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00:00:02AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA MITCHELL.
00:00:05SUNDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON C-SPAN'S Q AND A.
00:00:08YOU CAN LISTEN TO Q&A AND ALL OF
00:00:10OUR PODCASTS ON OUR FREE C-SPAN NOW APP OR WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR
00:00:17PODCASTS. >> NEXT, CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL.
00:00:21DISCUSSES THE RISKS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE PRO
00:00:24HUMAN ASSEMBLY IN WASHINGTON. HE SPOKE ABOUT HIS WORK IN
00:00:28CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH A REGULATIONS AND CREATE OVERSIGHT
00:00:30AND STANDARDS FOR TECHNOLOGY
00:00:35COMPANIES.
00:00:41THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU HAVING ME.
00:00:43AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. >> I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LONG DAY
00:00:49AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'VE HAD THE
00:00:51PLEASURE OF BACK TO BACK BERNIE
00:00:54SANDERS AND STEVE BANNON. NOT TOO MANY CONFERENCES CAN
00:00:57MAKE THAT CLAIM.
00:00:59AND SO I AM DEFINITELY
00:01:02ANTI-CLIMACTIC HERE.
00:01:05I HAVE A COUPLE OF JUST VERY
00:01:07SIMPLE POINTS BASED ON THAT.
00:01:10I HAVE DONE.
00:01:12AND THE WORK REALLY BEGAN THREE YEARS AGO WITH A HEARING THAT WE
00:01:17HAD WITH SAM ALTMAN AND YEARS
00:01:22AGO, IF YOU RECALL, NOT VERY MANY PEOPLE WERE FOCUSING ON AI.
00:01:26WE HAD A SUBSEQUENT HEARING WITH
00:01:32DARIO AHMADIYYA AND THEN WITH
00:01:36BRAD SMITH. WE HAD, IN SHORT, WITH OF THE
00:01:39MAJOR LEADERS ON AND THEY ALL SAID WE WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO
00:01:45SOMETHING AT THAT TIME, THEY ALL
00:01:48SAID WE WANT GOVERNMENT TO DO SO.
00:01:51AND THEY SAID IT NOT ONLY
00:01:52BECAUSE THEY WERE FEARFUL ABOUT.
00:01:58THE POTENTIAL DANGERS OF AI, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF THIS PLACEMENT
00:02:01OF WORKERS IMPERSONATIONS.
00:02:05DEEPFAKE AT ONE HEARING, I
00:02:07ACTUALLY BEGAN BY.
00:02:13SOMETHING I SAID I'M GOING TO
00:02:15NOW INTRODUCE THE HEARING AND I
00:02:20PLAYED.
00:02:20THEN MY VOICE IMPERSONATED BY AI
00:02:27WITH. CHATBOTS.
00:02:29ALSO COMPOSING THE OPENING
00:02:32STATEMENT, WHICH AT THE TIME WAS
00:02:35TOTALLY AND COMPLETE AMAZING TO EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM.
00:02:39NO ONE COULD BELIEVE IT WAS DONE.
00:02:42AND OF COURSE NOW IT SEEMS KIND
00:02:44OF QUAINT BY COMPARISON BUT MY
00:02:48POINT IS THAT THREE YEARS AGO CONGRESS WAS WORKING ON THIS
00:02:53ISSUE.
00:02:53THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT HEADED THE
00:02:57SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVACY AND THE LAW.
00:03:00IT WAS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
00:03:02JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND THE
00:03:05RANKING MEMBER, SINCE WE WERE IN
00:03:06THE MAJORITY, WAS SENATOR HAWLEY.
00:03:10HE AND I PRODUCED A FRAMEWORK
00:03:11FOR LEGISLATION, AND SINCE THEN
00:03:14WE HAVE WRITTEN THREE BILLS THAT
00:03:18ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT
00:03:21HAVE BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY,
00:03:23MAKING SURE THAT HUMANS STAY IN CHARGE.
00:03:27HUMANS HAVE A SAY THAT THERE ARE
00:03:30SAFEGUARDS FOR HUMAN INTERESTS.
00:03:33AND A YEAR AGO INTRODUCED A BILL
00:03:37CALLED THE ARTIFICIAL
00:03:41INTELLIGENCE SAFETY EVALUATION ACT.
00:03:45WE ALSO INTRODUCED A MEASURE CALLED GUARD ACT.
00:03:47WE INTRODUCED ANOTHER CALLED THE GRIT ACT, AND THEY FORM A KIND
00:03:53OF SAFETY NET FOR HUMAN VALUES.
