RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INITIAL PUBLIC INPUT ON G7 HIROSHIMA AI PROCESS
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the longest-established and — with more than 50,000 American members — the largest association of individual professionals engaged in all aspects of computing in the nation. A non-profit, non-lobbying, and otherwise wholly apolitical organization, ACM’s mission includes providing unbiased, expert technical advice to policymakers on matters of our members’ wide-ranging expertise. That work is accomplished in the United States by and through ACM’s U.S. Technology Policy Committee (USTPC).
USTPC broadly commends its sector-leading Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct2 and the following specific recent policy products concerning artificial intelligence to the Departments of Commerce and State (the Departments) for their consideration in connection with this inquiry (all of which are available electronically at the URLs here provided):
- ACM TechBrief: Generative AI (Summer 2023) [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3626110];
- USTPC Comments to White House OSTP on National AI Priorities (July 7, 2023)
[https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/final-ustpc-ostp-ai-comments.pdf] - Principles for the Development, Deployment, and Use of Generative AI Technologies (June 2023) [https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/ustpc-approved-generative-ai-principles];
- ACM TechBrief: Safer Algorithmic Systems (January 2023)
[https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3582277]; - Statement on Principles for Responsible Algorithmic Systems (October 2022) [https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/public-policy/final-joint-ai-statement-update.pdf].
USTPC stands ready to assist the Departments with further technical and other analyses. Please contact its Technology Policy Office below for additional information or to arrange a briefing with one or more of USTPC’s and ACM’s expert members.
