Elon Musk And Other CEOs Of Big Technology Encourage The Establishment Of AI Regulators In The US

Chuck Schumer, Leader of the Senate of the Democratic Party (photo: Twitter @SenSchumer)

JAKARTA - Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday, September 13 called for the need to "wait" artificial intelligence in the United States. This comes after he, Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and other major technology CEOs met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill to discuss AI regulations.

Other participants include Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, IBM CEO Arvind Krishna, former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, and AFL-CIO labor federation president Liz Shuler.

MPs are looking for ways to address the growing dangers of technology, which has boomed in consumer investment and popularity since OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot release.

Musk said there was a need for regulators to ensure safe AI use.

"It's important for us to have a referee," Musk told reporters, comparing it to sports. The billionaire who also owns social media platform X added that regulators would "ensure that companies take safe and public action in general."

Musk said the meeting was a "service to mankind" and said it "may be immortalized in history as very important to the future of civilization." Musk confirmed that he called AI a "dual-edged weapon" during the forum.

Zuckerberg said Congress "must engage with AI to support innovation and protection. This is a developing technology, there are essential equity that must be balanced here, and the government is ultimately responsible for that."

"It would be better if the standard was set by American companies that could work with our government to form these models in critical issues," Zuckerberg said.

More than 60 senators took part in the event. Members of parliament said that there was a universal agreement on the need for government regulation on AI.

"We are starting to really face one of the most significant problems the next generation is facing and we got a good start today," Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader of the Democratic Party, organized the forum, told reporters after the meeting. "We still have a long way to go," he added.

Republican Senator Todd Young, co-host of the forum, said he believed the Senate was "starting at a point where I think the competent committee would be ready to begin the legislative consideration process."

However, Republican Senator Mike Rounds warned that it would take time for Congress to act. "Are we ready to write the law? Of course not," Rounds said. "We haven't got there yet."

MPs want protection against potentially dangerous deep-fakes such as fake videos, election interference, and attacks on critical infrastructure.

Schumer stressed the need for regulation ahead of the 2024 US general election, especially around deep fakes. "There's a lot to do, but it's got a faster schedule than anything else," he said.

In March, Musk and a group of experts and artificial intelligence executives asked for a six-month delay in developing a stronger system than OpenAI's GPT-4, referring to potential risks to society.

Governments around the world have been trying to establish rules governing the use of generative artificial intelligence, which can create text and produce images whose origins are virtually undetectable.

On Tuesday, September 12, Adobe, IBM, Nvidia, and five other companies announced that they had signed a voluntary AI commitment with President Joe Biden requiring steps such as delivering watermarks to AI-generated content.

These commitments, announced in July, aim to ensure that AI power is not used for destructive purposes. Google, OpenAI, and Microsoft also signed in July. The White House has also been working on AI executive orders