President Joe Biden’s directive to all U.S. national security agencies to embed artificial intelligence technologies in their systems sets ambitious targets amid a volatile political environment.
That’s the first-blush assessment from technology experts after Biden on Oct. 24 directed a broad swath of organizations to harness AI responsibly, even as the technology is rapidly advancing.
“It’s like trying to assemble a plane while you’re in the middle of flying it,” said Josh Wallin, a fellow at the defense program at the Center for a New American Security. “It is a heavy lift. This is a new area that a lot of agencies are having to look at that they might have not necessarily paid attention to in the past, but I will also say it’s certainly a critical one.”
