, one expert he turns to is his science adviser Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
The India-born, Texas-raised engineer and applied physicist is coming at the problem from a career bridging work in government — including leading the Defense Department’s advanced technology research arm — and the private sector as a former Silicon Valley executive and venture capitalist. Q: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says making AI models explainable is a priority. How realistic is that?
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