AI STRATEGY
As nations across the globe formulate AI strategies and incorporate this technology into existing ones , it is imperative that considerations into ethics and regulations are made to ensure that it is effective .
Forging good relationships between the public and private sector AI continues to be a key driver for digital transformation within the private sector . The uptake of this technology has grown exponentially over the past decade , however , governments now largely lag behind with its adoption of this technology .
Discussing this disparity , Lewis said : “ Governmental resources and research is dwarfed by what the industry is doing and so that changes the dynamic in a fundamental way . Now governments really are dependent , in a new way , on what industry is doing and what it ' s developing .”
In order to close this gap and ensure the public sector successfully incorporates AI into its strategy , Tiedrich explains the relationship between the public and private sectors has never been more crucial : “ This will help them understand how the technology works , get those perspectives , understand what industry ' s doing , what civil society ' s concerns are and those of academia and other stakeholders .”
“ To forge good relationships between the public and private sectors , round tables can be important for real-time dialogue . Academia can play a really important role in terms of bringing people together to try to forge these dialogues and these exchanges of information to lead to better-informed policy ,” she added .
These dialogues will educate policymakers and government leaders and without this education , the technology will not be harnessed to its full potential .
“POLICYMAKERS SHOULD NOT VIEW REGULATION AS PRESENTING AN “ EITHER / OR ” CHOICE BETWEEN PROMOTING INNOVATION ”
LEE TIEDRICH ETHICAL TECHNOLOGY PROFESSOR AT DUKE UNIVERSITY aimagazine . com 49