What is Artificial Intelligence? Legislators Are Still Looking For A Definition: Jake Morabito in Stateline
We need to fully understand it. And I think lawmakers can do a lot to get up to speed on understanding how we can maximize the benefits, mitigate the risks and make sure that this technology is developed on our shores and not abroad.
Jake Morabito, ALEC Communications and Technology Task Force Director, was featured in a Stateline news article on the ongoing conversation policymakers are having about the development of generative artificial intelligence technology.
“Deciding how broad the definition of AI should be is a significant challenge”, said Jake Morabito, the director of the Communications and Technology Task Force at the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC, a conservative public policy organization, supports free market solutions and the enforcement of existing regulations that could cover various uses of AI.
The “light touch” approach to regulating AI would help the United States become a leader in technology on the global stage, but given the fervor over ChatGPT and other systems, legislators at all levels should be studying its developments for better understanding”, Morabito said.
“I just think this technology’s out of the bag, and we can’t put it back in the bottle,” Morabito said. “We need to fully understand it. And I think lawmakers can do a lot to get up to speed on understanding how we can maximize the benefits, mitigate the risks and make sure that this technology is developed on our shores and not abroad.”