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Trump Administration To Create AI Committee, Will Let It ‘Freely Develop’

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The Trump administration said it will let artificial intelligence “freely develop” by creating an AI Select Committee to look at industry issues, including investments and U.S. priorities.

Trump said he does not want to dictate “what is researched and developed,” said technology policy advisor Michael Kratsios at an AI White House summit Thursday that included tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon.

“To the greatest degree possible, we will allow scientists and technologists to freely develop their next great inventions right here in the United States,” he said, according to Reuters.

One issue raised over AI is the impact it will have on U.S. jobs. Kratsios said that “to a certain degree, job displacement is inevitable,” but the U.S. “can’t sit idle, hoping eventually the market will sort it out. We must do what Americans have always done: adapt.”

“We cannot be passive,” Kratsios said. “To realize the full potential of AI for the American people, it will require the combined efforts of industry, academia and government.”

“In the private sector, we will not dictate what is researched and developed. Instead we will offer resources and the freedom to explore,” he added.

The Trump Administration is creating an AI Select Committee aims to examine the U.S.’s priorities and investments in AI, The Hill reported.

“Today’s White House meeting is critical to ensuring the potential of AI is achieved and advanced in a fashion that is broadly beneficial to Americans,” said Dean Garfield, president of Information Technology Industry Council, a lobbying tech firm.

“The White House’s new artificial intelligence advisory committee is a great first step to forge better collaboration between industry, government and academia,” he added.

Intel Corp chief executive Brian Krzanich, who was at the White House summit, wrote in a blog post his concerns about the U.S. staggering behind in AI development.

“China, India, Japan, France and the European Union are crafting bold plans for artificial intelligence,”Krzanich wrote. “They see AI as a means to economic growth and social progress. Meanwhile, the U.S. disbanded its AI taskforce in 2016.”

“Without an AI strategy of its own, the world’s technology leader risks falling behind.”

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