 7, will take place in Seattle, Pittsburgh, Washington DC, and New York.

The events come as tech industry leaders have grown increasingly alarmist about the future of AI development. Get ready for bans and FBI surveillance.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:38PM (#341757)

    Sure you can argue that hooking up a modem to a free landline was possible under Reagan, but Lifeline smartphones capable of connecting to Facebook directly over a data network began under Obama. That's what's an Obama phone.

  • (Score: 2) by JNCF on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:41PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:41PM (#341760) Journal

    I've heard the flip phones called "Obama phones" as well. Not buying your limited definition.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:51PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:51PM (#341766)

      Internet-capable phone was implied:

      be connected to Facebook by an Obamaphone

  • (Score: 2) by devlux on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:58PM

    by devlux (6151) on Wednesday May 04 2016, @09:58PM (#341772)

    The candybar / flip / feature phone is free. It looks like you pay for the smartphone and considering some of those prices it sure doesn't look very subsidized to me.

    As for the plans you get 500 minutes a month with unlimited texts on some carriers, but I don't see data as even being available as an option, let alone free and certainly not free unlimited...
    http://www.tagmobile.com/site/Nevada-Free-Lifeline-Phones.aspx [tagmobile.com]

    But hey, don't let facts get in the way of your nerd rage.