The politicians are at it again: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's series of industry-centric forums last year have birthed a "roadmap" for future legislation. Emily and Alex take a deep dive on this report, and conclude that the time spent writing it could have instead been spent...making useful laws.References:Driving US Innovation in Artificial Intelligence: A Roadmap for Artificial Intelligence Policy in the United StatesTech Policy Press: US Senate AI Insight Forum TrackerPut the Public in the Driver's Seat: Shadow Report to the US Senate AI Policy RoadmapEmily's opening remarks on “AI in the Workplace: New Crisis or Longstanding Challenge” virtual roundtableFresh AI Hell:Homophobia in Spotify's chatbotStackOverflow in bed with OpenAI, pushing back against resistanceSee also: https://scholar.social/@dingemansemark/112411041956275543OpenAI making copyright claim against ChatGPT subredditIntroducing synthetic text for police reportsChatGPT-like "AI" assistant ... as a car feature?Scarlett Johansson vs. OpenAIYou can check out future livestreams at https://twitch.tv/DAIR_Institute.Subscribe to our newsletter via Buttondown. Follow us!Emily Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyMBender Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@EmilyMBender Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/emilymbender.bsky.social Alex Twitter: https://twitter.com/@alexhanna Mastodon: https://dair-community.social/@alex Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/alexhanna.bsky.social Music by Toby Menon.Artwork by Naomi Pleasure-Park. Production by Christie Taylor.