Where Can Federal AI R&D Funding Go the Furthest? - Institute for Progress
IFP Co-founder and Co-CEO Caleb Watney presented this testimony on October 18, 2023 before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, during a hearing titled “Balancing Knowledge and Governance: Foundations for Effective Risk Management of Artificial Intelligence.” The Committee recorded his oral remarks in the following video; his full written testimony is included below. Chairman Obernolte and Chairman Collins, Ranking Member Foushee and Ranking Member Stevens, and members of both subcommittees: Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today. I’m the co-founder and co-CEO of the Institute for Progress (IFP), a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization focused on innovation policy. Our organization is dedicated to accelerating the pace of scientific progress and steering emerging technologies to promote human flourishing and American values. In particular, we spend a lot of time thinking about the ways that American R&D dollars can have the gre
Download PDF Content Introduction AI R&D research priorities Interpretability Defensive cybersecurity Benchmarking and evaluations Privacy-preserving machine learning Partnerships and mechanisms Governance is downstream of technological feasibility IFP Co-founder and Co-CEO Caleb Watney presented this testimony on October 18, 2023 before the U.S. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, during a hearing titled “ Balancing Knowledge and Governance: Foundations for Effective Risk Management of Artificial Intelligence .” The Committee recorded his oral remarks in the followi
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