National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence

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NSCAI
National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence
Formation2018;6 years ago (2018)
DissolvedOctober 1, 2021;3 years ago (2021-10-01)
PurposeReporting relationship between AI and US national security
Headquarters Washington, DC., United States of America
Chairman
Dr. Eric Schmidt
Website cybercemetery.unt.edu/nscai/20211005220330/http://nscai.gov/

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) was an independent commission of the United States of America established in 2018 to make recommendations to the President and Congress 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". The commission's 15 members were nominated by Congress. [1]

Contents

The NSCAI was dissolved on 1 October 2021. [2]

History and reporting

The NSCAI began working in March 2019 and by November 2019 it had received more than 200 classified and unclassified briefings to help with the creation of its final report due in 2021.On 4 November 2019, the NSCAI shared its interim report with Congress, where it explained the 27 initial judgements to base its ongoing work. [3]

In the interim report the commission also agreed on seven principles:

Fundamental areas of effort for the preservation of U.S. advantages were also agreed upon in the interim report of 2019. [3]

The NSCAI released its first report of recommendations in March 2020, most of which were included in the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act. [4] [5] In July 2020, the commission published the second report to Congress. It identified 35 actions for both Executive and Legislative branches, which were focused on six fundamental areas. [4] This report was available to the public. [6] In January 2021, a draft of the final report was presented at a panel led by Schmidt. The report recommended the US to use AI technology for military use and development. [7]

It issued its final report in March 2021, saying that the U.S. is not sufficiently prepared to defend or compete against China in the AI era. [8] [9] [10] It was broken up into two parts, the first titled “Defending America in the AI Era”, and the second “Winning the Technology Competition”. [11] The report spoke about China’s efforts and investments into integration and that it could very well take the lead in AI in the next few years. [12] Additional suggestions were made to concentrate on AI in everything we do and to implement it into US national security on multiple levels, as well as focus on bringing in new talent to develop AI and to introduce it to the working force on both civilian and military levels. [11] [12] Another recommendation of the NSCAI report was to develop and provide China and Russia with alternative models that are based on norms and democratic values. [12] The final report also included a proposed $40 billion budget for government spending. [1] On 14 April 2021, NSCAI executive director Ylli Bajraktari and director of Research and Analysis Justin Lynch participated in an event held by the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET) to discuss the final report findings. [13]

In October 2021, NSCAI chair Eric Schmidt founded the bipartisan, non-profit Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) through his family led non-profit Eric & Wendy Schmidt Fund for Strategic Innovation in order to carry on the NSCAI’s efforts and expand beyond national security. [14] [15] [16]

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies held an event in June 2023, called “Thinking Forward After the NSCAI and CSC: A Discussion on AI and Cyber Policy”, with former members of NSCAI on the moderation panel, including Eric Schmidt and Ylli Bajraktari. [16] [17]

Members

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Dr. Eric Schmidt, chairman of the commission

Here is a list of members from the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence:

Recommendations

The report's recommendations include: [18]

Transparency

In December 2019, a ruling was made under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) that the NSCAI must also provide historical documents upon request. The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed the lawsuit against the NSCAI in September 2019 after being refused information about the upcoming meetings and prepared records of the commission under FOIA and the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in June 2020 that the NSCAI must comply with FACA and therefore hold open meetings and provide records to the public. The lawsuit was also filed by EPIC. [20] [21]

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