AI is evolving so fast that Western AI regulators don’t know what to regulate. The NYT reports: “When European Union officials introduced a 125-page draft law in April 2021 to regulate artificial intelligence, they hailed the legislation as… ‘future-proof’… then came ChatGPT.” The government is losing this battle and bureaucrats are powerless to stop it.
A fundamental mismatch is at the core of fragmented action. AI systems are evolving so quickly and unpredictably that legislators and regulators cannot keep up. This gap is exacerbated by the AI knowledge deficit in government.
In the first case, there will be a small set of AIs corresponding to their human institutional creators. In the second, there will be numerous AI individuals multiplying without limit. In the third, there will still be AI individuals but they will form types and orientations perhaps akin to civilizations or religions.
In the first scenario, there will only be a few AIs that correspond to their institutional human creators. In the second case, AIs will multiply without end. In the third stage, AI will continue to exist but will take on different types and orientations.
Bureaucrats believe they can still shape the alignment by European law. Just before midnight, European Commissioner Thierrybreton tweeted “Deal!” According to a New York Times article, “The EU is the first continent to have clear rules on AI”. Software developers will be required to prove their due diligence to regulators. All will be under control. Artificial intelligence will follow the best Woke European standards.
The policymakers have agreed on what they call a “risk-based” approach to A.I. regulation, in which a set of defined applications are subject to the most scrutiny and restrictions. Companies that produce A.I. Companies that make A.I. To create and deploy the systems, human oversight is also required.
The European AI Act has already been criticized for three major issues. The European AI Act is unable to combat the most serious AI threats.
The NYT reports that the lack of expertise in the bureaucracy is the reason for the A.I. The Act will require regulators in 27 countries to hire new experts, at a time of tight government budgets.
This does not bind China and Russia who are free to develop AI that is ‘unsafe.’
The draft EU law on the Internet states that Recital l2 excludes military AI. The EU draft law on the internet states that AI systems developed or used exclusively for military purposes are excluded from the scope.
This casts serious doubt on the ability of bureaucracy to keep up with the times. Regulators are likely already behind and stuck in the state of probable technology. The temptation to be ahead of the game, and to keep up with China, is to take the lead on the technical front. Nokia’s Rolf Werner responded to the EU AI Act cryptically: “Only AI can protect against AI.” Then, we’re in their hands, and AI will align itself with the values that emerge within it. We can’t anticipate this, but we don’t know what they are.
