Governments should govern AI, not own it

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It is now abundantly clear that governments must take responsibility for shaping the artificial intelligence industry. Only independent and proactive institutions, including regulators, can reduce the risks posed by these technologies while ensuring that they enhance, rather than undermine, human dignity.

Too often, however, governments have responded to the rise of AI with resignation, effectively admitting that they do not understand these systems well enough to intervene. In any case, many policymakers argue, it is too soon to justify meaningful action.

That is not how societies have managed previous technological revolutions. From ozone depletion to geoengineering and genetic modification, governments have intervened when there was credible evidence of harm or when the potential for serious harm became too great to ignore, rather than waiting for complete scientific certainty. In doing so, they have generally adopted an outcome-based approach, focusing on the real-world impact on people and holding companies accountable for the harm caused by their products or technologies.

Governments have a duty to require rigorous assessment of powerful new technologies before they are rushed to market Gabriela Ramos and Emilija Stojmenova Duh

Governments have a duty to require rigorous assessment of powerful new technologies before they are rushed to market

Gabriela Ramos and Emilija Stojmenova Duh

Governments have a duty to require rigorous assessment of powerful new technologies before they are rushed to market. Independent agencies such as the US Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency and the European Food Safety Authority already perform this function for food and pharmaceuticals.

No one, of course, expects government agencies to invent better drugs than pharmaceutical companies........

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