Computer science experts say US should create new fed agency for AI: Survey

A plurality of specialists believe the United States need to develop a brand-new federal company committed to artificial intelligence governance, according to a study carried out by Axios, Generation Laboratory, and Syracuse University.The survey polled 215 computer technology professors across 65 of the most distinguished universities in the U.S. on subjects related to AI. we surveyed 213 computer technology teachers on A.I.w/ @axios + @SyracuseU pic.twitter.com/mEDFabWkZy— The Generation Lab (@Generation_Lab) September 5, 2023

The last 10% of respondents divided their responses between “the White House” (4%), “the private sector” (3%), and “none: AI should not be regulated” (3%). Related: Crypto is in arms race against AI-powered scams: Quantstamp co-founderWhen asked if the respondents believe theres “a threshold in the evolution of AI after which humans can not take back control,” the responses were divided between “no, most likely not” (41%), “yes, most likely” (35%), “no, certainly not” (19%), and “yes, certainly (6%). Where the latter tends to poll bombastically about the capacity for AI technology to quickly change the economic and employment landscape in the near future, 73% of the professors said they believed that AI will be capable of performing less than 20% of tasks that humans do today at or above human-level.