An expert on artificial intelligence said he was negotiating with United Nations and UNESCO officials on how to create an international body to regulate artificial intelligence technology.
“I think places like the United Nations, Unesco, etc. have been thinking about it for a long time, and I’m consulting with some of those people,” said Gary Marcus, host of the artificial intelligence-focused podcast “Humans and Machines.” explain. and Gary Marcus. “
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“A lot of things have to happen behind the scenes because there are so many aspects to please and balance and all that,” says lead Marcus. Uber’s artificial intelligence lab From 2016 to 2017, he co-authored the book Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust. “But what I will say is that the progress has been really amazing. “
Marcus hopes an international body can help limit misinformation generated by artificial intelligence and other potential risks associated with the technology’s rapid development. Marcus recently told Fox News that bad actors can use AI software to “write billions of pieces of misinformation a day” or fool people into committing cybercrimes.
The agency he envisions would seek public input as part of its decision-making process.
“I think if we’re going to have an international organization, it can’t just be people with money and reputation making decisions for other people,” the AI author told Fox News. “There has to be communication channels with different sectors of society and around the world. “
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Marcus said that since he first publicly floated the idea of forming a global body to regulate AI last month, he has received “a lot of interest” from unnamed governments and individuals who “voluntarily offered to help.”
“I’ve had a lot of people talk to me about it,” the cognitive scientist told Fox News.
While he’s not sure how the international AI body will incorporate public feedback, Marcus said he’s using Twitter to experiment with the idea.
“We ran a Twitter space, we’re going to run another, and we’re getting input from the community,” he told Fox News.
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Another challenge: Building AI regulators around the world will require significant funding.
“We need money,” he said. “We might need some philanthropists to help us get started.”
“It’s still a long way off,” Marcus told Fox News. “It’s a big ask, but I think now is the time.”
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