Kamala Harris, former Vice President of the United States (US), has said, the “pace of frontier AI development must be responsibly slowed”, adding, the technology is moving at an “alarming speed”.
The “idea” for the pace of the development of Artificial Intelligence to be “slowed” by AI researchers received support from industry leaders.
Via X, Harris, who served as 49th US VP under President Joe Biden from 2021 to 2025, explained, slowing down AI is “critical” so it can “serve public interest”.
She further explained, AI possesses the potential to bring about “life-changing benefits” in sectors such as “medicine”, however, it has become necessary to slow the technology down so it “does not completely escape human control”.
Harris posted: “The frontier of artificial intelligence is advancing at an alarming speed. Over the weekend, industry leaders voiced support for an idea that the American people and many AI researchers in their own labs have been calling for: We must responsibly slow the pace of frontier AI development.
“A slowdown is critical in order to ensure AI serves the public interest. Pacing AI development does not mean giving up on this technology’s potential to produce life-saving benefits in fields like medicine — some of which we are already seeing.
“Rather, it is about setting up sensible guardrails so that AI does not completely escape human control and endanger our safety and collective future.”
Harris, who got defeated in the US Presidential Election 2024 by President Donald Trump of the Republican Party, called on the American government to show “leadership”.
The Democratic Party member urged the US Congress to move at an “urgent pace” and ensure new laws are passed which will lead to the establishment of a new Federal entity that will provide “accountability” and “protect our wellbeing”.
She said: “This moment demands the leadership of the United States government. Congress must work at an urgent pace to pass new laws and establish a new federal entity to provide oversight and independent testing for this technology, to ensure accountability, and to protect our wellbeing.”
Harris called on the President to “do his job” and bring countries like China to “stop dangerous uses of AI” and “adopt global standards for testing”.
Kamala said: “We need cooperation at an international level as well. The United States must continue to lead the world in developing AI technology even as we seek to impose common-sense safety standards.
“This means that the president must do his job to protect America’s interests by pursuing a treaty with countries like China to stop dangerous uses of AI, limit the speed of its development, and adopt global standards for testing.”
Artificial Intelligence
According to ibm.com:
Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology that enables computers and machines to simulate human learning, comprehension, problem solving, decision making, creativity and autonomy.
Applications and devices equipped with AI can see and identify objects. They can understand and respond to human language. They can learn from new information and experience. They can make detailed recommendations to users and experts. They can act independently, replacing the need for human intelligence or intervention (a classic example being a self-driving car).
