I was skeptical of this title and article. After all, people from tech industry are needed for something like this....

Then I read the list on Page 2. CEOs of Adobe, Microsoft, Google, IBM, OpenAI. Fuck those assholes.

Ffs! This is one of the most blatant Dem* examples of the fox guarding the hen house since Joe Manchin being appointed chair of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources!

*with the GOP, it's exceedingly rare that ANY of the henhouse guards aren't foxes and/or completely unqualified

The names missing from the list say more about the board's purpose than the names on it.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

But given the nebulous nature of the term "AI," which can apply to a broad spectrum of computer technology, it's unclear if this group will even be able to agree on what exactly they are safeguarding us from.

President Biden directed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to establish the board, which will meet for the first time in early May and subsequently on a quarterly basis.

AI can mean many different things: It can power a chatbot, fly an airplane, control the ghosts in Pac-Man, regulate the temperature of a nuclear reactor, or play a great game of chess.

This confusion is reflected in the quotes provided by the DHS press release from new board members, some of whom are already talking about different types of AI.

While OpenAI, Microsoft, and Anthropic are monetizing generative AI systems like ChatGPT based on large language models (LLMs), Ed Bastian, the CEO of Delta Air Lines, refers to entirely different classes of machine learning when he says, "By driving innovative tools like crew resourcing and turbulence prediction, AI is already making significant contributions to the reliability of our nation’s air travel system."

On LinkedIn, founder of The Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR) Timnit Gebru especially criticized OpenAI's presence on the board and wrote, "I've now seen the full list and it is hilarious.

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