{"id":8005,"date":"2023-05-16T21:17:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8005"},"modified":"2023-05-16T21:17:25","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T21:17:25","slug":"chatgpts-sam-altman-testifies-before-senate-judiciary-committee-as-calls-for-ai-regulation-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8005","title":{"rendered":"ChatGPT&#8217;s Sam Altman Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee As Calls For AI Regulation Build"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, 2023 at 05:13PM. <a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/xAevBiy\"><strong><em>Watch Live: ChatGPT&#8217;s Sam Altman Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee As Calls For AI Regulation Build<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, will testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday morning as lawmakers prepare regulations for new artificial intelligence tools released for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Artificial intelligence urgently needs rules and safeguards to address its immense promise and pitfalls,&#8221; Connecticut Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blumenthal.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press\/release\/blumenthal-and-hawley-to-hold-hearing-on-oversight-of-artificial-intelligence\">wrote in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This hearing begins our Subcommittee&#8217;s work in overseeing and illuminating AI&#8217;s advanced algorithms and powerful technology. I look forward to working with my colleagues as we explore sensible standards and principles to help us navigate this uncharted territory,&#8221; Blumenthal said.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Artificial intelligence will be transformative in ways we can&#8217;t even imagine, with implications for Americans&#8217; elections, jobs, and security,&#8221; Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley, who also chairs the Senate panel on privacy and technology, said. He added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;This hearing marks a critical first step towards understanding what Congress should do.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-05-16_09-31-00.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2023-05-16_09-31-00.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Besides Altman, the hearing will include testimony from:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Gary Marcus<\/strong>, Professor Emeritus at New York University; and<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christina Montgomery<\/strong>, Vice President and Chief Privacy and Trust Officer at IBM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The surging popularity of AI tools like ChatGPT, which allow users to generate responses via text or images, has received calls from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/godfather-ai-quits-google-and-warns-world-about-impending-ai-driven-crisis\">&#8220;Godfather of AI,&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0Elon Musk,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/musk-wozniak-call-pause-developing-more-powerful-ai-gpt-4\">Steve Wozniak, AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio<\/a>\u00a0and others about the existential risk AI systems pose to the economy and humans.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the Biden administration unveiled a series of measures to tackle the increased use of AI technology. The Department of Commerce has initiated a process to gather feedback on potential regulations.<\/p>\n<p>There is no question that AI will be transformative in many ways for companies that integrate this technology into their systems. One long-term effect it might cause is a massive layoff wave this decade. Goldman&#8217;s latest report (available to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/jx9xda5gch74qmb\/Goldman%20on%20Generative%20AI%20-%20Part%20I%20Laying%20Out%20the%20Investment%20Framework%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0\">pro subscribers in the usual place<\/a>) indicates up to 300 million jobs are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/ai-will-lead-300-million-layoffs-us-and-europe\">at risk across the Western world<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/theres-greater-50-chance-ai-wipes-out-all-humanity-2050-one-advisory-finds\">BCA Research&#8217;s latest report<\/a>\u00a0on AI has an ominous outlook about the technology:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;The safety risks around AI are huge, and we think there is a more than 50\/50 chance AI will wipe out all of humanity by the middle of the century.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The next step for lawmakers on Capitol Hill is some form of regulation of AI. However, those next steps need to be clarified.<\/p>\n<p>*\u00a0 \u00a0*\u00a0 \u00a0*<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch Here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibNCc74ni1c\">VIDEO<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Loading&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>via Zerohedge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, 2023 at 05:13PM. Watch Live: ChatGPT&#8217;s Sam Altman Testifies Before Senate Judiciary Committee As Calls For AI Regulation Build Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, will testify before a Senate Judiciary subcommittee Tuesday morning as lawmakers prepare regulations for new artificial intelligence tools released for consumers. &#8220;Artificial intelligence urgently [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-8005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","tag-sbn"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=1338%2C852&ssl=1",1338,852,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=300%2C191&ssl=1",300,191,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=768%2C489&ssl=1",768,489,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=1024%2C652&ssl=1",1024,652,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=1338%2C852&ssl=1",1338,852,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=1338%2C852&ssl=1",1338,852,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Peter Santilli"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Featured Stories<\/a>","tag_info":"Featured Stories","comment_count":"0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plD2r-257","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-16-at-5.03.13-PM.png?fit=1338%2C852&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}