ACLU To FOIA Information About National Security Uses of AI

The ACLU will be seeking information about how the government is using artificial intelligence in national security, Axios reported Friday. From a report: The development of AI has major implications for security, surveillance, and justice. The ACLU's request may help shed some light on the government's often opaque applications of AI. Later today the ACLU will be filing a broad Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies concerning the government's use of AI, especially in the area of national security. "The problem with these AI systems is that they're black boxes," says Patrick Toomey, senior staff attorney at the ACLU National Security Project. "The public needs to know exactly what kinds of fundamental decisions about our lives the government is handing over to AI." The ACLU is specifically concerned about "vetting and screening processes in agencies like Homeland Security, and tools that can analyze voice, data and video," says Toomey. Another area of concern is the possibility that AI systems could be "biased against people of color, women and marginalized communities," he adds. "AI systems could be used to supercharge government activities to unfairly scrutinize communities through intrusive surveillance, questioning and even detention and watchlisting."

Good luck with that.

[Finallyjoined!!!]

You've got 2 hopes; Bob & no.

Fly the terrorist skies.

[Ostracus]

AI for determining the next group to fly into a skyscraper.

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[Otis B. Dilroy III]

If only it had ever stopped at terrorist surveillance.
If only it would stop at terrorist surveillance.
If only it will ever stop at terrorist surveillance.

Way too broad

[TuballoyThunder]

Most likely it will be rejected on that grounds. They need to focus the FOIA request if they want to get anything.

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[PPH]

First, the request has to define AI. Good luck with that.

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[Otis B. Dilroy III]

If you requested data for
Forward chaining based
backward chaining based
neural net based
classic algorithm based
You might be able to get enough under a FOIA to make further requests

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[dsgrntlxmply]

It's just a spark plug for litigation. The only way that anyone gets anything truly interesting from FOIA is by gaining standing to sue.

The AI deleted all the references

[RogueWarrior65]

AI is going to be smart enough to cover its tracks.

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And they'll get it

[Iamthecheese]

They'll get just what they're asking for: 500 sheets of paper covered in black bars inter-spaced with the occasional "the" and "if".