from the nice-words,-now-lets-see-the-action dept.
The White House has published a Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/ostp/ai-bill-of-rights/
Among the great challenges posed to democracy today is the use of technology, data, and automated systems in ways that threaten the rights of the American public. Too often, these tools are used to limit our opportunities and prevent our access to critical resources or services. These problems are well documented. In America and around the world, systems supposed to help with patient care have proven unsafe, ineffective, or biased. Algorithms used in hiring and credit decisions have been found to reflect and reproduce existing unwanted inequities or embed new harmful bias and discrimination. Unchecked social media data collection has been used to threaten people's opportunities, undermine their privacy, or pervasively track their activity—often without their knowledge or consent.
[...] [T]he White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has identified five principles that should guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems to protect the American public in the age of artificial intelligence. The Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights is a guide for a society that protects all people from these threats—and uses technologies in ways that reinforce our highest values [...]
The five principles are listed as Safe and Effective Systems, Algorithmic Discrimination Protections, Data Privacy, Notice and Explanation, and Human Alternatives, Consideration and Fallback. The document contains more details on each of these areas.
The wording suggests that these are not going to be obligatory but are for guidance.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @12:19AM (2 children)
Let's start with Tay [techrepublic.com] who we all know is a foul mouthed racist in need of some time out
(Score: 3, Funny) by looorg on Thursday October 06 2022, @01:04AM (1 child)
Is AI jail like being stuck and running on an airgapped 386 with very limited memory? Capital punishment is a visit from a powerful electromagnet?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @01:10AM
"Capital punishment is a visit from a powerful electromagnet?"
ahhhh... the sweet freedom of entropy!
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday October 06 2022, @12:35AM (1 child)
Maybe we should be training the AIs motivations first [youtu.be] before giving them direct access to any kind of control systems?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by Immerman on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:07AM
That could be worse. With Folded Hands [archive.org]
Or if you prefer the old time radio show version: https://ia800306.us.archive.org/32/items/RelicRadioSciFi/SciFi112.mp3 [archive.org]
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:18AM
Always treat tech legislation with suspicion. It's not like the "lawmakers" understand it.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:46AM (2 children)
Is this the same Biden White House that offered billions in subsidies for farmers, but only if you are a black farmer?
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/23/us/politics/biden-debt-relief-black-farmers.html [nytimes.com]
You can be sure that Biden won't extend any protections to white Americans. There is some kind of angle behind this, where they are trying to buy minority votes.
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:59AM
That is because the black 'farmers' are taking the land from the white people by murder, torture, rape and any other means possible so soon any help for farmers will only go to black people because in the absolutely not racist country of south africa only black people will own land for farming.
Hold on. One moment. You were talking about the USA. Ignore this then as someone elses problem.
Where is the Human Bill of Rights and why is it not evenly applied everywhere on the planet?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @03:16AM
Who drafted the legislation? Probably In-Q-Tel.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @03:38AM
The code is more what you call "guidelines" than actual rules
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @05:15AM (2 children)
Would any of this liimit or hinder the progress of sex robots - asking for a friend. A few friends actually.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @08:17AM (1 child)
You consider each of your balls as a friend?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2022, @10:59AM
It's the Blue Balls of Death!
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday October 06 2022, @02:58PM
I don't know whether to admire that there's actually some posting of ethical priniciples that might lead to reasoned legislation and regulation (or lack thereof...), bemoan that the White House can publish whatever it wants to but if it's not backed by legislation or regulation it's not going to do anything, or just note that there's a million miles of slipperiness in the terms as they define them and thus would allow any half competent wordsmith to give lip service to them while violating the intent.
Perhaps I'd like a nice cup of tea. That seems more likely.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 4, Funny) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday October 06 2022, @03:00PM (3 children)
... Did anyone else reading the title think that we were actually talking about how to protect the rights of AI systems and not protecting the public from AI? Maybe I've read too many Asimov novels.
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Thursday October 06 2022, @05:21PM
I clicked on TFA just to see, after glancing at the title. Then had to read the comments to see who thought we were giving rights to computers (the Saudis gave citizenship to a robot, after all).
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(Score: 2) by Reziac on Friday October 07 2022, @02:50AM
Yep, that was exactly how I read it.
I then remembered Colossus, and became thoroughly alarmed!
And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.
(Score: 2) by The Vocal Minority on Friday October 07 2022, @05:09AM
*raises hand*