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SASC Cybersecurity Panel Witnesses Push Back Against Suggestion of Pause in Cutting Edge AI Development

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

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SASC Cybersecurity Panel Witnesses Push Back Against Suggestion of Pause in Cutting Edge AI Development

Pictured is Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee's cybersecurity subcommittee.

The three witnesses at an Apr. 19 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee's (SASC) cybersecurity panel said that a pause in the development of cutting edge artificial intelligence would not be practicable nor advisable militarily. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), the subcommittee's ranking member, asked the witnesses their views on an Apr. 12 open letter by the nonprofit Future of Life Institute, a watchdog group monitoring artificial intelligence, biotechnologies, nuclear technology, and climate change. The letter, whose signatories include Elon…

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