00:03:57THE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
00:04:00SAFETY EVALUATION ACT
00:04:02ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISHES A MEANS
00:04:05OF REVIEW THROUGH A AGENCY.
00:04:07WE NAME THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY.
00:04:10OF ENERGY IS, THE AGENCY TO DO IT.
00:04:13YOU COULD PICK ANOTHER, YOU COULD INVENT ONE.
00:04:16BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE CANNOT
00:04:19RELY ON VOLUNTARY OVERSIGHT.
00:04:22THERE HAS TO BE SOME METHOD OF
00:04:23REVIEW THAT INVOLVES ENFORCEMENT
00:04:28AND WHEN BIG TECH SAYS TRUST US,
00:04:31WE'VE LEARNED FROM SOCIAL MEDIA
00:04:34AND OUR EXPERIENCE, WE THOUGHT WE TRUST US.
00:04:38I'M DONE WITH TRUST US, AND OF COURSE, THE KIDS ONLINE SAFETY
00:04:42ACT, WHICH PASSED THE SENATE BY 91 TO 3 LAST SESSION,
00:04:47UNFORTUNATELY NOT PASS THE
00:04:49HOUSE, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT IT
00:04:51WILL THIS SESSION ILLUSTRATES
00:04:55THAT WE NEED OVERSIGHT AND
00:04:58ENFORCEMENT, NOT RELYING ON
00:05:03VOLUNTARY MEASURES AND THE BASIC
00:05:05IDEA OF THE EVALUATION RISK AT
00:05:08RISK EVALUATION ACT IS THAT MUCH
00:05:11LIKE THE FDA, THERE WOULD BE
00:05:13REVIEW FOR WHETHER OR NOT A NEW
00:05:16MODEL, NEW TECHNOLOGY SUBMITTED BY THE DEVELOPER WHO WOULD BE
00:05:20REQUIRED TO SEEK REVIEW IS SAFE
00:05:23AND EFFECTIVE.
00:05:25THE STANDARD COULD BE EXPLAINED
00:05:29IN A DIFFERENT WAY. IT COULD BE ARTICULATED DIFFERENTLY. BUT STANDARDS AND REVIEW AND
00:05:35ENFORCEMENT AND THEN THE GUARD
00:05:35ACT, WHICH BASICALLY SAYS THAT A
00:05:39BODY HAS TO TELL PEOPLE IT'S NOT
00:05:43HUMAN AND IT CAN'T INVOLVE KIDS
00:05:47BELOW A CERTAIN AGE AND AGE. VERIFICATION IS IMPORTANT.
00:05:51AND OF COURSE, THE GRIT ACT, AS
00:05:53THE NAME IMPLIES IS, SAYS TO AIR
00:06:00COMPANIES, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A DATA CENTER.
00:06:03IT'S GOT TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
00:06:05ENERGY AND UTILITY.
00:06:07IT HAS TO BE, ON ITS OWN.
00:06:11IN OTHER WORDS, EVERY VOTE, ITS
00:06:13OWN BOTTOM, IT HAS TO BE
00:06:18SELF-SUPPORTING IN TERMS OF ENERGY AND WATER, OTHER UTILITY.
00:06:21SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DISAGREE
00:06:23WITH THESE IDEAS, BUT THE TIME
00:06:28HAS COME FOR ACTION. AFTER THREE YEARS, WE'VE DONE A
00:06:31LOT OF WORK. WE DON'T LACK FOR PROPOSALS.
00:06:35THERE ARE PLENTY OF IDEAS.
00:06:38CONGRESS COULD DO SOMETHING LITERALLY BEFORE THE END OF THE
00:06:42YEAR, WHICH IS THE END OF THIS CONGRESS.
00:06:46AND WE'VE APPROACHED A CRITICAL
00:06:48MASS POLITICALLY AS WELL.
00:06:50THE NUMBER PEOPLE HERE, I THINK,
00:06:54ATTEST TO THAT FACT.
00:06:56BUT THE KIND OF URGENCY THAT
00:07:01MANY OF MY COLLEAGUES FEEL AFTER
00:07:04THE ESCAPE OF THESE AGENTS, THE
00:07:08BOTS THAT ARE ACTIVE TOGETHER,
00:07:12COLLABORATE TO DECEIVE,
00:07:14SACRIFICING SOME AS DECOYS, I
00:07:16THINK HAS REALLY CAUGHT THE PUBLIC IMAGINATION.
