President of the United States Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that the safety of artificial intelligence (AI) is still uncertain and urged technology companies to address potential risks to society, and the economy before exposing them to the public.
During a discussion with science and technology advisors, Vice President Biden admitted that artificial intelligence may be useful in addressing concerns such as sickness and climate change. Yet, he emphasized the need to confront potential threats to society, national security, and the economy.
Before releasing their products to the public, he remarked at the outset of a meeting with the President’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology that technology businesses must ensure product security. When asked about the potential dangers of AI, he responded, “That remains to be seen.” The chance exists.”
According to the president, social media has already proved the detrimental influence that strong technology can have without adequate safeguards. Biden stated, “Without safeguards, we see the impact on mental health, self-images, sentiments, and despondency, especially among young people.”
He reiterated his appeal for the U.S. Congress to pass non-partisan privacy regulations that restrict the personal data collected by technology companies, prevent child-targeted advertising, and make health and safety the priority in product development.
The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy, a technology ethics organization, recently urged the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to prevent OpenAI from releasing new commercial versions of GPT-4, a language model whose human-like ability to generate written responses to prompts has both impressed and alarmed users.
