UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay presented the first global standard for the ethics of artificial intelligence, adopted by 193 member states of the organization at the General Conference in Paris.
🔴BREAKING 🔴@UNESCO member states have adopted the 1st ever global agreement on the Ethics of #ArtificialIntelligence!
This historical text defines the common values & principles which will guide & ensure the healthy development of #AI.
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— UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳😷 (@UNESCO) November 25, 2021
According to the statement, the recommendations are aimed at realising the benefits of AI for society and reducing the risks associated with it. They guarantee that digital transformations advance human rights and contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, addressing issues related to transparency, accountability and privacy in education, culture, work, health and the economy.
The document contains recommendations such as:
- data protection;
- ban on social scoring systems and mass surveillance;
- ensuring diversity and inclusion;
- transparency and accountability of algorithms;
- environmental protection.
UNESCO stressed that new technologies such as artificial intelligence have proven their enormous capacity to deliver benefits. However, its negative consequences, exacerbating an already divided and unequal world, must be controlled.
\”AI developments must comply with the rule of law, avoid causing harm and ensure that in the event of harm there are mechanisms for accountability and redress for those harmed,\” the statement said.
According to Azoulay, the standards presented are the main answer in questions of future regulation needed to ensure the ‘healthy development of AI’:
\”[The document] establishes the first global regulatory base, while placing responsibility on states to implement it.\”
She added that UNESCO would assist member states in implementing the recommendations and would ask them to report on progress regularly.
The full text of the recommendations доступен on UNESCO’s site.
Back in October, the Russian government and major Russian companies signed the AI Code, regulating the moral and ethical aspects of using the technology.
In September, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet urged to ban or temporarily restrict some forms of AI.
In June, the World Health Organization formulated six core principles for artificial intelligence in medicine.
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