AI is advancing faster than Congress. Here’s why that’s a bug

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AI is advancing faster than Congress. Here’s why that’s a bug

March 10th, 2023

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Rep. Jay Obernolte is, according to his peers, the guy you need to know on AI. | Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

Last November, when the artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT launched, an old science fiction question suddenly became very real: How long until the machines are smarter than the humans?

It marked the beginning of a new era in technology — one that has enormous implications for the economy and the nation’s politics. On the Hill, members of Congress suddenly needed answers about the coming disruption. The expert they turned to for those was a video game developer from Southern California, Rep. Jay Obernolte (R-Calif.).

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