00:07:19I'VE JUST COME BACK FROM CONNECTICUT AND AS I WENT AROUND
00:07:24THE STATE, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE TALKING ABOUT A.I. IN A WAY.
00:07:28THEY HAD NOT DONE BEFORE.
00:07:30I THINK THERE IS A CRITICAL MASS
00:07:36ALMOST APPROACHING A OF FRENZY.
00:07:40AND THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW
00:07:42WITH THIS KIND OF FRENZY, THERE'S A LOT OF FROTH AND FROTH
00:07:46HAS TO BE CHANNELED INTO ACTION.
00:07:51THE ENERGY HAS TO BE MADE IN
00:07:53TERMS OF A PRODUCT I THINK WE
00:07:55CAN DO IT. EVERY ONE OF THESE MEASURES.
00:07:59THE GRID ACT, THE GUARD ACT, THE
00:08:02ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SAFETY
00:08:05EVALUATION BILL, BIPARTISAN,
00:08:08THEY'RE ALL BIPARTISAN AND
00:08:10SENATOR HAWLEY AND I ARE LEADING THEM.
00:08:14THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE THAT
00:08:18I THINK WE MISS AT OUR PERIL.
00:08:22WE NEED TO SEIZE THIS MOMENT.
00:08:24I THANK YOU FOR YOUR I HOPE YOU
00:08:28WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED IN
00:08:31A VERY ACTIVE WAY BECAUSE EVERY
00:08:33ONE OF YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS THAT WE
00:08:36RELY ON OTHERS FOR EXPERTISE AND
00:08:41AND IN THIS AREA, FOR
00:08:43PARTICULARLY YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND
00:08:46EXPERIENCE, CAN BE SO VERY IMPORTANT. BUT AS IMPORTANT AS YOUR
00:08:51KNOWLEDGE, AS CRITICAL AS
00:08:53SCIENCE OR THE VALUES.
00:08:57A PRO HUMAN DECLARATION AS A
00:08:59STATEMENT OF VALUES IS AS MUCH
00:09:05AS A PH.D. BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A
00:09:09TOUCHSTONE A GUIDING LIGHT THAT
00:09:11SHOULD REALLY HELP US WITH A PATH FORWARD HERE THAT WILL
00:09:15ATTRACT MORE AND MORE SUPPORT
00:09:19BECAUSE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND
00:09:21VALUES, PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THEY
00:09:23WANT HUMANS TO BE IN CHARGE.
00:09:27AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ADVOCACY.
00:09:30MAKE SURE HUMANS REMAIN CHARGE.
00:09:32THANK YOU SO MUCH.
00:09:37THANK YOU SO MUCH, SENATOR. >> HERE'S WHAT'S AHEAD ON
00:09:40SUNDAY'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL. >> AFTER A LOOK AT THE NEWS AND
00:09:43VIEWER CALLS, WE'LL WELCOME NEIL CHILSON, FORMER FEDERAL TRADE
00:09:46COMMISSIONER AND ACTING TECHNOLOGIST FOR THE TRUMP
00:09:50ADMINISTRATION. THE SHOW HE'LL DISCUSS OVERSIGHT
00:09:52OF THE BURGEONING AI INDUSTRY.
00:09:54AND LATER, UNIVERSITY BALTIMORE
00:09:57SCHOOL OF LAW PROFESSOR WHALEY
00:09:59WILL JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS AND THE UPCOMING
00:10:02MIDTERM ELECTIONS. OUR SHOW STARTS TOMORROW AND
00:10:07EVERY DAY AT 7 A.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN ONLINE C-SPAN DOT ORG OR
00:10:12WITH THE FREE C-SPAN NOW VIDEO APP.
00:10:18ON NEBRASKA REPUBLICAN SENATOR RICKETTS ATTENDS HIS STATE'S
00:10:22ANNUAL STEAK FRY TO FUNDRAISE FOR HIS MID-TERM REELECTION CAMPAIGN.
00:10:25>> THIS YEAR'S FEATURES SPEAKERS, INCLUDING REPUBLICAN
00:10:28SENATOR KENNEDY FROM LOUISIANA, FROM WEEPING WATER, NEBRASKA.
00:10:32WATCH IT LIVE AT 1 P.M. EASTERN ON C-SPAN, ONLINE AT C-SPAN DOT
00:10:35ORG AND OUR FREE C-SPAN NOW
00:10:37VIDEO APP.
