COLUMBIA, S.C. — The world of artificial intelligence (AI) and how it integrates into almost every facet of your life is everchanging. In an attempt to understand and protect residents of South Carolina, House Speaker Murrell Smith has announced the formation of a new House Committee that will study AI and related areas of cybercrime and cybersecurity and "develop strategies to safeguard the rights and interests of South Carolina citizens."
Smith says, “In a world where AI technology is advancing at a rapid pace, it is imperative that we comprehensively explore the impact that such rapidly evolving technologies will have on our state’s citizens. Only through careful examination and understanding can we ensure that these innovations are harnessed for the betterment of society, safeguarding the rights and well-being of South Carolina’s citizens first and foremost.”
The South Carolina committee will be the first-in-the-nation standing committee of its kind. Speaker Smith intends to ask the full House to vote to make this committee a permanent part of the House structure beginning after the General Assembly organizes near the end of 2024.
Committee membership includes:
- Chairman Jeff Bradley (R-District 123, Beaufort & Jasper counties)
- Representative Terry Alexander (D-District 59, Florence & Darlington counties)
- Representative Tom Hartnett (R-District 110, Charleston County)
- Representative Max Hyde (R-District 32, Spartanburg)
- Representative Neal Collins (R-District 5, Greenville & Pickens counties)
- Representative Chandra Dillard (D-District 23, Greenville County)
- Representative Brandon Guffey (R-District 48, York County)
- Representative Travis Moore (R-District 33, Spartanburg County)
- Representative Seth Rose (D-District 72, Richland County)
- Representative Sylleste Davis (R-District 100, Berkeley County)
- Representative Heath Sessions (R-District 46, York County)
- Representative Wendell Jones (D-District 25, Greenville County)
- Representative Bart Blackwell (R-District 81, Aiken County)
- Representative Gil Gatch (R-District 94, Charleston & Dorchester counties)
- Representative Carl Anderson (D-District 103, Georgetown, Berkeley & Horry counties)
- Representative Gary Brewer (R-District 114, Charleston & Dorchester counties)
- Representative Don Chapman (R-District 8, Anderson County)
- Representative Mike Neese (R-District 44, Lancaster County)
- Representative Matt Leber (R-District 116, Charleston County)
