An Artificial Intelligence Agenda for New Zealand

Lessons from the United States

Authors

  • Sam Mulopulos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v19i4.8569

Keywords:

Artificial intelligence, ChatGPT, United States, International cooperation, Data, Public sector, Risk management

Abstract

With recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI), policymakers are looking for tools to promote the associated benefits, as well as mitigate the attendant risks. Thanks to extensive experimentation by international partners, New Zealand is positioned to parse the lessons of those international policies and more quickly adapt those that are successful to its own context. This article identifies several key AI policies pursued by the United States that may be relevant in a New Zealand context and discusses broad lessons from the US experience to help inform successful AI policymaking in New Zealand. It also emphasises the unique bipartisan nature of AI policymaking in the United States to date, and the benefits of a consensus-building approach to AI policy.

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Author Biography

Sam Mulopulos

Sam Mulopulos was a 2023 Ian Axford Fellow in Public Policy. He previously was the deputy staff director of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the US Senate and the lead staffer for the bipartisan Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus. He has also taught a course on AI ethics, law and policy as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. The views expressed in this article are his own.

Policy Quarterly Volume 19 Issue 4 2023

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Published

2023-11-23

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 4 (2023): Policy Quarterly

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Articles

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