"The EU AI Act: A Critical Assessment" [plus my extended comments]
My comments:
Below is referenced an excellent article, and it serves to crystallize
many of my concerns about the current rush toward specific approaches to
AI regulation before the issues are even minimally understood, and why I
am so concerned about negative collateral damage in these kinds of
regulatory efforts.
There is widespread agreement that regulation of AI is necessary, both
from within and outside the industry itself, but as you've probably
grown tired of seeing me write, "the devil is in the details". Poorly
drafted and rushed AI regulation could easily do damage above and beyond
the realistic concerns (that is, the genuine, non-sci-fi concerns) about
AI itself.
It's understandable that the very rapid deployments of AI systems --
particularly generative AI -- are creating escalating anxiety regarding
an array of related real world controversies, an emotion that in many
cases I obviously share.
However, as so often happens when governments and technologies
intersect, the potential for rushed and poorly coordinated actions
severely risks making these situations much worse rather than better,
and that's an outcome to be avoided. Given what's at stake, it's an
outcome to be avoided at all costs.
I don't have any magic wands of course, but in future posts I will
discuss aspects of what I hope are practical paths forward in these
matters. I realize that there is a great deal of concern (and hype)
about these issues, and I welcome your questions. I will endeavor to
answer them as best I can. -L
https://circleid.com/posts/20230628-the-eu-ai-act-a-critical-assessment
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