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Written by Troy Chavez
February 2, 2024
The policy document for Congress is: heavy and with strong bipartisan cooperation, carry the weight. but, 118th Congress passed the fewest bills since the Great Depression. There are many internal and external threats to our country, and the gridlock in Congress is not helping our country’s current temperament.
Since the 2020 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, the world seems to be continually unraveling. We are still reeling from the impact on our economy, international security, and unstable foreign relations. The world has changed significantly during this terrifying transition of uncertainty and unwavering frustration.
Among the many challenges facing governments, technology will historically change our world into what we call a “world.” Fiveth industrial revolution The emergence and advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). This issue can be forgotten in the news cycle that reaches us every day. Nevertheless, Government and technology will soon collide like two-ton trains.
In The Economist magazine, Future world in 2024 Internationally, regulation of AI is a top concern. According to The Economist’s Ludwig Siegele, AI is “blurring” three risk factors:
“AI-powered software that interprets medical images, for example, may not be completely accurate.Large-scale language models (LLMS) that power generative AI services such as ChatGPT are prone to bias and bias. There may be cases where And some fear that the most powerful ‘frontier models’ could be used to create pathogens and cyberweapons, leading to superhuman ‘artificial general intelligence’ that threatens even the very survival of humanity. ”
AI can leak apocalyptic and property conversations. But that doesn’t mean AI is coming out to get us or that we have to hide under a rock and become new-age Luddites. We must embrace this innovative and certainly exciting technology. “Trust, but verify,” was a constant rebuke from Ronald Reagan in dealing with the Soviet Union, and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev jokingly said, “You repeat that in every meeting.” Ta. The Russian proverb that President Reagan stole is translated from “Probelyay of Dobelyay” and contains salient advice for his AI regulators in the US and around the world.
AI regulators still have a long way to go before they can put policy wheels in motion. It was in 1979 that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the world’s nuclear watchdog, finally moved from a Vienna hotel office space to a legitimate space for its critical mission of regulating nuclear arsenals. (the first atomic bomb was dropped in 1945).
At the end of the day, it’s probably best for the United States and the international community to regulate. efficiently Instead of for convenience. AI is not a new concept, but it has only recently begun to be used by industry executives in places like hospitals and police departments. Therefore, it is imperative that we start thinking about how this will affect the security of our country and the integrity of our society.
It must be mentioned that AI is not the only digital challenge facing policymakers and governments. Hackers and Malware Ransom Demands It took local governments by storm. In 2021, state and local governments experienced an increase in ransomware attacks compared to the previous year. Local governments are ill-equipped to manage hackers and ransomware insurgents. This is a federal issue that reveals holes in our national security and the potential pitfalls that lie ahead. This is alarming because 118 productivity is very low.th Congress did. The mood in American politics is not bipartisan.
In early December, I interviewed James “Jim” Weaver, Director and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT). During our hour-long interview, we discussed our concerns for North Carolina and broader issues surrounding AI and new-age technologies. His biggest concern was about the minimal amount of time left to resolve these issues. He was referring to politics that pulls you in a thousand directions but ends up at the same destination: city bureaucracy. The government is structurally supposed to be nonpartisan, and to a large extent it is. Nevertheless, public policy and government law are deeply embedded in politics.
For someone like Secretary Weaver, this dichotomy can be frustrating. I could write a thousand different solutions in this article, but most of them would be pushed aside by budget constraints and political rhetoric and persuasion. I believe there is certainly still time to accomplish a legislative fight against a rapidly evolving world of technology and AI. But without proper support, focused attention from legislators, and general buy-in, we will begin to experience institutional collapse.
It is important to remember that persuasion comes in many forms. If I had one piece of advice for administrators across the country, it would be this: Remember that you are the expert. Expert in your field. If necessary, make sure the full truth is told and hold onto it for as long as possible.
The next year will bring many challenges and new developments in AI and technology, but addressing these issues as government employees will require an understanding of the global enthusiasm surrounding our current lives. It means that. people are angry But good managers and politicians understand that this is the norm, and while this challenge is difficult to navigate, it is not impossible.
author: Troy Chavez MPA is a doctoral candidate at Liberty University with a master’s degree in public administration and works in community relations in government. You can contact him at: [email protected].
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