Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) arrives to speak to reporters after a private lunch with Senate Democrats at the U.S. Capitol on October 17, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Technologists and advocates will return to the Capitol on Tuesday to discuss the dangers and promise of artificial intelligence with Senate leaders.
Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen, co-founder and general partner of Andreessen Horowitz, and John Doerr, chairman of Kleiner Perkins, will be hosted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D.N.Y. He was reported to be among the 21 attendees at the 2nd AI Insights Forum. A spokesperson for his office.
This session is a continuation of the Majority Leader’s efforts to provide the floor with the latest information on AI to determine how best to approach AI regulation. And what the role of government should be in regulating AI is likely to involve very different perspectives.
Andreessen recently said of AI:Techno-optimist declaration. ”
“We believe that slowing down AI will cost lives,” he said in a blog post. “A death whose existence could be prevented by AI is a form of murder.”
While this idea may resonate with some lawmakers, especially when it comes to remaining competitive with China in the field of AI, others attending Tuesday’s debate will feel differently.
For example, Max Tegmark, president of the Future of Life Institute, will also be in attendance. The Future of Life Institute led the letter signed. tesla SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and other technology leaders have called for a pause in AI development to ensure proper safety measures are in place.
Other technology leaders say: micron Executive Vice President Manish Bhatia, Revolution CEO Steve Case, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison, and Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez will be in attendance. Schumer’s office said academics and civil society leaders will also participate in the discussion, which will focus on innovation and seek a balance between how the government can maintain leadership while ensuring the safety of AI. It’s planned.
Advocates scheduled to attend include NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson and AFL-CIO Technical Institute Director Amanda Ballantyne.
The first AI Innovation Forum, held in September, was closed to the press and Musk took the stage. microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is Google Sundar Pichai, CEO, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
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