In a speech at the Summit on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence, in New Delhi, India, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defended this Thursday (19) a global governance model for artificial intelligence led by the United Nations (UN).
“The Fourth Industrial Revolution advances rapidly while multilateralism retreats dangerously. It is in this context that the global governance of artificial intelligence assumes a strategic role. Every technological innovation of great impact has a dual character and confronts us with ethical and political questions.”
In his speech, Lula highlighted the Chinese initiative to create an international organization for cooperation in artificial intelligence, with a focus on developing countries, in addition to the Global Partnership in Artificial Intelligence, developed within the scope of the G7 (the group of the largest economies in the world) under the Canadian and French presidencies.
“But none of these forums replace the universality of the United Nations for an international governance of artificial intelligence that is multilateral, inclusive and development-oriented”, assessed the president.
Lula added that the digital revolution and artificial intelligence positively impact industrial productivity, public services, medicine, food and energy security, but can also encourage hate speech, disinformation, child pornography and femicide.
“False content manipulated by artificial intelligence distorts electoral processes and puts democracy at risk. Algorithms are not just applications of mathematical codes that sustain the digital world”, he said.
“Brazil defends governance that recognizes the diversity of national trajectories and ensures that Artificial Intelligence strengthens democracy, social cohesion and the sovereignty of countries”, he concluded.
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The Artificial Intelligence Impact Summit in New Delhi is the fourth meeting in the so-called Bletchley Process, a series of intergovernmental meetings on the security and governance of artificial intelligence, which began in Bletchley Park, in the United Kingdom, in November 2023.
