Inside the beltway, artificial intelligence (AI) has rocketed up the public policy agenda. While there’s policy discussion of the promise and perils of AI, the latter is emphasized. Instead, we need more policy balance with increased focus on the tremendous potential for good, and how to best ensure that this good is realized for all.
AI has great promise for our future social advancement, national security, and economic success, including how it can maintain and strengthen U.S. leadership in the global marketplace.
The good of AI is wide-ranging. Education and learning may be customized to an individual’s goals and needs, adjusting to fast-learners, slower-learners, and special interests. Students and learners won’t have to be constrained by the contours of a static curriculum or module. Aided by AI, workers throughout the economy can become more productive and…