Lawmakers begin first ‘classified’ meetings on government-controlled AI

A group of bipartisan senators led by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) Tuesday announced a series of three closed-door briefings on AI for senators this summer, the first such briefings on artificial intelligence.

Experts and tech industry leaders have been issuing dire warnings about the dangers of AI, whose awesome power they say threatens human existence. To guarantee humanity’s safety, they propose entrusting that power to globalist governments, which critics say may be no less dangerous.

Sen. Schumer, one of Capitol Hill’s leading globalist lawmakers, is the top recipient of political campaign contributions paid out by BlackRock, the world’s largest investment firm. Schumer is frequently the most vocal proponent and enforcer of BlackRock’s globalist ideals, such as environmental, social and governance (ESG).

For months, the New York senator has been pushing for the government to assume control of AI technology.

"Congress must move quickly. Many AI experts have pointed out that the government must have a role in how this technology enters our lives. Even leaders of the industry say they welcome regulation," Schumer said on the Senate floor last month. "So if we are to fulfill our role properly, our approach to AI must be fast-moving. We can't move so fast that we do flawed legislation, but there's no time for waste or delay or sitting back."

Now Schumer, along with Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM), and Senator Todd Young (R-IN), are inviting their fellow senators to attend three secret meetings on AI this summer. The first briefing will be titled “Where is AI today?” and will provide an overview of AI and its applications. The second briefing, titled, “What is the frontier of AI and how do we maintain American leadership?” will discuss the future of the technology. The third briefing, “How do the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community use AI today and what do we know about how our adversaries are using AI?” will focus on how the US government and other countries are using AI.

Legislation introduced last month in the Senate also aims to bring artificial intelligence under government control.

The Digital Platform Commission Act of 2023, sponsored by Democrat Senators Michael Bennett (D-CO) and Peter Welch (D-VT), would create a federal agency of “experts” with the power to govern artificial intelligence platforms down to their algorithms.

Without such regulation, says the bill, digital platforms produce “demonstrable harm” such as “abetting the collapse of trusted local journalism,” “disseminating disinformation and hate speech,” “radicalizing individuals to violence,” “perpetuating discriminatory treatment of communities of color and underserved populations,” “enabling addiction” and other maladies.

“We need to empower an agency that issues a license [to develop AI] and can take it away,” said Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who has said more than once that Ukraine’s victory against Russia is “the most important thing in the world”. “Wouldn’t that be some incentive to do it right if you could actually be taken out of business?”