Session
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Emerging Technologies
Chat GPT, Generative AI, and Machine Learning
Future & Sustainable Work in the World of Generative AI
the Council of Europe
moderator: 1. Mr Vadim Pak, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and administrator in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, [email protected]
Keynote speaker
Mr Bjørn BERGE – Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe (in person)
Moderator
Thomas SCHNEIDER – Head of Delegation of Switzerland and Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence of the Council of Europe (in person)
Panelists (in alphabetical order)
Ms Ivana BARTOLETTI - Global Chief Privacy Officer at Wipro, Pamplin Business School at Virginia Tech, the Women Leading in AI Network
Mr Daniel Castaño Parra – Professor at the Universidad Externado de Colombia and former legal advisor of Minister of Justice and Minister of Transport of Columbia
Professor Arisa EMA – Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and Visiting Researcher at RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project in Japan
Ms Merve HICKOK – Senior Research Director of the Center for AI and Digital Policy and the Founder of AIethicist.org
Ms Francesca ROSSI – IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader
Professor Liming ZHU – Full professor at the University of New South Wales and Research Director at Australia’s National Science Agency (CSIRO)
Mr Vadim Pak, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and administrator in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Mr Vadim Pak, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and administrator in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, [email protected]
Mr Vadim Pak, policy advisor in the Digital Development Unit and administrator in the Committee on Artificial Intelligence, [email protected]
3. Good Health and Well-Being
4. Quality Education
5. Gender Equality
6. Clean Water and Sanitation
7. Affordable and Clean Energy
8. Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10. Reduced Inequalities
11. Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. Responsible Production and Consumption
13. Climate Action
16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Targets: The session will deal with challenges to human rights and democratic values posed by rapid progress and growth in the use of AI technologies across public and private sector at global scale. The proposed global regulation of this technology will not be limited to specific sectors and issues but rather cover all of the issues posed by challenges of design, development and use of AI with a view to elaborating a truly human-centric AI legal regime.
This session will be an open discussion between the panelists representing different regions and various groups of stakeholders moderated by Ambassador Thomas Schneider (of Switzerland). The Session will be introduced by Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Bjorn Berge. The session programme is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kkI0LWs4bxvX8VS_ZDqFbEuy50N3oAuK/view?…
The pace of technological development is picking up speed and Artificial Intelligence (AI) is playing an evergrowing role in all aspects of our lives. Automated systems have brought about extraordinary benefits from technology that helps farmers grow food more efficiently and computers that predict storm paths, to algorithms that can identify the diseases in patients. These tools hold the potential to redefine every part of our societies and make life better for everyone. However, this important progress must not come at the price of human rights or democratic values. If we are going to seize the benefits of AI we have to start tackling its risks. Since AI is developed and used across borders, it makes sense to develop a common global approach to basic principles which should govern how we, as humanity, develop and use AI systems. States all around the world must keep up with the increasing reliance on automated processes and machine-learning and ensure that they safeguard the human rights of everyone in society in this fast-evolving context. The session will cover various issues connected to global and regional efforts at creating an appropriate legal framework for design, development and use of AI.
Report
The AI technologies have very serious potential in helping humanity protect the environment and fight climate change and indeed in many corners of the world the work is already underway.
At the same time, any risks and potential adverse effects for climate and environment in connection with the design, development, use and decommissioning of AI systems should be carefully studied and adequately addressed in the work of national and international institutions currently involved in AI governance with wide and adequate participation of all relevat stakeholders.
Global character of the AI technologies requires not only national, but also international legal response.
Any emerging standards should be conducive to innovation, contain sufficient indications regarding possible risks and recommend effective processes to tackle such risks.
On 8 October 2023 (2 to 3.30 PM) the Council of Europe organised a Day 0 session on “Shaping artificial intelligence to ensure respect for human rights and democratic values” opened by its Deputy Secretary General Bjørn BERGE. The Chair of the Committee on Artificial Intelligence Ambassador Thomas SCHNEIDER moderated the panel, which included Ivana BARTOLETTI (WIPRO, the Women Leading in AI Network), Francesca ROSSI (IBM Fellow and AI Ethics Global Leader), Merve HICKOK (CAIDP), Daniel CASTAÑO PARRA (Universidad Externado de Colombia) participating on-line and Dr Liming ZHU (CSIRO of Australia) and Professor Arisa EMA (University of Tokyo and RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project and member of the Japanese Delegation in the CAI) attending in-person.
The discussion connected the in person and online participants with the panel representing different stakeholder groups (domestic and international standard setters, industry and academia). There was a general agreement that the extraordinary benefits of AI technologies should serve humanity making life better for everyone. However, this important progress should not come at the price of human rights or democratic values. The panelists and public were of the view that at an international level it made sense to develop common legally binding approach to basic principles which should govern how the AI is designed, developed, used and decommissioned. Such approach should be based on the existing and widely accepted international human rights standards. Individual presentations by the panelists were followed by a lively discussion involving both in person and on line participants.