Artificial intelligence systems need "cast-iron guarantees," says Stuart Russell, co-Director of the International Association for Safe and Ethical AI, with Google seemingly rowing back on a promise to stop its technology being used for weaponry or illegal surveillance. Speaking at a global AI summit in Paris, he says the Trump administration is "placing a huge emphasis on the use of AI for military prowess" and Google's change of heart is likely "not a coincidence."
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00:00Google had enunciated a policy a few years ago, where they clearly stated that they would
00:05not allow their AI systems to be used for weapons, and also not used for illegal surveillance.
00:18You have to assume that it's not a coincidence that this change in policy comes with a new
00:24administration that has removed all the regulations on AI that were placed by the Biden administration,
00:35and is now placing a huge emphasis on the use of AI for military prowess.
00:43The issues that are more concerning are really around the use of AI in weapons, that we would
00:53have weapon systems where the AI that is controlling that weapon system is deciding who to attack,
01:02when to attack, and so on.
01:03It seems reasonable that, particularly when it comes to human extinction, which could
01:08result from AI systems that are much more intelligent than humans, and therefore much
01:13more capable of affecting the world than we are, it seems reasonable to ask for cast iron
01:21guarantees.
01:22Not just, well, we'll make an effort, or trust us, we know what we're doing.
01:29Governments must require cast iron guarantees in the form of either statistical evidence
01:38or mathematical proof that can be inspected, that can be checked carefully, and anything
01:47short of that is just asking for disaster.