What The Next President Will Do about Artificial Intelligence

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🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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There’s a lot of excitement and apprehension over the seemingly sudden proliferation of artificial intelligence in just about everything. Technological progress often outpaces regulation, and the next U.S. president will set the tone for AI policy. Scientific American’s associate technology editor Ben Guarino walks us through AI policies and plans from Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Plus, we discuss the role AI generated images, videos and even voices could play in spreading misinformation around the election. Recommended reading: How the Next President Will Determine the Future of AI Lethal AI Weapons Are on the Rise. What’s Next? We Cannot Cede Control of Weapons to Artificial Intelligence E-mail us at [email protected] if you have any questions, comments or ideas for stories we should cover! Discover something new every day: subscribe to Scientific American and sign up for Today in Science, our daily newsletter. Science Quickly is produced by Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper, Madison Goldberg and Jeff DelViscio. This episode was hosted by Rachel Feltman with associate technology editor Ben Guarino. Our show is edited by Fonda Mwangi with fact-checking by Shayna Posses and Aaron Shattuck. The theme music was composed by Dominic Smith. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.0	Apple Intelligence coming December 2024. It's pretty safe to say that most of us have artificial intelligence on the brain these days.
0:40.0	After all, research related to AI showed up in not one but two Nobel Prize category awards
0:45.3	this year.
0:46.7	But while there are reasons to be excited about these technological advances, there are plenty
0:51.5	of reasons to be concerned too, especially given the fact that while
0:55.7	the proliferation of AI feels like it's going at breakneck speed, attempts to regulate the
1:00.4	text seem to be moving at a snail's pace.
1:03.3	With policies now seriously overdue,
1:05.6	the winner of the 2024 presidential election
1:08.2	has the opportunity to make a huge impact
1:10.5	on how artificial intelligence affects American life.
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