National Security Commission on AI
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -On August 13, 2018, Section 1051 of the Fiscal Year 2019 John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act (P.L. 115-232) established the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence as an independent Commission "to consider the methods and means necessary to advance the development of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and associated technologies to comprehensively address the national security and defense needs of the United States."Learn more about the Commission's work on our website, https://www.nscai.gov.
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Marshaling AI Cooperation with Gilman Louie
September 16, 2020 19:00 - 33 minutes - 22.9 MBNSCAI Commissioner Gilman Louie talks about great power competition in the digital age and the US need for a more technologically literate diplomatic core to counter China's increasing diplomatic efforts on the technology front.
Research and Development with Dr. Ken Ford
September 09, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBKen Ford, an NSCAI commissioner and founder/CEO of the Florida Institute For Human & Machine Cognition, talks about turning AI from a tool to a teammate, and unshackling AI research and implementation from government bureaucracy to compete with nimbler countries such as China.
National Security Applications for AI with the Hon. Katharina McFarland
September 02, 2020 16:00 - 32 minutes - 22.3 MBKatharina McFarland, an NSCAI commissioner, talks about the commission’s recommendations on inserting AI into the National Defense Strategy and how war games should integrate AI enabled applications in order to inform US military doctrine.
Ethical and Responsible AI with Dr. Eric Horvitz
August 26, 2020 14:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBEric Horvitz, an NSCAI commissioner and chief scientific officer at Microsoft, speaks this week about the commission’s second quarter recommendations to Congress that responsible and ethical uses be a primary consideration in any AI system for national security.
Protect & Build Upon AI Tech Advantages and Hardware with Jason Matheny
August 19, 2020 15:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBJason Matheny, an NSCAI commissioner who now leads a think tank at Georgetown University focused on the intersections of technology, policy and national security, spoke in this week’s episode about the Commission’s recommendations on export controls for sensitive technology and the difficult problem of protecting digital assets like algorithms and data.
Training and Recruiting AI Talent with the Honorable Mignon Clyburn
August 12, 2020 13:00 - 34 minutes - 23.4 MBMignon Clyburn, an NSCAI commissioner and longtime regulator at the FCC, talks about the Commission’s recommendations to increase competency in artificial intelligence at the Department of Defense and other government agencies. Ms. Clyburn talked about establishing a National Reserve Digital Corps with a scholarship program modeled after the ROTC and the creation of a United States Digital Service Academy to mint a new class of civil servants with deep technical knowledge.
Protect & Build Upon AI Tech Advantages and Hardware with Gilman Louie
June 03, 2020 17:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBIn this fifth of a series of six podcasts episodes, we talk with NSCAI Commissioner Gilman Louie and Co-Founder and Partner of Alsop Louie Partners about his line of effort’s recommendations to Congress on how to maintain US leadership in AI hardware and 5G. He spoke about the need for a national microelectronic strategy and policies that would advance spectrum sharing for 5G to create a global alternative to the Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei.
Marshaling AI Cooperation with Jason Matheny
May 27, 2020 21:00 - 35 minutes - 24.7 MBIn this episode, the fourth of a series of six podcasts, Jason Matheny, NSCAI Commissioner and founding director of the Center for Security and Emerging Technology at Georgetown, talks about his line of effort regarding cooperation on AI with key allies and partners. He spoke about his group's recommendations that the government establish a senior national security point of contact for AI and convene a multilateral working group for AI collaboration and interoperability - as well as the need...
"NSCAI Recommendations on Training and Recruiting AI Talent" with Dr. José-Marie Griffiths
May 13, 2020 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBIn the second of a series of podcast episodes, former New York Times correspondent and now a Special Government Employee at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, Craig S. Smith, spoke with Dr. José-Marie Griffiths, NSCAI commissioner and President, Dakota State University. The podcast with Dr. Griffiths is focused on her line of effort's recommendations on training and recruiting AI talent, part of the recommendations the National Security Commission on Artificial Inte...
"NSCAI First Quarter Research and Development Recommendations" with Dr. Andrew Moore
May 06, 2020 15:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBIn April 2020, the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence issued its first-quarter recommendations to Congress, covering seven lines of effort, six of which are public and one of which is classified. In the first of a series of podcast episodes about those recommendations, Craig S. Smith, a former New York Times correspondent and now a Special Government Employee at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, spoke with Andrew Moore, NSCAI commissioner and G...