At the Speed of Irrelevance by Al Naqvi & Mani Janakiram

Author:Al Naqvi & Mani Janakiram [Naqvi, Al & Janakiram, Mani]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781119861287
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 2022-06-11T00:00:00+00:00

BETWEEN 2017 AND 2018

Besides hiding under the rock somewhere the entire 2017 and most of 2018, the OSTP did only two things. In May of 2018 it organized a conference to meet the industry, established yet another committee (known as the Select Committee on AI), and issued a memorandum on R&D budget priorities. For two years, the same two years when China developed AI at an incredible pace, the OSTP lost precious time to develop and implement an AI industrialization plan. For two years, the OSTP-led bureaucracy destroyed America's potential to move forward at the speed of relevance.

While the March 2019 conference was organized by The Economist, it was sponsored by Microsoft. It took place at the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, DC. Under the exotic chandeliers and surrounded by art gallery–level artwork, the hotel projected power and prestige. Advertisement cards with Microsoft's name were neatly laid on the tables. Hundreds attended the conference. Excitement was in the air. Microsoft was launching a new AI business school, and the conference became the epitome of what was wrong with America's AI initiatives. Surrounded by commercial consultants wearing the cloak of professorship from top schools and staff of commercial sponsors, senior government officials appeared as the czars of AI. Short of being paraded around in a palanquin, the royal treatment the government officials received showed the symbiotic relationships that have become the symbol of why America lost its leadership position in AI.

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