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Chuck Schumer

U.S. senator from New York

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Portrait source: U.S. Senate Photographic Studio/Jeff McEvoy, Public domain

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Change at such blistering speed may seem frightening to some—but if applied correctly, AI promises to transform life on Earth for the better. It will reshape how we fight disease, tackle hunger, manage our lives, enrich our minds, and ensure peace. But there are real dangers too: job displacement, misinformation, a new age of weaponry, and the risk of being unable to manage this technology altogether.

Chuck Schumer

U.S. senator from New York

In prepared remarks launching his SAFE Innovation Framework at CSIS in June 2023, Schumer said that if applied correctly AI promises to transform life on Earth for the better, but that there are real dangers too: job displacement, misinformation, a new age of weaponry, and the risk of being unable to manage the technology altogether.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader and U.S. Senator for New YorkJune 21, 2023SAFE Innovation Framework launch at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

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And we are still just at the beginning. Some experts predict that in just a few years the world could be wholly unrecognizable from the one we live in today. That is what AI is: World-altering. Change at such blistering speed may seem frightening to some—but if applied correctly, AI promises to transform life on Earth for the better. It will reshape how we fight disease, tackle hunger, manage our lives, enrich our minds, and ensure peace. But there are real dangers too: job displacement, misinformation, a new age of weaponry, and the risk of being unable to manage this technology altogether. We have no choice but to acknowledge that AI’s changes are coming, and in many cases are already here. We ignore them at our own peril. Many want to ignore AI because it’s so complex.

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Fourth, and finally, progressing research on alignment is key to decreasing existential risk from AI systems, and the federal government has a role to play in ensuring this research happens here and happens quickly.

Chuck Schumer

U.S. senator from New York

At the eighth Senate AI Insight Forum, Chuck Schumer said the federal government should help speed research aimed at reducing existential risk from AI systems.

SenatorDecember 6, 2023Eighth AI Insight Forum closing statement

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Third, we must create and enforce guardrails to prevent a race to the bottom by unscrupulous companies, both for short-term risks like bias and mis/disinformation, and the long-term risks we discussed today. Fourth, and finally, progressing research on alignment is key to decreasing existential risk from AI systems, and the federal government has a role to play in ensuring this research happens here and happens quickly. Thanks again for being here, and I look forward to working with you all in the months ahead.

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  • The alignment proposal was the fourth of four points Schumer drew from the forum; he also described AI's potential benefits, immediate risks, open-source safety work, and guardrails against bias and misinformation.

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