Biden shares artificial intelligence worries in graduation speech
Haisten Willis
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Artificial intelligence could one day overtake human thinking, President Joe Biden warned during a graduation ceremony.
Speaking at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, Biden recalled a meeting with scientists in the Oval Office and their warnings to him about A.I.
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“I met in the Oval Office, in my office, with 12 leading, excuse me, eight leading scientists in the area of A.I.,” he told the academy’s graduating class of 2023. “Some are very worried that A.I. can actually overtake human thinking and planning. So we’ve got a lot to deal with.”
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The threat of A.I. has become a growing concern amid developments such as ChatGPT, and the topic even came up at the last White House press briefing before the graduation ceremony.
“The Center for Artificial Intelligence Security issued yesterday a new statement signed by a dozen experts warning that artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction,” a reporter asked National Security Council spokesman John Kirby. “Is this warning something that the NSC takes seriously at this point?”
The agency takes it very seriously, Kirby responded.
“Not long ago, the vice president convened a meeting here at the White House with CEOs from various tech companies that are involved in either A.I. research or an actual production of capabilities,” he said. “There is promise, and there’s peril. There is both. And the president wants to see a strong private-public partnership to get after both of those.”
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Surveys show most of the public is also concerned about A.I.’s potential threat to civilization, including 61% of respondents in a recent Reuters/Ipsos poll.
However, not everyone is convinced that Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are actually up to the task of handling the issue, with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) recently saying he wouldn’t trust either of them to operate an iPhone.