By now, we have seen demonstrations of Artificial Intelligence summarizing content and even producing images. These are all great YouTube videos for a rainy Saturday afternoon, but what about the work of the government?

With AI, one must begin with the data. When it comes to explaining how to leverage the petabytes of information, Karen Hall has a memorable quote.

“Generative AI can unlock the knowledge trapped in data.”

Her four guidelines for releasing this information are

· Make sure the data is authoritative

· Enable connectivity to other systems

· Be aware of data standards

· Use AI in a responsible manner.

AI requires mountains of data to see patterns and help humans make conclusions. Government agencies may have sensitive information in their data stores, making it difficult to assemble meaningful data stores.

Dr. Travis Hall from NTIA suggests that you can use AI to protect personal information. AI can be used as a privacy enhancing technology by being able to obfuscate data so trends can be seen to save money and speed up operations.

Our expert from California, Hong Sae, provides many ways AI can assist government functions. He lists predicting traffic patterns, locating potholes, voice analytics customer service, gunshot detection, and predicting crime patterns.

It is the early days of applying AI in a fast and secure manner. This discussion gives listeners the basic building blocks for success,