The Center for American Progress (CAP) has announced that Alondra Nelson, a distinguished senior fellow at CAP, has been selected as a U.S. member of the new U.N. High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence.
The advisory body is a crucial step in the United Nations' efforts to address issues related to the international governance of artificial intelligence (AI).
It will bring together experts from various fields, such as government, the private sector, the research community, civil society and academia, to foster a globally inclusive approach.
Nelson will serve on the advisory body in her capacity.
The advisory body's immediate tasks include building a global scientific consensus on the risks and challenges of AI, helping to harness AI for the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, and strengthening international cooperation on AI governance.
It aims to issue preliminary recommendations by the end of this year and final recommendations by summer 2024. The first meeting was held on October 27.
Nelson holds the Harold F. Linder Chair in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study.
From 2021 to 2023, she was a deputy assistant to President Joe Biden and acting director and principal deputy director for science and society of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
During that time, she led the creation of the "Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights," which considers how AI should be incorporated into society.
CAP is a nonpartisan research and educational institute that is committed to promoting a strong and free America that ensures opportunity for all.
They believe a shared commitment to these values binds Americans together, and they aspire to ensure that national policies reflect these values.
They work to find progressive and pragmatic solutions to significant domestic and international problems and develop policy proposals that foster a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."
Dr. @Alondra Nelson, who was a featured participant in the Alan J. Friedman Science Center Dialogues on #AI at #ASTC2023 has been as the U.S. representative to the @UN High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence. https://t.co/PXmZo2aPoR
— Association of Science and Technology Centers (@ScienceCenters) October 30, 2023
A really impressive, comprehensive and serious speech on AI today from @VP. Delighted to be there and to catch up with @alondra, whose work was so foundational in getting the US to this position. pic.twitter.com/1v8bepSNBa
— Verity Harding (@verityharding) November 1, 2023
