U.S. doesn’t need a new AI regulator, experts argue

…The federal government has 2.1 million civilian employees, 50 independent regulatory bodies and 430 different federal departments. “It is crazy to think that nobody there is paying any attention to AI,” said Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at R Street Institute, during the panel. Agencies are already pursuing AI cases, such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s open proceeding on employment hiring algorithms, he said.

“Almost every agency today is looking at how AI, machine learning and robotics affects their agency and their authority,” he said…