In this engaging discussion, Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO of MIT Technology Review, leads insights with Ramayya Krishnan from Carnegie Mellon and Doug Calidas from Americans for Responsible Innovation. They explore the U.S.-China dynamics in AI policy, emphasizing open-source development and regulatory challenges. The trio dives into safeguarding intellectual property and fostering innovation through data licensing. They also discuss the need for global collaboration between the U.S. and EU amidst competing regulations, crucial for shaping a sustainable AI ecosystem.
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Lack of Systemic Approach to AI
The speakers lack a systemic approach to AI, as recommended by the OECD.
They focus on narrow applications instead of AI as a system related to other data-driven technologies.
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Europe's Ecosystem Approach to AI
Europe intends to adopt an ecosystem approach to AI policy.
This includes considering the operating conditions for companies, such as bankruptcy laws and risk perception.
insights INSIGHT
Business Priorities in AI
Large companies see investment opportunities in various AI programs.
They prioritize intellectual property integrity and seek locations that protect their innovations.
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Welcome to part 2 of our special event, “The AI Competition: Public Policy Strategies”. The event, co-hosted by MIT Technology Review, brings together some of the leading voices in AI policy from the public and private sectors to role-play these complex issues. These AI leaders play roles in the US, China, and The EU, and enact policies that best align with their roles interests in the AI space. This episode contains the second and final phase of the game. We hope you enjoy this insightful episode.
Our Players:
US Government Players
White House (NSA, AI & Crypto Czar, Assistant to Pres. For S&T) - Doug Calidas, Senior Vice President of Government Affairs for Americans for Responsible Innovation (ARI)
Government research institutions (funding) - Stephen Ezell
Standards and governance (NIST, DOS, etc.) - Vivek Wadhwa, Adjunct Professor at Carnegie Mellon's School of Engineering at Silicon Valley
Regulatory and trade (DOS, Treasury, etc.) - Susan Ariel Aaronson, American author, public speaker, and GWU professor
Department of Defense- Daniel Castro, vice president at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Commerce Department - Anupam Chander, Scott K Ginsburg Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center
Intel Community and Cyber Defense - David Mussington, professor of the practice the University of Maryland School of Public Policy, and currently serves as the CISA Executive Assistant Director
Congress/State Department - Cameron Kelly, Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Brookings Institutution
China players
Central Military Committee representatives - Rohit Talwar, founder of FastFuture
Intelligence and cyber - Daniel Richardson, President of Indepth Global AI
Public/Private Industry - Sarah Myers West, co-director at AI Now
Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)/Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) - David Lin, Senior Director for Future Technology Platforms at the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP)
European Union
Governance- Courtney Radsch, Director, Center for Journalism and Liberty at Open Markets Institute
Military/Security - Gordon LaForge, senior policy analyst at New America
Regulatory - Michelle Nie, EU Tech Policy Fellow at the Open Markets Institute
Industrial and research policy - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Intelligence Agencies - Rumman Chowdhury, scientist, entrepreneur, and former responsible artificial intelligence lead at Accenture
Civil Society
Large players (ChatGPT, META, Amazon, Microsoft) - Cody Buntain, Assistant Professor; Affiliate Fellow, UMD Honors College – Artificial Intelligence Cluster
Medium players - Ramayya Krishnan, Dean, Heinz College Of Information Systems And Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University
Open-source communities - Jay Lee, Clark Distinguished Chair Professor and Director of Industrial AI Center in the Mechanical Engineering Dept. of the Univ. of Maryland College Park
Advocacy Organizations - David Goldston, director of government affairs at the Natural Resources Defense Council
Legal Community - Kahaan Mehta, Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Universities and academia
Large universities - Nita Farahany, Robinson O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law at Duke Law
Smaller schools - Anand Patwardhan, professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland
Medium Universities - Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, CEO and Publisher at MIT Technology Review
Government laboratories (Defense, DOE, etc.) - Emily M. Bender, University of Washington Professor
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