WEF. DAVOS 2024. Chinese Premier Li Qiang called AI “a double-edged sword.”
“Human beings must control the machines instead of having the machines control us,” he said in a speech Tuesday. “AI must be guided in a direction that is conducive to the progress of humanity, so there should be a redline in AI development — a red line that must not be crossed,” without elaborating. China, one of the world’s centers of AI development, wants to “step up communication and cooperation with all parties” on improving global AI governance, Li said. China has released interim regulations for managing generative AI, but the EU broke ground with its AI Act, which won a hard-fought political deal last month and awaits final sign-off.
TRANSCRIPT. (31:26) first Professor Schwab you raised a very important question now artificial intelligence is a catchphrase people are talking about it a lot and the generative artificial intelligence represented by chat gbt has caused a lot of um discussion people love it but there are also surprises and some fear in certain quarters so indeed artificial intelligence is every whereare it seems Omen poent but people are still taking time to get used to it like other Technologies artificial is also a double-edged sword in that if it is applied well it can do good and bring opportunities to the progress of humaniz human civilization and provide great impetus to the industrial and scientific revolution but at the same time it also POS risks to security and to our ethics well China believes that technology must serve the common good of humanity it must do good and the same applies to artificial intelligence there are two dimensions on the most fundamental level first it must be people centered to put plainly we human beings must control the machines instead of having the machines control us AI must be guided in a direction that is conducive to the progress of humanity so there should be a red line in AI development a red line that must not be crossed it’s something that must be observed by all we should facilitate the good AI with governance well it’s actually a play of the word here I mean that we should really provide good governance with the sound development of AI or second it must be inclusive and beneficial for all it should not just benefit a small group of people but benefit the overwhelming majority of mankind the is true for AI it is essential that we work together and coordinate with each other when there are problems we should work them out together and share in the benefits together there must not be C based division or confrontation in particular here the interests of developing countries need to be prior prioritized to close the technology Gap with developed countries and Bridge The Divide in smart [Music] development all along China attaches High importance to AI development and governance since 2018 the relevant government agencies together with Shanghai municipal government hold a world artificial intelligence conference annually which invites Visionaries from all over the world to have discussions on AI and at the conference there are two expert committees one is the Strategic advisory expert committee and the other is the committee on eth ethics that is we should promote the development of a and at the same time ensure its sound governance now the world artificial intelligence conference has been held for six years running in Shanghai and this year it will be the seventh edition it will be held in July this year we welcome your participation a we are doing a lot of work to roll out policies and regulations we introduced many laws and regulations to ensure the data security AI related ethics and generative AI Services all these are efforts to explore an AI governance framework suited to China National conditions last year in 2023 China proposed the global AI governance initiative which was warmly welcomed by the International Community on AI we would like to step up communication and cooperation with all parties to improve the global AI governance mechanism and make this technology of AI more secure and better benefit Humanity
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- Chinese Premier Li Qiang called AI “a double-edged sword.” “Human beings must control the machines instead of having the machines control us,” he said in a speech Tuesday. “AI must be guided in a direction that is conducive to the progress of humanity, so there should be a redline in AI development — a red line that must not be crossed,” without elaborating. China, one of the world’s centers of AI development, wants to “step up communication and cooperation with all parties” on improving global AI governance, Li said.