Building upon A Manifesto in Defence of Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence,” the Transatlantic Reflection Group on Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Age of “Artificial Intelligence” has reconvened to draft a second consensus manifesto that calls for the effective and legitimate enforcement of laws concerning AI systems. In doing so, it recognizes the important and complementary role of standards and compliance practices.
Whereas the first manifesto focused on the relationship between democratic law-making and technology, this second manifesto shifts focus from the design of law in the age of AI to the enforcement of law.
Concretely, this manifesto offers 10 recommendations for addressing the key enforcement challenges shared across transatlantic stakeholders. We call on those who support these recommendations to sign this manifesto.
“What have you done, what will you do, how will you do it, and by when will you do it, to make sure that we, the judges of the world, the custodians of your legal systems, the guardians of your rights and liberties, but ordinary citizens as well, can know when to trust and when to mistrust AI to advance justice, access to justice, and through the institution of the law, our shared humanist ideals? As Chico Buarque says, “quem espera nunca alcança,”—those who wait never reach.”
— Isabela Ferrari, Federal Judge, Second Regional Federal Court (Rio de Janeiro), Brazil, addressing global regulators at the 2020 Athens Roundtable
“Three points should anchor the discussion around AI and the rule of law: the values of free and open societies, dynamic and flexible legal and regulatory frameworks and cross-Atlantic consensus.”
— Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and former Foreign Minister of Sweden
“Issues like how societies will safeguard citizens’ digital human rights will be of utmost importance in the coming years. The rule of law will have to be synonymous with governments and big corporations respecting these rights and not being able to use AI technologies for gaining access to citizens sensitive personal data or using perception manipulation techniques for that end.”
— Eva Kaili, European Parliament (STOA)
“The discussions we have today about how to regulate AI, will reverberate for generations to come. We are settings the rules for a technology, which has the potential to transform our society even more profoundly than the internet.”
— Representative Yvette D. Clarke, U.S. House ofRepresentatives, Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee
Source: https://www.aiathens.org/
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Robert Williams
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