U.S. Senate Admits The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence Is Here
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Despite Senator Ted Cruz’s regressive positions on a number of issues, including climate change, on one point — artificial intelligence — he is trying to push the needle in his own way. Cruz opened up last Wednesday’s hearing by the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Space, Science, and Competitiveness with an abrupt reminder that AI is becoming such a predominant part of our lives that investments in it will increase by 300 percent in the new few years.
“Whether we recognize it or not,” Cruz said, during the meeting, “artificial intelligence is already seeping into our daily lives.”
The speech was one in a number of rare addresses concerning artificial intelligence on the Senate floor. During the hearing, Dr. Andrew Moore from Carnegie Mellon University and Dr. Eric Horvitz, Managing Director at Microsoft Research Lab, discussed how a variety of technologies have created an “inflection point” whereby computing speed, automation, and deep learning will combine to drive AI technology further into human lives. Several speakers, including Senator Bill Nelson of Florida, discussed the impact AI would have on the human workforce and, ultimately, the economy.
Anti-Media spoke with author-turned-politician Zoltan Istvan, who just finished running the Transhumanist Party’s campaign for president. The current incarnation of government meeting to chew the fat on AI might seem nothing less than futile to Zoltan, who says they’re already behind and will remain so.
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