George R.R. Martin. Courtesy/Henry Söderlund

U.S. SENATE News:

SANTA FE — At 2 p.m. MT, Friday, Oct. 13, U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Founder and Co-Chair of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus, will join acclaimed writer and producer George R.R. Martin and University of New Mexico Professor and Santa Fe Institute External Faculty Member Melanie Moses to explore the influence of artificial intelligence (AI) in arts and culture and its impact on New Mexico’s creative economy. 

Members of the public interested in attending the event can register here.  

Background:

Creative industries are among the most impacted by the most recent wave of generative AI. Software tools make it possible for anyone to create a poem or digital art. That democratization of automated creativity will have a number of hard-to-forecast impacts on the creative economy. This event will dive into these complicated issues and the related role of responsible AI policy. 

Heinrich has built an extensive track record of leading successful bipartisan efforts on responsible AI policy.  

In 2019, Heinrich helped establish the bipartisan AI Caucus with former Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) to keep the United States at the forefront of responsible AI innovation while maintaining important ethical, safety, and privacy standards.   

In July, Heinrich intr, legislation that implements many of the recommendations of the National AI Research Resource Task Force, providing AI researchers and students with greater access to the complex resources, data, and tools needed to develop safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence.  

Heinrich has maintained a lead role on Leader Schumer’s bipartisan AI working group as Congress continues to take steps toward comprehensive legislation to address emerging AI. Since June, the group has met every couple of weeks to strategize on policy solutions, and has worked together to plan and host a series of AI Insight Forums. These meetings have been productive — enabling the Senators to engage in candid conversations about their respective interests and concerns.