With the continuous development of artificial intelligence and becoming a larger part of our lives, many people believe that artificial intelligence should have corresponding regulations or guidelines. White House agrees with these people and recently released a "Bill of Rights" specifically for artificial intelligence. It would be a huge understatement to say that artificial intelligence has affected our lives. Whether this is positive or negative depends entirely on you.
Virtual assistants like Alexa and Siri are integrated into many devices for people to interact with everyday. Self-driving cars are not limited to Tesla models, and use machine learning to teach artificial intelligence to drive vehicles. Manufacturing robots is another such example, although more relevant to business than to consumers.
Some people think artificial intelligence is a revolutionary breakthrough that makes our daily lives easier. However, others think AI is dangerous, terrible, or maybe "robots are planning to take over the world." No matter which side you are on this matter, most people do agree that AI should have regulations or guidelines that developers must follow when building their creations.
Last year, Joe Biden’s former chief scientific adviser Eric Rand proposed a “bill of rights” strictly targeting artificial intelligence, hoping to limit any potential harm it could bring, and earlier this week the White House formally proposed the blueprint for making those plans a reality.
"" " report details the proposal, claiming that the bill has "five general principles" including:
users should be "protected from insecure or invalid" automation systems, and that the tools should clearly "purpose to actively protect you from harm."
should prohibit discriminatory use of algorithms and other artificial intelligence, and fairness should be emphasized when developing tools.
companies should establish privacy protections in their products to prevent "abuse of data practices", and users should have "agent rights" about how their data is used.
system should be transparent so that users "know that an automated system is being used" and understand how it affects them.
users should be able to "opt out of the automation system and choose manual replacement when appropriate".
Alondra Nelson, deputy director of science and society at the White House, further told the Washington Post that the bill was only "the next mark for further protections." An anonymous White House official said the plans were a "call to action" and "we recognize that there is still much work to be done."
Since the Artificial Intelligence Act has not yet risen to the executive order or legislative level for reference only and does not have any mandatory nature, companies that develop AI can choose to ignore it for the time being. However, this may change if Congress chooses to implement the protections set out in these plans in the future, but it may be years later.
