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On December 27, 2021, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 into law. The NDAA is an annual bill that Congress passes specifying the budget, expenditures, and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Similar to previous NDAAs, the 2022 version contains a number of provisions directly relevant to artificial intelligence (AI). We identified and described the provisions related to AI and other activities or technologies that could impact U.S. advancement of AI in this 2,165-page bill.
On December 27, 2021, President Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022 into law. The NDAA is an annual bill that Congress passes specifying the budget, expenditures, and policies of the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). Similar to previous NDAAs, the 2022 version contains a number of provisions directly relevant to artificial intelligence (AI). We identified and described the provisions related to AI and other activities or technologies that could impact U.S. advancement of AI in this 2,165-page bill.
On January 1, 2021, the U.S. Congress finalized and approved the WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY21 NDAA). Numerous provisions of consequence related to artificial intelligence (AI) were included in the final conference report of the NDAA. Here, we summarize the AI aspects of the 4,517 page bill so you don’t have to. This explainer provides a step-by-step rundown of every provision in the final conference report that speaks to AI.
On January 1, 2021, the U.S. Congress finalized and approved the WILLIAM M. (MAC) THORNBERRY NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 (FY21 NDAA). Numerous provisions of consequence related to artificial intelligence (AI) were included in the final conference report of the NDAA. Here, we summarize the AI aspects of the 4,517 page bill so you don’t have to. This explainer provides a step-by-step rundown of every provision in the final conference report that speaks to AI.
AI’s Promise and Peril for the U.S. Government
While the use of artificial intelligence (AI) spans the breadth of the U.S. federal government, government AI remains uneven at best, and problematic and perhaps dangerous at worst.
While the use of artificial intelligence (AI) spans the breadth of the U.S. federal government, government AI remains uneven at best, and problematic and perhaps dangerous at worst.
Ideally, artificial intelligence refers to intelligent machines, where by “intelligent” we mean truly smart, for example capable of reasoning. In practice, most of what we’ve seen in the past fifteen years, and what I believe we will continue to see in the near future, can be better 1 thought of as “automation on steroids.” Thinking in terms of automation can guide the discussion in a more realistic direction, and also helps remind us of the limitations of AI.
Ideally, artificial intelligence refers to intelligent machines, where by “intelligent” we mean truly smart, for example capable of reasoning. In practice, most of what we’ve seen in the past fifteen years, and what I believe we will continue to see in the near future, can be better 1 thought of as “automation on steroids.” Thinking in terms of automation can guide the discussion in a more realistic direction, and also helps remind us of the limitations of AI.
