Deshun Murrell is a running back at UCLA. He is originally from Brent County Alabama. Listen to his story on how he went from a small town to a division one school at UCLA. Deshun is gearing up for his redshirt freshman year with the Bruins. Check out the youtube video above or Spotify link below.

Sophie is a collegiate swimmer and just recently committed to Texas A&M. She originally swam for Michigan for two years and is now out of the transfer portal and an official Aggie. She was in the NCAA transfer portal for some time and has a unique perspective on her experiences in the transfer portal. The Youtube Video is above and spotify is below.

Isaiah is a soccer player at Clemson and scored both goals for Clemson in the NCAA Division 1 Soccer Championships as they went on to win their first NCAA Championship in 34 years. He and the Clemson squad will be gunning for another NCAA title this upcoming season. After this season is over, Isaiah is aiming to play in the MLS. Check out his story and his World Cup picks! Check out the youtube video above or Spotify link below!

Jovany Ruiz is a wide receiver and the University of Buffalo. He was originally a walk-on and is now one of the top receivers on the team and gunning for the NFL next year. Check out Jovany’s incredible story – starting from Puerto Rico, to Fredonia, to the University of Buffalo. Either check out the Youtube video above or the Spotify audio below.

Noelle and Olivia Anzivine are the founders of the emerging swimwear company, Makai Swim. They are also hosts of the “We Don’t Know Shit Podcast”. Check out the video in the youtube clip above or the audio in the spotify link below!

John Broughton is a videographer and media production professional. He works with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club, USA wrestling, the UFC, and Army West Point wrestling. Check out the youtube video above or listen to the Spotify audio below!

Growing up, I would have never thought that I would be talking politics at the Harvard Law School. Last night, we had a congressional simulation where legislators brought different bills to the floor for debates and votes. It was a great learning experience and probably one of the best classes that I have taken. The people in this class are incredible and there are definitely some future congressmen and congresswomen. Check out some of the highlights.

Jason Anderson is the CEO of Veteran PCS and a former Apache helicopter pilot. He is helping military members and families navigate the real estate space. He is doing amazing things in this field and helping veterans around the country. Check out the podcast and get to know Jason and the vision he has for Veteran PCS.

One of the most difficult obstacles the United States faces with Artificial Intelligence policy is the tradeoff between innovation and regulation. Many policy makers in the United States point to the European Union’s AI regulatory framework (which is expected to pass through the European Commission in 2022); however, I believe the EU’s AI policy is detrimental to AI innovation in Europe and is not effective. China will quickly surpass the United States in terms of AI capabilities if the U.S. adopts Europe’s AI regulatory framework.

With the fast pace of AI development and innovation, it is hard to outline a concrete regulatory plan. The AI environment is much different in 2022 than it was five years ago in 2017. For example, transformer models like GPT-3 and BERT were just beginning to enter the picture in 2017, and now they are significantly changing the AI landscape. Additionally, the capabilities of deep learning have quickly evolved over the past few years. How can the EU expect their regulatory framework to be accurate with the fast pace of AI innovation? Even in the writing of my thesis over the past six months, I have had to add and revise to my work because of the fast pace in AI innovation.

With the constant changes in the AI landscape, significant regulatory legislation will be ineffective and outdated by the time it is employed in society. The United States should not adopt the EU’s AI regulatory framework; however, we still see some federal officials calling for greater AI regulatory measures.

The U.S. already has a Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence that regulates and promotes the fair use of AI deployment in a voluntary manner. The U.S. needs to continue to promote ethical AI with non-binding consequences and should not employ a non-voluntary binding strategy. The issue with the U.S. AI policy is not the regulatory framework, rather the innovation strategy.

Although the United States currently has the most AI capabilities in the world, China is quickly catching the United States. President Xi has stated that China, “Must ensure that our country marches in the front ranks when it comes to theoretical research and this important area of AI and occupies the high ground in critical and core AI technologies.”

I believe that China is pooling their resources better than the United States. China is using both the public and private sector to innovate their AI. For the most part, the United States is trying to innovate AI in the private and public sector separately. We do not see the United States government working with our top AI private sector companies.

Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper in 2019 stated at the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence Public Conference address, “When America unleashes its collective genius of industry and government and academia, there is no one that can compete with us”.

Former U.S. Defense Secretaries from both sides of the aisle are preaching the same message: The United States need to do a better job of pooling U.S. public and private sector resources to innovate for AI.

Former U.S. Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta under President Obama stated, “We must develop a partnership between the government and the private sector in order to make sure that we are working together to try to increase our technological capability… The federal government needs to partner with private sector businesses to foster our advances”.

I couldn’t agree more with former U.S. Defense Secretaries Leon Panetta and Mark Esper.

Defense organizations such as the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI), the Army Artificial Intelligence Integration Center (AI2C) at the Army Futures Command, and the MIT Lincoln Laboratory should partner with private sector companies to innovate AI. The federal government would not inhibit the innovation in the private sector, rather the combination of the private and public sector together would benefit everyone in the United States and our allied countries.

Additionally, academic institutions with cutting edge research in the field of AI, such as MIT, Stanford, Harvard, California Berkley, and Carnegie Mellon should be more involved in U.S. AI development. I think that if the United States can unite the private sector, public sector, and academia into developing AI, the United States would significantly increase the gap between China in AI innovation.

The pending USICA Act would authorize $110 billion for advanced AI technology development and research over the next five years. This proposed bill from the U.S. Senate would invest in areas such as advanced research, commercialization, education and training programs in AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, advanced communications, biotechnology, and advanced energy

Additionally, the House of Representatives have recently passed the COMPETES act, which will authorize billions of dollars to AI development as well. Now, Congress needs to reconcile the Senate’s USICA Act, and the House’s COMPTES act in a conference committee to enact the contents in this legislation. If Congress can reconcile these two bills into one bill for the President to approve, the United States could emerge as the clear leader in AI capabilities. The USICA Act and COMPETES Act are a step in the right direction.

Overall, the European Union is taking steps backwards in AI innovation, China is significantly advancing their AI capabilities, and the United States is not making enough progress.

Chandler Smith is a professional CrossFit athlete and more importantly, a former Army wrestler. Chandler took 6^th at the 2020 CrossFit games, and he is now looking to bring home the crown in the next few years. He graduated from West Point in 2015 and was a former armor officer. He was captain of the Army wrestling team his senior year in 2015.

I asked Chandler, what is the one thing that sets you apart? What’s the one thing that you do that allows you to be one of the best athletes in the world?

His response was Consistency. Consistency is the key. I absolutely love that. Consistency is something that I could use more of and is absolutely necessary when chasing your dreams.

I want to thank Chandler for coming on for my first episode. He is doing great things and I hope to get a few workouts in with him this summer!

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