EPISODE · Oct 23, 2024 · 53 MIN
33: Arati Prabhakar, Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
from Washington AI Network with Tammy Haddad · host Washington AI Network
OSTP Director Arati Prabhakar has been waving the flag on the importance of federal research and development to drive American innovation. In this episode, host Tammy Haddad interviews Prabhakar on her background in technology and government, the White House’s focus on increasing R&D for AI and national security, and how she believes science and technology will continue driving U.S. competitiveness around the world.
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Host Tammy Haddad interviews Arati Prabhakar, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Prabhakar, the former head of DARPA and former NIST director under Clinton, discusses the importance of prioritizing American AI R&D, the need for transparency in AI used for public purposes, and why she’s disinterested in Sam Altman’s and others’ benchmarking of AI model capabilities to human intelligence. Having spent much of her career investing in world-class engineers and scientists to create new technologies and businesses, Prabhakar makes the case for why now is the time for the U.S. to double down on R&D.
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