Putting the "AI" in Pai, as it were, FCC chair Ajit Pai signaled that when it comes to artificial intelligence and machine learning, the FCC was smart enough to exercise regulatory humility, particularly given that the technology could revolutionize communications, but registered concern about AI potentially perpetuating biases in decision-making.

The chairman was delivering opening remarks Friday (Nov. 30) at an inaugural FCC forum on artificial intelligence and machine learning. He was also doing double duty as moderator on a couple of panels with industry experts. The forum also featured some hands-on AI that the chairman clearly excited about.

Pai said that the forum was about "discussion and demonstration," not about the FCC "dipping its toes in the regulatory waters." He said that early government intervention in the space could foreclose innovation and that the FCC would not try to micromanage the evolution of the technology.