ethics

By 2025, more than half of all software engineering leader (SWEL) role descriptions will explicitly require oversight of generative artificial intelligence (AI), according to Gartner.

With groundbreaking advancements in autonomous vehicles, AI-driven art, and human-like chatbots, the line between human ability and machine learning blurs further. One pressing question has arisen amidst the rapid evolution of these technologies: Can intelligent machines truly replicate human capabilities?

AI experts, journalists and policymakers are raising concerns about the risks associated with advanced artificial intelligence (AI). In an effort to overcome the difficulties in discussing some of the most severe risks posed by AI, a group of prominent figures from the AI industry has issued a succinct statement. This statement aims to promote discussion and increase awareness of the experts and public figures who take the risks of advanced AI seriously.

“As AI development affects nearly every aspect of our lives and its influence will further increase in the foreseeable future, member states must take concrete steps to ensure that people’s human rights are safeguarded in the design, development and deployment of AI systems” says Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović in a report released yesterday.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have agreed on a provisional political deal on regulating Artificial Intelligence (AI). The AI Act aims to control AI’s potential to cause harm and will be the world’s first AI rulebook. The agreement was reached after months of intense negotiations, and the EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on Thursday.

In a recent open letter, a group of researchers and experts have called on all AI labs to pause for at least 6 months the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4. The authors of the letter believe that AI systems with human-competitive intelligence pose significant risks to society and humanity, and the current level of planning and management is inadequate.

An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a blueprint for creating algorithms that more effectively incorporate ethical guidelines into artificial intelligence (AI) decision-making programs. The project was focused specifically on technologies in which humans interact with AI programs, such as virtual assistants or “carebots” used in healthcare settings.

People accept human nurses overruling patient autonomy and deciding on forced medication, but this trust does not extend to nursing robots.

‘Robotics is a source of economic growth in Europe, but at the same time it raises societal concerns’, says Anneli Roose of Robotics4EU, a Horizon 2020-project of the European Commission in this interview with Marco van der Hoeven at ERF 2022. Robotics4EU aims to discuss and adress these concerns, and bring stakeholders together. Among other things, they launched the commmunity Robospot.org  ‘Robots, and AI-powered robots, are the future, but we must talk about the socio-economic issues.’

This week the Council of Europe’s Committee on Artificial Intelligence (CAI) will started its work on the AI Treaty. ALLAI co-founder Virginia Dignum was one of the speakers at the Inaugural Meeting of the CAI (High-Level Segment).