Making Informed Decisions on Artificial Intelligence

Technology often hits the market at the speed of innovation and we play catch up with its impacts. We craft policy after the fact, write standards for safety and market growth and, perhaps, ponder how the latest technology will shape our behavior and impact society at large. Fortunately, this somewhat ad hoc, imperfect approach has worked well enough in a rough-and-tumble world. But sometimes entirely new, potentially far-reaching, high-impact areas of innovation come along that demand vigorous consideration upfront before opportunities for unintended consequences become manifest. Such is the case, I believe, with artificial intelligence, or AI.