{"606053":{"#nid":"606053","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Isbell Goes to Washington \u2013 Again \u2013 to Discuss Artificial Intelligence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003EUPDATE (May 11): Read Charles Isbell\u0026#39;s thoughts about the meeting and what was discussed in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/trump-administration-plays-catch-up-artificial-intelligence\/\u0022\u003Ethis Wired article\u003C\/a\u003E. \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nArtificial intelligence (AI) \u0026shy;\u0026ndash; and its ever-expanding role in the U.S. economy \u0026ndash; is in the spotlight today as technology leaders from business, government, and academia gather in Washington D.C. for a White House meeting to discuss the opportunities and challenges of this emerging technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/ostp\/\u0022\u003EWhite House Office for Science and Technology Policy\u003C\/a\u003E (OSTP) is hosting the daylong meeting, which executives from 35 major U.S. companies including Facebook, Amazon, Google, Intel, NVIDIA, and Oracle are expected to attend.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.axios.com\/white-house-trump-artificial-inteliigence-1525811025-d68cc076-d153-460f-b1e8-0b54b1b3233c.html\u0022\u003Efocus of the meeting is AI research and development, workforce, and regulations\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech College of Computing Executive Associate Dean \u003Cstrong\u003ECharles Isbell\u003C\/strong\u003E, along with a small group of his peers from academia, has been invited to participate in the discussions.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There\u0026rsquo;s not a sector in the U.S. economy that isn\u0026rsquo;t being impacted by AI,\u0026rdquo; said Isbell. \u0026ldquo;But that doesn\u0026rsquo;t mean that what makes regulatory sense for, say the auto industry, will necessarily make sense for pharmaceuticals.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHe added, \u0026ldquo;The U.S. has a real opportunity to take the lead and set the standard for the ethical, human-centered development of AI \u0026ndash; regardless of the sector \u0026ndash; to deliver on the promise of this transformative technology in ways that we have yet to imagine.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERepresentatives from the Pentagon and the U.S. Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Energy, Health and Human Services, Labor, and Transportation are also slated to participate in the White House AI meeting.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/news\/602469\/isbell-testifies-house-subcommittee-hearing-artificial-intelligence\u0022\u003EIsbell was in Washington earlier this year testifying\u003C\/a\u003E before the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/oversight.house.gov\/hearing\/game-changers-artificial-intelligence-part\/\u0022\u003EHouse Oversight Committee\u0026rsquo;s Subcommittee on Information Technology\u003C\/a\u003E about the national and global impact of AI and machine learning.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The White House is hosting a meeting of technology leaders to discuss advancing AI in the U.S."}],"uid":"32045","created_gmt":"2018-05-10 15:38:04","changed_gmt":"2018-05-11 16:18:58","author":"Ben Snedeker","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-05-10T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"602470":{"id":"602470","type":"image","title":"Isbell testifying in DC","body":null,"created":"1518795436","gmt_created":"2018-02-16 15:37:16","changed":"1518795436","gmt_changed":"2018-02-16 15:37:16","alt":"Georgia Tech\u0027s Charles Isbell testifies on artificial intelligence to House subcommittee","file":{"fid":"229619","name":"Charles copy.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Charles%20copy.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Charles%20copy.png","mime":"image\/png","size":743198,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Charles%20copy.png?itok=RuvlQuN9"}}},"media_ids":["602470"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"576491","name":"CRNCH"},{"id":"545781","name":"Institute for Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"576481","name":"ML@GT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39511","name":"Public Service, Leadership, and Policy"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"},{"id":"71901","name":"Society and Culture"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAlbert Snedeker, Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu?subject=White%20House%20AI%20Meeting\u0022\u003Ealbert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["albert.snedeker@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}