Many see in the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence a Skynet-style scenario, the program responsible for the extermination of the human race in the Terminator saga. A question arises: is our future threatened by AI? It is said thatshe could be a “black swan”. For the United Nations, the time has come to regulate Artificial Intelligence. And it’s urgent!
AI governance, a priority for Antonio Guterres
We may criticize artificial intelligence, but we cannot stop its expansion. From China to Brazil, including Japan, Finland and the United States, users are quickly adopting this emerging technology, specifies the KMPG report.
“ United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed on Thursday an advisory body aimed at promoting a global agreement on how to govern the rapidly growing field of artificial intelligence “.
According to Cointelegraph, Antonio Guterres intends to accelerate the regulation of AI. So he invited a group of experts composed of 39 academics, business leaders and civil servants from 33 countries, spread across 6 continents, to examine issues related to the global regulation of Artificial Intelligence.
This collective will also be made up of government representatives from Spain, Saudi Arabia, the United States and China. Note that these two economic superpowers are currently developing divergent modes of governance of artificial intelligence.
The non-exhaustive list includes some celebrity names such as:
- Hiroaki Kitano, Sony’s chief technology officer;
- Mira Murati, chief technology officer of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT;
- Natascha Crampton, head of AI at Microsoft;
- Vilas Dhar, American AI expert
- Professor Yi Zeng, from China;
- Mohamed Faraha, Egyptian lawyer;
- Etc.
“ The profound positive impact of AI is difficult to grasp. […] And without entering a crowd of apocalyptic scenariosit is already clear that the malicious use of AI could undermine trust in institutions, weaken cohesion and threaten democracy itself », Specified the Secretary General of the United Nations.
” We are in a hurry ” !
Due to the challenges of AI mentioned above, Mr. Gueterres ordered this new body to quickly find consensus on the risks and challenges of technologies imitating human intelligence. It will meet for the first time today, and must present solid progress on how to govern AI within two months.
At the start of the second half of 2024, this committee attached to the United Nations will have to publish final recommendations concerning this draft regulation of AI on a global scale.
Don’t forget that AI has already entered the world of bitcoin (BTC) trading for a long time. At the moment, Ethereum is thinking of integrating it into its ecosystem to accelerate the development of the blockchain.
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