A raft of new laws are being drafted in a bid to deliver restraint to the increasingly rapid rollout of AI. But what do media technology developers think should be the priorities for legislation, and is it realistic to hope that some of the bleaker prognoses can still be avoided, writes David Davies.
After what may yet prove to be a perilously slow response by governments around the world, the wheels of action have begun to turn on AI legislation. Spearheaded by the EU with its proposed AI Act, but with many individual country laws also in prospect, it appears that legislators have finally woken up to the enormity – and enormous potential dangers – of the AI revolution.
But as government departments attempt to wrangle the many implications of AI into workable regulations, there is one question that has not been widely-voiced to date...
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