SSP Forum: Andrew Grotto on AI Risk
The
Symbolic Systems Forum
presents
AI Risk: Reflections on What It Is and What It Isn't
Andrew Grotto
Cyber Policy Center and Hoover Research
Monday, April 4, 2022
12:15-1:15 pm
Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg. 460), Room 126
NOTE: Due to Covid-19 restrictions on building occupancy, only current Stanford students, faculty, and staff may attend this event
ABSTRACT:
In 2020, Congress directed the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop an AI Risk Management Framework in consultation with the public and private sectors. It released a draft of the Framework on March 17 and is hosting a public comment period through April 17. How did NIST develop the Framework, and what does the draft Framework purport to do? More fundamentally, is there even such as a thing as AI risk, as a distinct domain? After all, AI systems are information technologies, which already have a rich, if imperfect, compendium of laws, standards, guidelines and best practices aimed at managing IT risks. The talk will explore the boundaries of AI risk as a distinct domain.
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