While companies play a key role in developing artificial intelligence solutions to make human life easier, the rapid progress has raised concerns across the globe. Recently AI-driven technological advances are happening “too fast”, an open letter was released to downplay the risks of the revolutionary technology.
The Future of Life Institute, a non-profit organization, published the letter on March 22. So far, it has received over 27,000 signatures, including those from Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
One of the signatories, Dr. Pawan Duggal, who is a cyber security expert and an advocate in the Supreme Court, told News18 that the letter was published seeking a six-month moratorium on large AI experiments so that stakeholders may be allowed to assess the situation.
He added: “Algorithms such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 are being developed, used extensively and the technology is evolving at a very rapid pace.”
Dr. Duggal believes that AI should surpass human intelligence in the next two decades and for this reason it is necessary that there should be a legal framework to regulate it.
“We need to ensure that AI is not taking the place of human intelligence and is used in a constructive manner and not to the detriment of the legitimate interests of humanity,” he added.
There are talks of regulating AI around the world and in India as well. While the Digital India Act includes a section focusing on emerging technologies including AI, the European Union is working on its own AI Act, which could be finalized by the end of the year.
why worry
The letter reads: “Advanced AI may represent a profound change in the history of life on Earth and must be planned for and managed with appropriate care and resources.”
“Unfortunately, this level of planning and management is not happening, even though in recent months AI labs have been locked in an out-of-control race to develop and deploy more powerful digital brains, which No one – not even their creators – can understand, predict, or reliably control,” it noted.
The letter urges stopping the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4, calls for the involvement of dedicated regulatory authorities, AI security research as well as time to understand and adapt.
Dr Duggal told News18, “AI is a different animal altogether and requires its own set of rules.”
According to him, a legal framework is needed to answer questions regarding the legitimacy of AI, its legal status, and the rights, duties, and obligations of various stakeholders, as well as a number of issues affecting legal liability issues.
focus points
According to Dr. Duggal, “India needs to address issues related to the accuracy of AI and its authenticity. There is a need to address issues of legal liability in case another person is injured by the use of AI.
“We need to lay down the duties of due diligence that need to be followed by AI algorithm creators and coders and large tech companies that develop AI algorithms,” he said.
Dr. Duggal said that the role of AI in cyber security and violation of laws should be effectively addressed while adequate legal safeguards should be put in place. Additionally, he noted that AI’s impact on intellectual property rights is a key critical area that must be addressed.
Dr. Duggal said, “As countries prepare a legal framework, the impact of AI on privacy is another important consideration that should be on the minds of lawmakers.”
Furthermore, the Supreme Court counsel also highlighted that AI has a tendency to violate human privacy. According to Dr. Duggal, the misuse of AI against human interests is an important element to be considered as governments develop new legal frameworks.
Highlighting what is happening in other countries, Dr. Duggal said that the new AI draft law of the European Union and the rules related to regulating AI in China are two important initiatives to watch.
He added: “While coming up with a new legal framework governing AI it will be imperative for the Government of India to come up with a holistic thought process and inclusive legislative approach. AI need not be clubbed with other technologies, but a separate legal framework is needed in this regard.
“The needs of the present time are different. Artificial Intelligence needs more attention in terms of addressing the legal and policy issues in an enabling and regulatory manner,” said Dr. Duggal.
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