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If researchers and AI companies are disappointed in President Trump’s AI policy, after Biden is elected president, the disappointment may dissipate and the dawn of hope will appear.
An important point of current US artificial intelligence policy is the amount of funds allocated by the Trump administration to research related to non-military artificial intelligence. In February this year, the White House declared that it would increase its investment in non-defense artificial intelligence to US $ 2 billion per year by 2022. Some analysts believe this figure is regrettable considering the huge amount of funds needed to develop cutting edge artificial intelligence.
Although the Biden administration has not drawn up specific plans for artificial intelligence research, the Democratic Party campaign team stated that it believes scientific research and development is vital to the United States. Biden proposes increasing federal spending on research and development to $ 300 billion over four years. At the same time, as part of President Trump’s 2021 budget, the White House plans to invest $ 142.2 billion in federal research and development.
Biden’s campaign team declared that “declining federal spending on R&D has led to the hollowing out of the American middle class.” The proposed investment will benefit “key technologies” such as 5G, artificial intelligence, advanced materials, biotechnology and clean cars.
Companies and researchers are waiting to see how the Biden administration will allocate the proposed funds to AI-related projects. Due to too much attention to hot topics like the new corona pneumonia epidemic, systemic racism and the economy, in the fierce political struggle, neither Biden nor Trump considered artificial intelligence as a major area of national concern.
However, the previous statements and actions of the Biden administration have given us an opportunity to understand how they view related technologies such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris previously drew attention to the potential problems of using artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system. Many researchers and activists are concerned that facial recognition software is more effective on white men than on women and people of color, and that police departments with a history of racial discrimination may lead to the abuse of facial recognition.
In December of last year, He Jinli and other lawmakers, including Senator Cory Booker, Democrat of New Jersey, and Senator Ed Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, also called the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.) Review the policies on the use of facial recognition software in federal housing assistance.
He Jinli and other congressmen are concerned: “The expanded application of facial recognition technology in the housing sector funded by the federal government will bring risks to underserved communities and will open the door to government surveillance that threatens civil rights without restrictions “.
Of course, activists criticized He Jinli’s harsh attitude towards crime during his tenure as a prosecutor, arguing that it led to excessive incarceration of blacks.
But judging by his current comments and actions, the new Biden administration may propose stricter measures to ban the federal government from using facial recognition. It remains to be seen what plans the Biden government has for the use of facial recognition in businesses. (Chinese network of fortune)
Compiler: Yang Eryi
