Can i get everybodys attention . Thank you for putting up with me one more time. I think it will just can i get everybodys attention . It is my great privilege to introduce the senator from new york, senator schumer. [ applause ] thank you very much, eric. And thank all of you, those in government and out, who are working on these issues, which are so important to both the National Security of our country and to the future economy of our country as well, the two sort of combined. And so i thank you for the commission for the good work it has done. I want to thank eric and bob schmidt for getting me to speak here. When congress set up the commission, i couldnt think of two better folks to lead it, and so i very much appreciate that, because this is one of the issues that is probably the most important facing us, if you looked at the ratio of how much attention this issue gets in terms of what government should be doing, as opposed to its importance, its one of the lowest ratios that there is and that is not good for the future of the country. We all know that Artificial Intelligence is changing everything, how we communicate, how we conduct commerce, how we protect and store and analyze data, how we protect ourselves. Its going to have a huge impact on National Security, and if america can get ai right, well be the ones to maintain a National Security edge on our adversaries, but the converse is also true. We may lose that edge if we dont get it right or if were complacent and let others get ahead of us. If we get ai right, well be the ones who benefit most from the economic potential, the new jobs that come from ai, but it also, and i would just say even though this is mainly a National Security and that kind of audience, we all have to be thinking about not just new industries, but also the millions of workers many on the lower end of the economic spectrum, who could have their jobs or ways of life disrupted by ai. Were not going to get the large Government Support that we need, and i will talk about in a minute, unless average americans feel theyre being paid attention to and taken into account as we move forward. That was a lesson of International Trade 30 years ago, and we cant repeat the same mistake now. Now also importantly, if we can lead the world in developing and implementing this new technology, we will set the norms and boundaries for the use of ai around the world. Just think of what it would mean for russia or china most likely to lead the world in ai. President putin has said that the nation that leads in ai will be the ruler of the world, and hes made his intentions clear. China runs a massive surveillance state that relentlessly tracks its citizens, controls the flow of information, suppresses minority views and brutally punishes dissent. So we need not to have their motivation or their way but we need to match and exceed their level of commitment, which thus far we have not done. A future where america leads the world in ai is one that recognizes privacy rights and individual liberty and democratic values, its a future where the militaries are smarter, not just more lethal. On the flipside, as i said, a dark cast to the future of ai if an authoritarian country wins out. President kennedy said in his famous speech dedicating the United States to the space race, like all technology, Space Science has no conscience of its own. Whether it will become a force or good or ill depends on man and only if the United States occupies a position of preimminence can we decide whether this new ocean will be a sea of peace or a terrifying theater of war. Thats almost an exact annalogy 50 years later to ai. So as we await your final report, ive been doing some think being how congress can ensure that america leads the way in ai, and im going to share some ideas with you. Were going to need as much talent as possible to keep our Competitive Edge in ai, and thats one reason we need some kind of comprehensive Immigration Reform. I was at, i wont say which, but i was just at one of the cutting edge groups doing ai, private sector group trying to make money and there are about 220 scientist there is. I said how many of you were born in america . 22 out of 200someodd. Our immigration laws restricting people who want to come here is hurting us dramatically in this area, and we have to do something about that. In the Immigration Reform bill that john mccain and i had written, and that passed the Senate Overwhelmingly and then was blocked in the house, every foreigner who studied s. T. E. M. And got an m. A. Or ph. D. In s. T. E. M. In an American University got a green card stapled to their diploma. Can you imagine how that would change the country and help us as we seek to take the lead on ai . And along similar lines, we must bolster americas s. T. E. M. Education from grade school through grad school, and recruit a top notch ai ready workforce. At the moment, data scientists on average have ten years of experience in the field and china has had five. We need to maintain and expand this advantage. But finally, and this is what i want to focus on a little bit or have you focus on what ive said today, we need to invest heavily in ai, and in other related technologies, whether its quantum computing, g5 or anything like that, cyber security, robotics, biotechnology. In the old days, companies could afford to do much more of the Pure Research. We had a bell labs, not too far from where i lived. I was in new york. There were monopoly so they could afford to put billions of dollars into Pure Research even if the head of whatever it was, bell bell, cant even remember what it was called back then couldnt even see a way that that would create profit, but were not in that role anymore. Our companies dont have that kind of ability and so what we need to do is have the federal government have a dramatically increased investment in ai in the basic research in the Pure Research that Companies Wont do. Were great here in america and our companies are great at taking that kind of basic and Pure Research and turning it in to practical things, but were not were going to lag behind on the basic research and the Pure Research. So here is the proposal and its not firmed up, that we would like to propose. Were not sure of the structure but ill start out with the structure. What were thinking about is maybe having the nsf have an asf, National Science Tech Foundation working in concert with darpa, sort of the analog defense agency, and it would be responsible for funding fundamental Research Related to ai and some other cutting edge areas like i mentioned quantum computing and g5 and robotics. The nsf would have a board of directors. This new agency this combined you th new group would have a board of directors to oversee them but the key here would be over five years for the federal government to invest 100 billion into funding this research, and the group would fund it. Some of it would go to universities, just like nsf does now. Some of it could go to companies. Some of it could go to special Government Agencies in the Defense Department or not. But the kind of Pure Research that needs to be done would have a long revenue stream. Wed also fund undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, train yes and post doctorate support in the targeted research areas, and the development of test bed type of facilities that would be before youd get to the Pure Research. This is just a discussion draft but its gotten a lot of support from the people ive shown it to, who know this. We will do better dollar for dollar than the Chinese Government in investing in ai, but if they outspend us three, four, 51 which theyre doing now, well fall behind in five or ten years and we will rue the day, rue the day. Now, this idea has some support of people very close to the president and very close to Mitch Mcconnell but thus far they have unable to get their full throated support, and anyone here who has any relationships with those people or people near them should be pushing this, this should be bipartisan. This should not be a partisan issue. This is about the future of america, this should not be a political issue. This should be sort of with probably even greater importance like putting a man on the moon. If we dont do the Real Investments in our universities, in our companies, in our Government Agencies so that we become or maintain our cutting edge lead in ai and in these other fields its going to really hurt us dramatically within several years so eric has seen this proposal and helped us modify it, and if you have thoughts or ideas send them through the commission to us and its one of my goals as minority leader might be one of my goals as majority leader one day to get this done because i love america and this is so vital for the future of america. Thank you very much, everybody
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