On this week’s Insider episode, Joyce Vance is joined by CAFE contributor Nita Farahany, while Preet is out. Farahany is a professor of law and philosophy at Duke Law School and a leading expert on the ethical and legal implications of emerging technologies.
Joyce and Nita discuss the U.S.’s failure to put in place proper safeguards for AI, and what Congress must do to keep pace with the growing risks. Plus, they break down the meaning of “cognitive liberty,” President Trump’s AI plans, and the ways in which AI is impacting courtrooms and health care.
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Is the United States falling behind by failing to implement meaningful AI safeguards, and what are the risks to civil liberties, health, and democracy?
On a new episode of the Insider podcast, Nita Farahany reflects on how the Trump administration has deprioritized meaningful AI oversight and instead is focusing solely on fostering innovation: “They’re very focused on innovation, not from a regulatory perspective, but innovation within the industry and trying to keep up with China and the development of these models. They’re not thinking as much about the present harm that the technology could be doing. And when I say the present harm, I mean not just the existential risk that may arise from models in the future, but what about right now, the way that the models are designed with respect to manipulation of how people are thinking.”
The law is lagging behind as AI technologies evolve at a rapid pace. Nita explains where regulation should start: “Transparency…is the first step that you need to have any effective regulation in place. If you can’t see what's happening, if you don't have any kind of insight into it, it’s nearly impossible to ultimately come up with any sort of flexible or non-flexible regime of oversight.”
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