RAND Expert to Testify Before Senate Armed Services Committee Cybersecurity Subcommittee
Who
Jim Mitre, vice president and director of RAND Global and Emerging Risks, will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) Cybersecurity Subcommittee during a hearing on harnessing the cyber capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI).
What
Mitre's testimony will focus on the national security implications posed by the potential emergence of artificial general intelligence (AGI) and highlight learnings from his recent paper, “Artificial General Intelligence's Five Hard National Security Problems.” Specifically, the U.S. national security community should plan for the following problems that could disrupt the current cyber offense-defense balance:
- The sudden emergence of a wonder weapon with a significant first-mover advantage
- A systemic shift in the instruments of national power or societal foundations of national competitiveness
- Empowered nonexperts with capability to develop WMDs
- The emergence of artificial entities with independent agency to threaten global security
- Instability on the path to and in a world with AGI
When
Tuesday, March 25 – 3:30 pm EDT
Where
Russell Senate Office Building, Room SR-232A
Livestream link: https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/hearings/to-receive-testimony-on-harnessing-artificial-intelligence-cyber-capabilities
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