AI Weekly: Hearings on AI show Congress has no answers, either

On Tuesday this week, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittees on Research and Technology and Energy invited prominent academics, tech executives, and scientists to talk about the "game-changing" potential and implications of AI, as the hearing charter put it. It touched on a number of topics. Rep. Barbara Comstock (R-VA) sought suggestions from the panel on ways institutions and government might collaborate on AI systems development. And Rep. Marc Veasey (D-TX) asked earnestly about the potential for "doomsday" scenarios. "To what extent do you think [is it] something we should be concerned about?" he said.