Sec. 4. National security
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The House of Representatives finds the following: Artificial intelligence will have immense implications for national and international security. Artificial intelligence tools and systems can augment human intelligence through human-machine collaboration and teaming across the national security ecosystem. Ensuring that the public trusts the ability of the military to ethically use artificial intelligence and that human operators in human-machine teams trust the artificial intelligence will be critical factors with respect to the successful implementation of artificial intelligence systems.
The continued proliferation of national artificial intelligence strategies, plans, statements, and investments demonstrates the increase in global competition in this area. New paradigms will be required to effectively test artificial intelligence and to ensure that it is reliable and stable. Export and investment controls will be important policy tools to prevent the acquisition of sensitive artificial intelligence and artificial intelligence-enabling technologies, including hardware such as semiconductors and semiconductor manufacturing equipment, by China, Russia, and other adversaries.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should— leverage its alliances to promote democratic principles, foster research collaboration, and develop common standards with respect to artificial intelligence; promote the interoperability of artificial intelligence for the purpose of strengthening alliances; along with allies, take a leading role in international forums to set artificial intelligence principles, norms, and standards; and undertake efforts to engage with China and Russia with respect to— shared concerns about artificial intelligence safety; and confidence-building by establishing crisis communications procedures designed to reduce the likelihood of unintentional use and the risk of escalation with respect to artificial intelligence systems.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that national security agencies should consider conditions-based and capabilities-based approaches when evaluating global artificial intelligence capabilities. It is the sense of the House of Representatives that national security agencies should— collaborate with experts in academia, the private sector, and other departments and agencies of the Federal Government to develop best practices for testing, evaluation, validation, and verification of artificial intelligence systems; devote agency resources, including investing in research, for the purpose of promoting trustworthiness with respect to human-machine teams; engage with experts to develop guidelines for the ethical development and use of artificial intelligence systems; and prioritize the development of artificial intelligence systems to cover non-critical tasks until such systems can achieve suitable standards of reliability, interoperability, and security.
It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should collaborate with its allies to prevent the misuse of artificial intelligence systems by China, Russia, and other adversaries.