Are there laws in place to protect against AI? No, says expertpublished at 12:57 BST
12:57 BST
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Stephanie Hare, co-host of AI Decoded
Our experts are now asked what guardrails and laws are in place to protect people from the risks of AI.
There are none, says Stephanie Hare.
Some of the tech firms building AI claim to be begging for more regulation. But at the same time, they argue that too much regulation would allow China to race ahead of the US.
The “existential angst” about AI is being driven by the US industry, Hare says. American regulation would not stop Chinese companies.
But there’s another point, Hare adds. “It doesn’t work that way. The technology’s out of the bottle. Iran could be using this, North Korea could use it, Russia could use it.” Even if the US and China teamed up on regulation, it might not have an effect.
China and the US are “not on the same page” in terms of asking for more regulation, Hare adds. If anything, China thinks US companies are trying to stifle competition and that regulation is about preserving a US lead in the AI sector.
Marc Cieslak says the AI race is often being framed in Cold War terms, with many AI executives being former officials from the US government.
This framing, combined with the increased use of autonomous systems in military settings around the world, makes AI start to become “quite a lot more frightening”, he says.
