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Mike Rounds

U.S. senator for South Dakota; chairman of the Senate Armed Services cybersecurity subcommittee

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The artificial intelligence is here to stay. It's not going away. You gave us some warning signs out there, but I wanted to hear from you. We can't slow down on the development of AI, or we know that our competitors will clearly outpace us.

Mike Rounds

U.S. senator for South Dakota; chairman of the Senate Armed Services cybersecurity subcommittee

Opening his questions at a March 25, 2025 Senate Armed Services hearing, Mike Rounds said artificial intelligence is here to stay and that the United States cannot slow down on developing AI or its competitors will clearly outpace it, before asking the witness how to do that while keeping the possible dangers in sight.

U.S. Senator for South Dakota and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on CybersecurityMarch 25, 2025Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity hearing, Harnessing Artificial Intelligence Cyber Capabilities

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We'll pass this back and forth a little bit with regard to questions and so forth, but we'll try to get to as many as we can in a short period of time. I wanted to begin, Mr. Mitre. The artificial intelligence is here to stay. It's not going away. You gave us some warning signs out there, but I wanted to hear from you. We can't slow down on the development of AI, or we know that our competitors will clearly outpace us. Give me your rendition of how we do this without losing facts or losing sight of the facts that there can also be some dangers involved.

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  • This is a qualification and policy framing, not a reversal of Rounds's earlier support for risk mitigation.
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This roadmap to the future of AI sets the stage as we seek to harness its power to bring greater prosperity to the American people while also mitigating potential long-term risks.

Mike Rounds

U.S. senator for South Dakota; chairman of the Senate Armed Services cybersecurity subcommittee

Releasing the Senate AI working group's bipartisan roadmap on May 15, 2024, Mike Rounds said the roadmap sets the stage for harnessing AI's power to bring greater prosperity while also mitigating potential long-term risks.

U.S. Senator for South DakotaMay 15, 2024Statement releasing the Bipartisan Senate AI Working Group roadmap

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“After hosting nine AI Insight Forums to educate ourselves and our colleagues, we have created a first-of-its-kind AI roadmap highlighting specific topics we believe Congress should address. This roadmap to the future of AI sets the stage as we seek to harness its power to bring greater prosperity to the American people while also mitigating potential long-term risks. I look forward to seeing how my colleagues use their policy expertise in each committee to address these issues through regular order. We have a real opportunity to shape its future, and we need to embrace this challenge with open arms.”

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  • Rounds does not specify which long-term risks he means in this sentence.
  • The quotation does not estimate probability or explicitly endorse an extinction or loss-of-control scenario.

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