Policy researcher Sam Hammond discusses the role of national security in US frontier AI policy and his interpretation of a government task force. He considers model security, cybersecurity and the challenge of coordinating agencies.
Hammond advocates for structured coordinationGovernance sets responsibilities, rules and oversight for decisions about how AI systems are used. and independent evaluationEvaluation is the systematic assessment of a system's behaviour or results against explicit criteria. while the interviewer raises concerns about competition and access. Their forecasts and policy proposals are presented as views from the discussion.
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