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Why the U.S. Needs a Moonshot Mentality for AI—Led by the Public Sector

Artificial intelligence is too important to be left entirely in the hands of the big tech companies

By 

Fei-Fei Li

 and 

John Etchemendy

Dec. 9, 2023 

The government should galvanize a broad investment in AI that reflects America’s bold innovative spirit, the writers urge. ILLUSTRATION: MIRIAM MARTINCIC

Among other things, 2023 will be remembered as the year artificial intelligence went mainstream.

But while Americans from every corner of the country began dabbling with tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney, we believe 2023 is also the year Congress failed to act on what we see as the big picture: AI’s impact will be far bigger than the products that companies are releasing at a breakneck pace. AI is a broad, general-purpose technology with profound implications for society that cannot be overstated. 

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