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Welcome to the final special AI edition of the Science4Parliament podcast. These episodes are summaries of the workshops which took place online in early 2024 to inform the IPU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) resolution.
The resolution aims to encourage parliamentarians to consider the social and ethical impacts of this new technology and the issues that they, as decision-makers, should be aware of when considering legislating for AI to ensure that its development and use is fair and beneficial for all of humanity.
The workshops were designed as part of the journey to the resolution, as a learning tool, and to stimulate interest and debate. The process was steered by two rapporteurs, Michelle Rempel Garner, Member of the House of Commons of Canada, and Neema Lugangira, Member of Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania, who moderated the first two sessions, and I moderated the third.
Session one covers the basics of AI, its development and use, and how it is impacting the world, Session two sees a deeper delve into the emerging impacts of AI on society and how governments need to work to harness potential benefits and mitigate any harms. The third session is an assessment of legislation, what is currently in place and how to plan for the future.
Speakers:
Carol Roach, Chair of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) Multistakeholder Advisory Group (MAG), set out the basics of what is needed to regulate AI and gave advice to parliamentarians when they are undertaking this challenge.
Martin Ulbrich, senior expert on AI Policy with DG CNECT in the European Commission, was involved in the drafting of the white paper and the whole regulatory area of AI in the EU. He gave an overview of the development of the EU AI Act, the world's first comprehensive AI law, which aims to ensure the equitable and responsible development and use of this innovative technology.
Finally, Quintin Chou-Lambert, senior programme officer with the office of the UN Secretary-General's Envoy on Technology, gave an oversight on the roadmap for digital cooperation, which provides a vision and direction for an increasingly digital world.
More information
The draft resolution, ‘The impact of artificial intelligence on democracy, human rights and the rule of law’, was published in July 2024 and adopted at the 149th IPU General Assembly (Oct 2024). Available on the IPU’s webpage.
Links to the other special AI edition episodes:
Part 1 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249694/episodes/15896531
Part 2 - https://www.buzzsprout.com/2249694/episodes/15902198
Complete seminars are on the IPU’s YouTube channel.
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