Comment Letter || Feedback to the Joint California Policy Working Group on AI Frontier Models
Last year, Governor Newsom vetoed SB 1047, a comprehensive bill that would ensure the responsible and safe innovation of AI frontier models; he argued that there was simply not been enough research on what kinds of policies should be implemented to responsibly regulate the development of AI. He assembled the Joint California California Policy Working Group to put together a report that would create a framework for policymaking on frontier AI.
At The Greenlining Institute, however, we know that equitable AI won’t happen unless equity is embedded throughout every aspect of a policy making framework. That’s why we provided feedback to the authors of this report, urging them to incorporate requirements for community engagement in the development of AI frontier models. If a model is trained to make major, life-impacting decisions about vital issues such as healthcare, education, access, and more, then they should be co-created alongside our most vulnerable community members.
We also argue for consumers’ right to report adverse events. Our communities are the ones who are at risk of experiencing the disparate impacts of biased AI, and our community members should be able to hold these developers accountable. Building equity-based framing into our policymaking is how we ensure that innovations in AI will bring about benefits for all.
