New legal tools needed to mitigate #AI risks, expert says.

The fast pace of technological change – especially the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence – acts as an accelerant to global existential risks, according to Jason Matheny, president and CEO of RAND Corporation. Prior to joining RAND, Matheny led White House policy on technology and national security at the National Security Council and the Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Matheny gave a keynote address, “Emerging Technologies and Existential Risks,” at the 33rd Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the ABA Standing Committee on Law and National Security. He also previously served as director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, where he was responsible for developing advanced technologies for the U.S. intelligence community.

Just a few decades ago, the expense and high degree of skill and education necessary to create dangerous biological weapons from scratch acted as a deterrent, but technological advances and artificial intelligence have led to a rapid democratization of those factors. “This is a world that is really going to be complicated to navigate,” Matheny said. “It’s a world where a single sophisticated misanthrope with access to a bank account … to buy like a sedan … could instead use that to build a biological weapon that’s capable of killing millions of people.”

Read more on https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2024/01/legal-tools-mitigate-ai-risks/


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