The new U.S. Senate AI roadmap is full of aspirations and empty of much actual content. Basically, the Driving U.S. Innovation in Artificial Intelligence report is a wish list of issues that its authors hope various congressional committees will consider when they get around to addressing the possible ramifications of the burgeoning field of artificial intelligence.
Yet the senators behind it, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D–N.Y.), are sure that following the roadmap requires that Congress appropriate "at least $32 billion per year for (non-defense) AI innovation," as recommended by the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI). As the NSCAI leadership explained, "This is not a time for abstract criticism of industrial policy or fears of deficit spending to stand in the way of progress." There is clearly bipartisan agreement on that despite the fact that Goldman Sachs projects that private sector spending on AI could reach $200 billion by 2025.
