As with any transforming technology, governance is needed for AI [letter] - LancasterOnline

The first successful airplane, the 1903 Wright Flyer, was built by Wilbur and Orville Wright. It was first flown on Dec. 17, 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Piloted by Orville Wright, the flight lasted 12 seconds and traveled 120 feet, and transformed the way we travel and do business around the world.

As the years advanced after this first flight, rules and regulations became necessary to govern the safety of the new air transportation systems that began to emerge. The airspace became highly regulated, with rules governing altitudes, routes, airspeeds, airspace types, reporting procedures, weather recognition and pilot training. The Federal Aviation Agency, which later became the Federal Aviation Administration, was created in 1958 to manage this whole aviation system, and it has worked quite well since.

Now, imagine if none of this happened after 1903 and the aviation business remained 100% unregulated. You would have total chaos, confusion and calamity. That is exactly where we are today regarding mankind’s new creation: artificial intelligence.

AI is every bit as transformative as aviation was and needs the same careful and exacting scrutiny that aviation demanded in its early days. Governance with rules, regulations and oversight by a governing body is needed to assure its success and safety.

Dennis Dezort

Landisville

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