Congressman calls for a federal Department of Al to prevent Skynet

Imagine if Aaron Sorkin wrote Terminator 2: Judgment Day.

- MARK HACHMAN

A U.S. congressman has begun advocating for a federal department to regulate the use of artificial intelligence, postulating a dystopian future where AI will make key decisions and autonomous weapons roam America.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) authored an opinion piece (fave.co/3EfSIlw) in The New York Times on Monday, arguing that AI has emerged as a powerful tool that can be used to benefit humanity—or deceive it, and worse. In fact, the example he cited, reproduced above, wasn’t written by Lieu, but by ChatGPT, the AI chatbot developed by OpenAI. (OpenAI received a multibillion-dollar investment from Microsoft on Monday [fave.co/3KePti6], amid user reports that it is unveiling a paid version.)