On December 6, the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the proposal for harmonized rules on artificial intelligence (AI) in the EU, the so-called artificial intelligence law.
Although the media has highlighted this term - artificial intelligence law - we are still in the initial steps of drafting the regulations. But “the first law of artificial intelligence” seemed to have its appeal.
Although I think the announcement that the EU offers the most competitive AI on the planet, respecting all fundamental rights and protected from systemic risks, would be more appreciated.
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EU AI Law
Overall, the purposes of the draft regulation sound good. Although emphasis is placed on prohibitions, windows are left for innovation.
Prohibitions include, for example, cognitive-behavioral manipulation, non-selective removal of facial images from the Internet or images from closed circuit television (CCTV), recognition of emotions in the workplace and in educational institutions, social scoring, biometric categorization to infer sensitive data, such as sexual orientation or religious beliefs, and specific cases of predictive policing of individuals.
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As is often the case with these rules, they also generate discontent or, at least, suspicions.
Those in favor of letting innovation fly may see some restrictive shadows over it, pointing especially to what the EU itself calls “new governance architecture.”
That is, the creation of supervisory institutions, such as the AI Office, or the relevant market surveillance authority in relation to non-compliance with the AI Law, to which any natural or legal person can file a complaint.
Social biases
At the other pole are those who demand greater protection, especially under the fearful assumption that #IA places us all in a vulnerable position. They believe that the principles agreed upon for the preparation of the EU regulation do not fully embrace the principle of equality, to which all public policies must be subject.
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Particularly noteworthy are those social movements and defenders of groups and social categories that, among other things, argue that generative AI, such as #ChatGPT (OpenAI/Microsoft) or Bard (Google), is mainly powered by the current internet, emphasizing that it is an internet with social biases, such as gender, culture, even political ideology.
From a genre point of view, imagine an AI fed primarily with Car Forum material. Practically almost all lines of feminism would stop arguing among themselves - and this is saying a lot - and put their hands on their heads.
Source: Observatorioblockchain.com
