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Given what we know about recent technological advancements, it is well-known that artificial intelligence is growing rapidly. There are many benefits to using AI, but there are also many risks, especially due to the number of unknowns regarding AI. Looking towards the future, the DHS's priorities and main mission areas should relate to understanding the uses of AI and how to combat attacks from adversaries utilizing AI. AI can be used for an adversarial attack, which is when inaccurate or misrepresentative data is coded into the AI, introducing maliciously designed data in the AI model (UC Berkeley, 2022).
America is not the only country that has a growing interest in the uses of AI, many other countries are also realizing the expansive possibilities that AI can be used for. China and Russia are making large strategic investments into the critical and emerging technologies sector, whereas the United States is falling behind in allocating resources to this sector (Boyd, 2023). This poses a large threat because if the United States falls behind in the understanding and development of AI, then it will be much more difficult for the nation to defend against adversarial AI attacks from another country. Moving forward, it is essential that the DHS places focus on the artificial intelligence sector in order to improve our nation's technology, as well as defend our country from AI attacks from others.
Sources:
Boyd, A. (2023, July 10). White House strategy names 20 emerging technologies crucial to national security. Nextgov.com.
UC Berkeley. (2022, November 22). "what, so what, now what?": Adversarial machine learning. CLTC.