Artificial intelligence
Wissing: Moderate AI regulation must come quickly
Calls for transparency and democracy to be ensured through clear regulation: Volker Wissing. photo
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Artificial intelligence is a key technology for the future. But how should it be regulated in Europe? Digital Minister Volker Wissing advocates a middle ground between values and innovation.
Digital Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) advocates moderate regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the EU. The EU needs a clear position here – “and, above all, quickly,” said the FDP politician before a meeting with his counterparts from the other EU countries in Luxembourg.
It must be ensured that, on the one hand, European values such as transparency and democracy are safeguarded through clear regulation. “On the other hand, artificial intelligence systems must not be pushed back here, because otherwise we would create new dependencies,” said Wissing. They want to regulate in an innovation-friendly manner and ensure that trustworthy AI is widely used.
The EU and the USA announced on Wednesday that they wanted to work more closely together in the field of AI. For example, expert groups are to be set up to deal with standards and newly emerging risks, among other things.
Artificial intelligence usually refers to applications based on machine learning, in which software scours large amounts of data for matches and draws conclusions from them. They are already being used in many areas. For example, such programs can evaluate computer tomograph images faster and with greater accuracy than humans. Self-driving cars also try to predict the behavior of other road users in this way. And chatbots or automatic playlists from streaming services also work with AI.