Payoshi Bisht, Pune
The United Nations Advisory Body released a report on Artificial Intelligence which declares the policy recommendations that have been unveiled and it includes seven key policy measures to alleviate the risks and prevent the potential consequences arising from the insufficient governing structures established for Artificial intelligence systems. Formed last year by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the 39-member advisory panel underlined the importance of active management of AI technology and collaborative actions which integrate both public and private sectors.
The document will be a central one in the dialogue at the ‘Transforming Education’’ UN Summit to be held in September where state parties are expected to debate on the impact of AI on the Society and the rules and regulations that should be instituted around its usage. One of the core proposals is an autonomous group of scholars and/or researchers who specialize in AI and who will be responsible for objectively neutralizing the influence of opinions on decision-making through mounds of objective scientific facts.
There has been an alarming rise of AI technology since the introduction of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the year 2022 it came with fears of societal amendments such as the analysis courses such as the risk of misinformation and the threat of fake news among others. At the moment only a few countries have legislations that lie within the ambit of AI with the European Union being at the forefront of this undertaking with the introduction of its Draft Act on AI.
The AI Safety Summit Place, held in the United Kingdom for the first time, and the establishment of the annual international AI risk publication would group around the regional AI Safety Institutes network that was also created.
Deployed against artificial intelligence for several international institutions, including OECD, G7, G20, EU, African Union, ASEAN, Organization of American States and so forth, have also numerous such initiatives.
While the Internal Advisory Body respects and utilizes these frameworks it believes that none of them is universal or can discharge coordination effectively which indicates the necessity of the supranational dimension to be added: the UN leadership on the issue.
Mr Amandeep Singh Gill, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Technology, and the Advisory Body are scheduled to participate in a press conference dedicated to the report on 19 September 2022 at 7 pm CET.