The Green Party says it will regulate artificial intelligence (AI) so its benefits are shared with New Zealanders, not just the technology companies that operate them, if elected.<\/p>\n
Party co-leader Chl\u00f6e Swarbrick said AI should work for people and the planet, stating: “We don’t work for AI.”<\/p>\n
“The Greens will regulate it responsibly, for the public good.<\/p>\n
“Nothing about this technology is inevitable, neither the claims of existential destruction by tech billionaires nor the devastation of the financial bubble bursting forecast by economists.”.<\/p>\n
“This is exactly why Government is supposed to exist,” Swarbrick continued, “to regulate what needs regulating, to ensure benefits are appropriately shared and harms minimised.”<\/p>\n
A policy document stated it would not allow “fully automated decisions for anything that could make a substantive difference to people’s lives in any public services” and humans managing the tools must be able to make decisions.<\/p>\n
It also called for greater protection of data and explicit consent standards for AI training data.<\/p>\n
The Greens wanted mandatory environmental impact assessments for hyperscale AI data centres<\/a> and new facilities to fully cover their own energy use.<\/p>\n