Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai says there is 'no question' that AI needs to be regulated
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has called for new regulations in the world of AI, highlighting the dangers posed by technology like facial recognition and deepfakes, while stressing that any legislation must balance "potential harms ... with social opportunities."
"[T]here is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. It is too important not to," writes Pichai in an editorial for The Financial Times. "The only question is how to approach it."
Although Pichai says new regulation is needed, he advocates a cautious approach that might not see many significant controls placed on AI. He notes that for some products like self-driving cars, "appropriate new rules" should be introduced. But in other areas, like healthcare, existing frameworks can be extended to cover AI-assisted products.
Also at The Associated Press.
(Score: 2) by EEMac on Tuesday January 21 2020, @03:09PM (1 child)
This. 1000x this.
Big companies LOVE regulations. They have the big budgets and excess personnel to cope with them. There's no better way to keep upstarts from upsetting the marketplace than to put a bunch of government regulations in place.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 21 2020, @06:43PM
But they're doing this for our own good! That way we don't use some untrusted unsafe AI. Only Google's "safe" and trusted AI. Think of the children!
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