Is our Senate smart enough to understand AI?

Our Congress is not that smart. Proof of that is that on two occasions, its membership failed to convict Trump when he was impeached during his presidential term. This would have taken good old “Natural Intelligence” to do so. 

So, on Wednesday, during a closed door session it heard from high-tech luminaries like Musk, Zuckerberg. Pichai along with other stakeholders our Senators were briefed on Artificial Intelligence that we now call AI with great reverence.

I only wished that before that Forum, someone made sure that each Senator had enough natural intelligence to hear about AI. I know that only 60 out of 100 senators attended, and I hope the one that showed up had enough intelligence of their own, but I wouldn’t be so sure. 

The missing 40 probably thought that AI was “Alternative Ideology”. The attending lawmakers were seeking ways to mitigate dangers of the emerging technology, which has boomed in investment and consumer popularity since the release of Bing and ChatGPT AI tools. 

Musk called for a regulator to ensure the safe use of AI, and said “It's important for us to have a referee," adding that a regulator would "ensure that companies take actions that are safe and in the interest of the general public." 

I hope there will be more forums like that one to address the AI threat before our Senators succumb to old age’s ailments...