According to reports, "AI Outpost" news on September 14, US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (Chuck Schumer) organized an artificial intelligence (AI) summit on Wednesday local time, inviting a number of important figures in the scientific and technological community and more than 60 senators to discuss the benefits, risks and need for legislation to regulate artificial intelligence.
The summit attracted many important figures in the technology industry, including Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. The total value of these tech moguls is about $550 billion (about 4 trillion yuan).
For the future development of artificial intelligence, technology bigwigs agree that regulation is needed. At the summit, Schumer asked attendees whether the U.S. government should play a role in AI regulation, and everyone raised their hands in agreement. While tech giants are consistent in their overall direction, everyone's regulatory focus may be different.
Musk emphasized the risks of artificial intelligence. He warned that AI could pose a threat to humanity and called for a "regulatory system." He likened regulators to referees in sports, saying there needs to be some oversight when something could pose a potential danger to the public. However, Musk told senators that they should not worry about Tesla's self-driving cars, but should focus on the development of deep learning.
Gates believes AI can help solve hunger
Gates is optimistic about the benefits of AI. According to Schumer, Gates said at the summit that artificial intelligence has the potential to help solve global hunger.
Zuckerberg defended AI open source
At this summit, the issue of "open source" AI became a point of contention. Zuckerberg's company has released powerful open-source AI models, so he defended the open source of AI. He told senators that open source democratizes the use of these tools, helps level the playing field, and fosters innovation for people and businesses. Others, however, have expressed concerns about open source, fearing that it could put powerful AI systems in the wrong hands.
Google CEO Pichai said the U.S. Congress has an important role to play in four areas of AI development. First, develop policies that support innovation, including increased investment in research and development or immigration laws that incentivize talent to come to the United States; Second, promote the wider application of AI technology by the government; Third, apply AI to solve major problems, such as cancer detection; Finally, advance a workforce transformation agenda that benefits all.