The article "Harvard researchers want to school Congress about AI from https://www.technologyreview.com/s/612414/harvard-wants-to-school-congress-about-ai/ by Karen Hao was published in November 14, 2018. The article talks about a group of people aim to teach politicians about the ethical and technological aspects of technology so that they can be better equipped to combat an dangers or misuse from technology. The people behind this idea were inspired to do this becuase of Facebook's Chief Excecutive Mike Zuckerberg's trial before the United States Congress. The people behind the idea intend to also stage a tech boot camp designed to educate politicians about the legal and ethical implications of technology. They also intend to write a book about enduring issues like discrimination or technology to better educate not just politicians but others as well.
I think this is a great way to educate politicians about technology. It will be able to keep politicians up to speed about the ever-growing and ever-changing environment around technology. My only gripe though is that this may not be enough for politicians to learn about technology. I don't know if they will be able to get technology enough as tech-savvy people do or enough to make reasonable and ethical laws surrounding technology. I also think that we need new and young politicians that actually know about technology to make the necessary laws in place for our ever advancing technology climate today or in the future.
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