that has been presented A bombo and a platillo As the “world’s first law on Artificial Intelligence”, it spreads fear and distrust of this technology, which it aims to suppress with an iron fist in Europe. Time will tell whether it is right or wrong, but it cannot be denied that the regulation agreed in the European Parliament last Friday puts many patches on the alleged injuries before they are confirmed. “Artificial Intelligence Act“, as it is called in English, precisely because of the clear intention of the European authorities to seek a solution marketing helping to transform the global reference standard, putting half its emphasis on “risk prevention”, much less promoting a revolution on Union territory that, whatever we call it, will transform our world. Considering that Europe is not like that today, one of the star players When it comes to Artificial Intelligence in the world, it is difficult to understand why facilitating a development that will help this high technology gain a place in the international hierarchy is not one of the main objectives of the new regulatory framework.
Reading their statements, there are words and phrases that clearly emphasize warning and punishment: risk-based regulation, security, specific bans, multimillion-dollar sanctions. Too many sticks and too few carrots For a standard that focuses on uses, not technologies, but is also aware that it could expire in a few months because it is too difficult to regulate aspects of AI that need to change at an astonishing pace. Here’s a fact about the very Spanish “opening the door to the countryside” provision of the IA Bill: when it was being processed, this bill had not even been considered. Generative Artificial IntelligencesLike ChatGPT. Issues such as the need to verify the content used during the training of generative Artificial Intelligence models and the possible copyright infringement in many of these contents. A laudable effort, but there’s one thing what is written on the paper and the other is the tools you have to make it happen. It seems difficult that OpenAI, Google, Meta, Amazon or Twitter would be willing to explain What content did they use?. And the EU manages to force them to do this. In fact, most of the “uses” prohibited in the new law overlap to the millimeter with the practices of the large companies we mentioned above. they have been doing this for many yearsThis is what made them multimillionaires and continues without being banned. After years of categorizing our individual behavior as users of these companies’ tools, it is surprising that Europe is now starting to ban AI because of its ability to profile us as individuals. he comes too late.
New European law bans high-risk AI technologies only in Europe: they can be produced here and sold outside the continent
No one doubts its existence a lot to protect. The experience of the Dutch Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment in 2020 was deemed clearly discriminatory by the country’s justice system, which for years has systematically stigmatized the most disadvantaged people and identified them as more likely to defraud the State. A precedent that raises awareness among European politicians. den risk prejudice abuse based on situation or social score biometric identificationpredictive policing systems, monitoring of emotions in the workplace or in the field of education are some of the aspects that the law will regulate and it is innovative and very convenient to do so because these are aspects in which individual rights have always been covered. background. But the impression is that this agreement to move forward with the law last Friday is undoubtedly one of the greatest achievements that the current Spanish presidency of the EU can offer. loaded the ink badly Very little of the benefits that can come from artificial intelligence and this technology.
Despite the agreement reached in extreme After months of “passionate” debate, as Parliament described the process, many doubts remained on the night from Thursday to Friday. First of all, Germany, France and Italy disagree. Organizes “basic” productive models. As organizations such as Amnesty International have pointed out, the “self-regulating” intentions of large companies in the sector are childish, self-serving and also a reminder that there is no solution to the problem. fundamental contradiction: Companies will be able to produce all these “banned” systems in Europe, provided that they are for export. Ethics with limits. The attitude of these three countries lies in the fact that Europe and the leading artificial intelligence companies they were relegated a lot Compared to North America and China. The reaction in the European business world months ago was even harsher. Nearly two hundred executives of important companies such as Siemens, Dassault, Heineken, Renault, Deutsche Telekom and Airbus signed an agreement. open letter Against overregulation. They accused the EU of a “bureaucratic” approach and pointed out that many of the risks the new law warns about involve many assumptions, if not direct biases. These do not seem to be given much importance in the European Parliament.
In any case, the law still has a long way to go before its final entry into force in 2016. Many things can change by then it is advancing as rapidly as Artificial Intelligence itself.