Partnership on AI calls for softer immigration rules to enhance collaboration - SiliconANGLE

The Partnership on AI, a nonprofit group researching the uses of artificial intelligence, is calling for a softening of immigration laws and visa rules to make it easier for AI experts to travel around the world. The PAI's new policy paper, released today, addresses what it says is the impact of current restrictive visa laws and immigration rules on AI and machine learning technology development. It says these policies impede the ability of many students, researchers and industry practitioners to travel freely and, as a result, hurt the progress of AI research. "It is tremendously important to have international scholars be able to meet in person to discuss issues in technology ethics, especially in AI, which is transforming the world so rapidly," said Brian Green, director of technology ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. "Visas have supported these meetings."