UN Security Council Holds First Meeting on AI: All Details

The United Nations Security Council held its first assembly on synthetic intelligence on Tuesday the place China mentioned the know-how mustn’t turn out to be a “runaway horse” and the United States warned in opposition to its use to censor or repress individuals.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary James Cleverly, who chaired the assembly beneath Britain’s July presidency of the physique, mentioned AI will “fundamentally alter every aspect of human life.”

“We urgently need to shape the global governance of transformative technologies because AI knows no borders,” he added after saying that AI might assist tackle local weather change and enhance economies. But he additionally warned that the know-how fuels disinformation and will help each state and non-state actors in a quest for weapons.

The 15-member council was briefed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Jack Clark, co-founder of high-profile AI startup Anthropic, and Professor Zeng Yi, co-director of the China-UK Research Center for AI Ethics and Governance.  

“Both military and non-military applications of AI could have very serious consequences for global peace and security,” Guterres mentioned.

Guterres backs calls by some states for the creation of a brand new U.N. physique “to support collective efforts to govern this extraordinary technology,” modeled on the International Atomic Energy Agency, the International Civil Aviation Organization, or the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

China’s U.N. Ambassador Zhang Jun described AI as a “double-edged sword” and mentioned Beijing helps a central coordinating position of the U.N. on establishing guiding rules for AI.

“Whether it is good or bad, good or evil, depends on how mankind utilizes it, regulates it and how we balance scientific development with security,” Zhang mentioned, including that there ought to be a concentrate on individuals and AI for good to manage improvement and to “prevent this technology from becoming a runaway horse.”

Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Jeffrey DeLaurentis, additionally mentioned there was a necessity for international locations to additionally work collectively on AI and different rising applied sciences to handle human rights dangers that threaten to undermine peace and safety.

“No member states should use AI to censor, constrain, repress or disempower people,” he advised the council.

Russia questioned whether or not the council, which is charged with sustaining worldwide peace and safety, ought to be discussing AI.

“What is necessary is a professional, scientific, expertise-based discussion that can take several years and this discussion is already underway at specialized platforms,” mentioned Russia’s Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy.

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