PhilNote: The author advocates hobbling China, but otherwise there are good ideas here.
...Public feeling about AI is already negative. In 2023, a Gallup poll found that 21 percent of Americans trusted businesses to use AI responsibly, and only 6 percent were confident that AI would lead to higher numbers of jobs. This public doubt and concern can be neutralized through the development of novel structures that empower the public to discuss and debate AGI, as well as influence its development. The next U.S. president should, therefore, institute an advisory Citizens AI Council to provide public input on AGI policy decisions, and make recommendations on the means by which this technology can be harmoniously introduced. That effort should be matched by a drive to explain the technology and its advantages to the general public through programs like U.S. Senator Mike Rounds’ proposed AI literacy strategy. ...
See the full story here: https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/30/artificial-general-intelligence-agi-president/