The two-day Artificial Intelligence Action summit in France ended yesterday with calls for inclusive and responsible AI development. But the US, which has vowed to stay at the forefront of the rapidly evolving technology, and the UK decided to stay out of the final declaration. Iolo ap Dafydd reports from Paris.
Central Paris has been full of tech company executives and world leaders grappling with how Artificial Intelligence should develop. Over the past few days, all kinds of ideas and initiatives have been discussed. Prof Zeng Yi has returned to Paris to discuss the rapid development on AI by some tech corporations.
PROFESSOR ZENG YI, Institute of Automation of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Member, UN High Level Advisory Body on AI "Many of the companies now, they choose not to talk about ethics and safety. But I think this is completely wrong. Actually, the relationship between AI development and safety, it's not that they drag each other. They will have negative influence to each other. No, actually, you can build AI, which is very powerful from the development point of view, but still you keep it really safe. So this is scientifically solid."
The Paris AI Summit's declaration seemed to antagonise both the US government with references to diversity, gender and disinformation, as well as the UK government by ignoring the scientific and political consensus around risks from smarter-than-human AI systems that was agreed at Bletchley Park in late 2023. One argument is to allow companies to innovate.
IOLO AP DAFYDD, Paris "As important as the main summit, were a myriad of side events that were organised throughout central Paris. Debates about AI after speeches in private meetings and panel discussions - on innovation and also how to develop it safely for the benefit of everybody."
At this panel organised by China's AI Safety and Development Association, many experts seemed to agree there should be international cooperation on artificial intelligence, and transparency.
PROFESSOR LAN XUE, Dean, Schwarzman College and Institute for AI International Governance, Tsinghua University "The solution is in our hands. We can decide, you know, which direction we want to go. How far can we go and how quickly should we go. So I think that's where we feel that the, you know, AI governance, particularly at the global level, is critical."
President Macron in his address at the end of the first day injected some humour into the French government's intention to invest 112 billion US dollars in new Data centres & power for AI technology in France.
EMMANUEL MACRON, French President "We have a good friend on the other part of the ocean saying 'Drill, baby, drill.' Here, there is no need to drill. It's just plug, baby, plug. Electricity is available. You can plug. It's ready."
The balance, and the challenges of how to regulate and by how much, while allowing tech companies to innovate, will continue long after this AI action summit. Iolo ap Dafydd, CGTN, Paris.
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