This question asks about laws and policies that could be applied to this problem. You might identify existing laws and policies, plus you might note where those are weak or limited and thus propose that new laws and new policies pertaining to AI should be enacted too.“How can AI be used to strengthen civic engagement and improve interactions between people and their government?”
This question tends to throw some people for a bit of a loop. Here’s why. The question posits that people need to know how to contend with AI. A lot of AI insiders are already versed in AI and perhaps have found personal tricks and tips that they use when dealing with AI. I already somewhat spilled the beans in my elucidation to the prior question that dealt with the economy. This question here covers the worker impacts specifically.
In my view, this question overlaps somewhat with questions #17 and #18. The good news is that if you are answering those questions, you probably ought to toss this one into your hopper too. More bang for your buck. All of this can be a complex web of how AI can both aid a country and yet also possibly undercut a country, and this will be happening across and within all countries, at varying levels and paces.
Why is that considered bad? The concern is that if AI is going to be so pervasive in our lives, do we really want to be at the beck and call of a smattering of firms that make AI? They essentially can call the shots and we won’t be able to do much about it. The old saying, some assert, applies that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
An added consideration is whether we might rue the day that we decided to put AI throughout all branches and levels of our government. I assume you can easily see the potential Big Brother concerns that arise in such a scenario.“How can Federal agencies use shared pools of resources, expertise, and lessons learned to better leverage AI in government?”
I’ve covered in my columns that new regulations and guidance are emerging about the procurement of AI by the federal government, see. A difficulty for the government can be that government workers or procurement officers might not know how to scrutinize the AI that they procure and assure that the AI meets appropriate standards and protections.
This is your chance to tell the feds what are good and sound ways to employ generative AI, and what risks and threats must also be taken into account.