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Are laws needed for AI?
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 10:23:38 +0900
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From: "Richard Hill" <rhill () hill-a ch> Date: October 29, 2018 20:38:11 JST To: "Internetpolicy@Elists. Isoc. Org" <internetpolicy () elists isoc org> Subject: [Internet Policy] Are laws needed for AI? The article referenced below argues, provocatively, that laws (and not just non-binding codes of conduct) are needed for AI. http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/376/2133/20180089 (web version) http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/roypta/376/2133/20180089.full.pdf (pdf version) I cite some bits: "The triad of human rights, democracy and the rule of law are the core elements of western, liberal constitutions, ..." ... "Their explicit or implicit claim that parliamentarians and governments do not understand the Internet and new technology such as AI, and thus have no legitimacy to put rules for these in place, is not matched with a self-reflection on how little technologists actually understand democracy and the functioning of the rule of law as well as the need to protect fundamental rights in a world in which technology increasingly tends to undermine all these three pillars of constitutional democracy." ... "It is astonishing how much in the defensive the proponents of law for AI are today, as after all there is a long history of technology regulation by law. Every architect must already learn during studies the building code and work according to its legal rules, which give form to the public interest not to have buildings collapse. Every car on the street must go through type approval, for reasons of safety. The legal duty to put on seatbelts, heavily fought against by industry and automobile clubs alike, eventually reduced the number of traffic deaths by half. Over and over society has confirmed the experience that law, and not the absence of law, relating to critical technology serves the interests of the general public." ... "We live in a world which is shaped at least as much by technology as it is by law and democracy. And in the same way that the people shape the law and the law shapes the behaviour of people, we need to get used to—and practice—that the law is shaped by technology and technology is shaped by the law. Any technology has lived with being shaped by the law so far, and it is high time that Silicon Valley and the digital Internet industry also accept this necessity of democracy." ... "In the same way that an architect from the outset of designing a house has to think of compliance with the building code, programmers of AI will have to think from the outset of program development about how their future program could affect democracy, fundamental rights and the rule of law, and how to ensure that the program does not undermine or disregard, but respect and in an ideal case strengthen these basic tenants of constitutional democracy" Best, Richard _______________________________________________ To manage your ISOC subscriptions or unsubscribe, please log into the ISOC Member Portal: https://portal.isoc.org/ Then choose Interests & Subscriptions from the My Account menu.
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