from: MATT O’BRIEN, Associated Press
Posted: Oct 8, 2021 / 12:12 pm CDTUpdated: October 8, 2021 / 12:38 p.m. CDT
FILE – In this January 16, 2021 file photo, Eric Lander speaks during an event at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware. Top Science Advisor to President Joe Biden Call for a New Bill of Rights to Protect Against Powerful New Artificial Intelligence Technology, Friday October 8th. Lander, Biden’s Senior Science Advisor, and Assistant Director of Science and Society, Alondra Nelson, also published an opinion piece in Wired magazine describing the need to develop new safeguards against the incorrect and harmful use of AI that unfairly discriminates or discriminates against people violate their privacy.
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Top science advisor to President Joe Biden is calling for a new “Bill of Rights” to protect against powerful new artificial intelligence.
The White House Science and Technology Policy Office on Friday launched a fact-finding mission to investigate facial recognition and other biometric tools used to identify people or to assess their emotional or mental states and characters.
Biden’s senior science advisor Eric Lander and assistant director of science and society, Alondra Nelson, also published an opinion piece in Wired magazine describing the need to develop new safeguards against flawed and harmful uses of AI that unfairly discriminate or discriminate against people can violate their privacy.
“The listing of rights is only a first step,” they wrote. “What can we do to protect them? Options include refusing to buy software or technology products from the federal government that do not respect these rights, requiring federal contractors to use technology that complies with this Bill of Rights, or passing new laws and regulations to To close gaps. “
This isn’t the first time the Biden government has raised concerns about the harmful use of AI, but it is one of the clearest steps we can take to do something about it.
European regulators have already taken action to contain the riskiest AI applications. The rules proposed by EU officials this year would prohibit some uses of AI, such as:
Political leaders in Western democracies have stated that they want to reconcile the desire to unlock the economic and societal potential of AI while addressing growing concerns about the reliability of tools that track and profile people and make recommendations on who has access to Jobs, loans and educational opportunities.
A federal document submitted on Friday seeks public comments from AI developers, experts, and anyone affected by the collection of biometric data.
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