Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang believes the American government is years behind in understanding the consequences of artificial intelligence and warns that science fiction scenarios are now becoming real.
“It can be a force for civilizational progress, but it can also destroy us at the high end. So, you would want a tailored approach. You’d want an AI-dedicated body that actually understands the pluses and minuses and the different use cases of AI,” Yang, who is the co-chair of the Forward Party, said in an interview with Fox Business on April 24. “And that’s something we don’t have because our government is decades behind this curve.”…