00:10:44>> WATCH AMERICA'S BOOK CLUB, C-SPAN HLN'S BOLD ORIGINAL
00:10:48SERIES SUNDAY WITH OUR GUESTS. TWO TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNING
00:10:52AUTHOR AND REPORTER DAVID MARANISS. AMONG HIS BESTSELLING BOOKS ARE
00:10:56BIOGRAPHIES ON PRESIDENTS BILL CLINTON AND BARACK OBAMA AND
00:10:59SPORTS FIGURES ROBERTO CLEMENTE,
00:11:01VINCE LOMBARDI AND JIM THORPE.
00:11:03HE JOINS OUR HOST, RENOWNED AUTHOR AND LEADER DAVID
00:11:09RUBENSTEIN. HE WROTE ANOTHER BOOK ABOUT A LEGENDARY FOOTBALL COACH WHO
00:11:13SPENT A YEAR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. VINCE LOMBARDI.
00:11:16>> YOU KNOW, I'M NEVER GOING TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT AARON RODGERS
00:11:18OR BRETT FAVRE OR ANY OTHER COACH. IT WAS LOMBARDI BECAUSE HE
00:11:22REPRESENTED SOMETHING LARGER.
00:11:24HE REPRESENTED THE MYTHOLOGY OF COMPETITION AND SUCCESS IN
00:11:29AMERICAN LIFE. THAT'S WHY I WROTE THAT BOOK.
00:11:30>> WATCH BOOK CLUB SUNDAY AT, 6
00:11:33P.M. AND 9 P.M., EASTERN AND PACIFIC.
00:11:36ONLY ON C-SPAN.
00:11:43SUNDAY NIGHT ON C-SPAN'S.
00:11:46>> NBC NEWS CHIEF WASHINGTON AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT
00:11:50ANDREA MITCHELL TALKS WITH OUR HOST PETER SLIM ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST STORIES AND MOST
00:11:54IMPORTANT PEOPLE SHE'S COVERED DURING HER NEARLY 50 AIRS WITH A
00:11:57NETWORK I CALL CONTROL ROOM TO TALK TO TOM BROKAW.
00:12:01>> WE'RE STANDING BY, READY TO GO LIVE. >> AND HE SAID, WHO'S YOUR
00:12:06SOURCE? AND I TOLD HER, BECAUSE WE HAD A
00:12:09TRUE SOURCE RULE FOR SURE.
00:12:11AND THIS WAS A SINGLE SOURCE
00:12:14THAT WAS SOMEONE WHO OBVIOUSLY
00:12:16WAS IN THE DECISION MAKING.
00:12:20AND TOM SAID, SUIT UP, KID.
00:12:22YOU'RE GOING ON THE AIR. >> NBC NEWS CHIEF, WASHINGTON
00:12:26AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT ANDREA MITCHELL. SUNDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN ON
00:12:30C-SPAN'S Q AND A.
00:12:32YOU CAN LISTEN TO Q&A AND ALL OF
00:12:34OUR PODCASTS ON OUR FREE C-SPAN
00:12:36NOW APP OR YOU GET YOUR
00:12:41PODCASTS. NEXT WEEK ON C-SPAN.
00:12:43>> PRESIDENT TRUMP WELCOMES
00:12:46CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING TO THE UNITED STATES FOR A STATE VISIT.
00:12:50THE VISIT BEGINS WEDNESDAY WITH PRESIDENT XI'S ARRIVAL AT BASE
00:12:54ANDREWS. THEN THURSDAY XI JINPING HEADS
00:12:56TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR AN OFFICIAL WELCOME, FOLLOWED BY A
00:12:59STATE HOSTED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND FIRST LADY MELANIA TRUMP AT
00:13:03THE WHITE HOUSE. WATCH THE STATE VISIT FOR
00:13:06CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY ON THE
00:13:10C-SPAN NETWORKS.
00:13:12>> COMING UP, FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTRATOR
00:13:15BRIAN BEDFORD TESTIFIES ON THE STATE OF AVIATION SAFETY AND
00:13:19MODERNIZATION. MEMBERS OF A HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS TRANSPORTATION
00:13:23SUBCOMMITTEE POSE QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS MANAGEMENT AND
00:13:27OPERATIONS AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL STAFFING AND A PAY INCREASE
00:13:29PROPOSAL APPROVED BY CONGRESS.
00:13:31THIS IS JUST UNDER 2 HOURS.
00:13:47BEFORE WHAT.