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John Hickenlooper

U.S. senator from Colorado; chair, Senate subcommittee on consumer protection and data security

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A wild, unregulated AI industry – that is accountable to no one – developing Artificial General Intelligence should scare us all into action.

John Hickenlooper

U.S. senator from Colorado; chair, Senate subcommittee on consumer protection and data security

In a February 5, 2024 keynote speech at the Silicon Flatirons conference, John Hickenlooper said a wild, unregulated AI industry that is accountable to no one, developing artificial general intelligence, should scare us all into action.

U.S. Senator from ColoradoFebruary 5, 2024Silicon Flatirons Flagship Conference keynote speech

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“If we miss this opportunity the consequences will shape generations to come. What begins today as Generative AI may one day become Artificial General Intelligence. “A wild, unregulated AI industry – that is accountable to no one – developing Artificial General Intelligence should scare us all into action. “On Friday, the EU released the compromised text, as I mentioned before, of the Artificial Intelligence Act. They had unanimous agreement, even the skeptics like France, Germany and Italy signed on.

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The passage does not identify a specific AGI failure mode, quantify risk, or say that AGI itself is necessarily harmful.
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But we have to move just as fast to get sensible guardrails in place to develop AI responsibly before it’s too late. Otherwise, AI could bring more harm than good to our lives.

John Hickenlooper

U.S. senator from Colorado; chair, Senate subcommittee on consumer protection and data security

In the July 25, 2024 release announcing his bipartisan VET AI Act, John Hickenlooper said we have to move fast to get sensible guardrails in place to develop AI responsibly before it is too late, and that otherwise AI could bring more harm than good to our lives.

Chair, Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data SecurityJuly 25, 2024Official Senate office release announcing the VET Artificial Intelligence Act

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“AI is moving faster than any of us thought it would two years ago,” said Hickenlooper, Chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security. “But we have to move just as fast to get sensible guardrails in place to develop AI responsibly before it’s too late. Otherwise, AI could bring more harm than good to our lives.” “This commonsense bill will allow for a voluntary set of guidelines for AI, which will only help the development of systems that choose to adopt them.

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The quoted passage endorses guardrails generally; the surrounding official release, rather than the quote alone, ties it to the VET AI Act's third-party evaluation policy.
The bill mechanism described by the release is voluntary guidance, not a mandatory audit requirement for every AI system.

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Bottom line, AI clearly does have the potential to change how we all work. While some tasks may become more automated, the majority of jobs will use processes that employ in some form of collaboration between AI and human run systems. Despite the clear interest in AI technologies from employers and workers alike, we have more work to do to create widely available AI literacy training opportunities

John Hickenlooper

U.S. senator from Colorado; chair, Senate subcommittee on consumer protection and data security

At a 2024 Senate hearing, John Hickenlooper said AI would automate some tasks but that most jobs would involve collaboration between AI and human-run systems.

U.S. Senator from Colorado and chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace SafetySeptember 25, 2024Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety hearing, Reading the Room: Preparing Workers for AI

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Additionally, some workers already have their own subscriptions to AI applications and are using them to enhance their work, to accelerate their projects. Bottom line, AI clearly does have the potential to change how we all work. While some tasks may become more automated, the majority of jobs will use processes that employ in some form of collaboration between AI and human run systems. Despite the clear interest in AI technologies from employers and workers alike, we have more work to do to create widely available AI literacy training opportunities to put everyone on an even playing field. The rapidly changing landscape in AI technologies is making some employers and even some industries hesitant to invest in comprehensive training opportunities.

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