TY - JOUR AU - Parker, Lynne E. PY - 2018/07/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Creation of the National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan JF - AI Magazine JA - AIMag VL - 39 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.1609/aimag.v39i2.2803 UR - https://ojs.aaai.org/aimagazine/index.php/aimagazine/article/view/2803 SP - 25-32 AB - In October 2016, the United States announced the release of the <em>National Artificial Intelligence Research and Development Strategic Plan, </em>which lays out a strategic plan for Federally-funded research and development in AI.  As a coleader of the Task Force that developed this plan, I was asked to discuss its creation in an invited presentation at AAAI 2017.  This article is based on that presentation, which outlines not only the <em>Plan </em>itself, but also provides insight into its goals and objectives, and background on how the <em>Plan</em> was created. ER -