Can We Govern AI?

When it comes to AI, what kind of regulations might we need to
address this rapidly developing new class of technologies? What
makes regulating AI and runaway tech in general different from
regulating airplanes, pharmaceuticals, or food? And how can we
ensure that issues like national security don't become a
justification for sacrificing civil rights?


Answers to these questions are playing out in real time. If we
wait for more AI harms to emerge before proper regulations are
put in place, it may be too late. 


Our guest Marietje Schaake was at the forefront of crafting tech
regulations for the EU. In spite of AI’s complexity, she argues
there is a path forward for the U.S. and other governing bodies
to rein in companies that continue to release these products into
the world without oversight. 


Correction: Marietje said antitrust laws in the US were a century
ahead of those in the EU. Competition law in the EU was enacted
as part of the Treaty of Rome in 1957, almost 70 years after the
US.


 


RECOMMENDED MEDIA 


The AI Dilemma 


Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin’s presentation on existing AI
capabilities and the catastrophic risks they pose to a functional
society. Also available in the podcast format (linked below)


The Wisdom Gap


This blog post from the Center for Humane Technology describes
the gap between the rising interconnected complexity of our
problems and our ability to make sense of them


The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) & Digital Markets Act
(DMA)


The two pieces of legislation aim to create safer and more open
digital spaces for individuals and businesses alike


 


RECOMMENDED YUA EPISODES


Digital Democracy is Within Reach with Audrey Tang


The AI Dilemma


The Three Rules of Humane Tech


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