The Biden administration has followed through on a Congressional mandate to create a National AI Research Resource Task Force. With top experts from the federal government, higher education, and private organizations, the task force is dedicated to strengthening America's foundation and spurring advances in artificial intelligence (AI). As a computer scientist, AI researcher and educator, co-director of the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, and a major supporter of the bipartisan legislation that authorized this endeavor, I am honored to have accepted an offer to serve as a member of the task force. The time has never been more critical for us to come together and cement America's leadership in AI -- a technology that has the potential to drive innovation in every industry, from manufacturing and healthcare to transportation and defense. Like all technologies human civilization has built, AI is a tool that is as good or as bad as those who make and use it.