Brookings stresses immediate AI risks to tout ‘accountability’ benefits of Biden order

A Brookings Institution analysis stresses immediate rather than existential risks to tout the role of President Biden’s recently issued executive order and an accompanying guidance from the White House Office of Management and Budget in bringing accountability to the use of artificial intelligence, according to a Nov. 17 “commentary” posted by the think tank.

“Notably, these actions towards accountability focus on current harms and not existential risk, and thus can serve as useful guides to policymakers focused on the...