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In your opinion, what outcomes would make the first Global Dialogue on AI Governance a success?
The dialogue should provide clear guidelines to be implemented by member states, including binding mechanism to advance AI Sovereignty.
From your perspective, which of the following thematic areas identified by the General Assembly Resolution 79/325 for the AI Dialogue reflect your priorities for urgent action and active engagement?
- Protection and promotion of human rights
- Social, economic, ethical, cultural, linguistic and technical implications of AI
- Transparency, accountability, and human oversight
- Safe, secure and trustworthy AI
Please briefly explain your selection.
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AI systems have been developed by and for western or advanced economies and cultural contexts. These contexts substantially differ from the reality of more than 3 billion of humans that do not have reliable access to the Internet, and in some cases, electricity. AI systems should be govern and regulated by individual countries and regions to ensure they respect the local culture and social conditions. On the other hand, the territories and people living within should be the owners of their data and their privacy and human rights should be respected tech companies. Finally, AI systems should be trained and constantly monitored for accuracy, transparency, and reduction of bias.
In your opinion, are there any cross-cutting or emerging issues not captured by the listed themes above? If so, please explain.
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AI sovereignty and deployment in digital deserts.
How are the governance gaps and related developments/advances in the thematic areas you selected above affecting your country, region, or sector? Please highlight the most significant challenges.
Our voices are not being considered within the technical discussions. Our data is being used without consent. Regulations and policies are still not development and without them is difficult to advocate for the rights of children, youth, and consumers of AI systems and applications.
What role can the AI Dialogue play in advancing international cooperation on AI governance?
A very important role to ensure all voices are heard and considered. This dialogue should convene stakeholders from all regions and countries of member states. For example, Central America is underrepresented in the AI Scientific Panel...
What are some of the existing initiatives, partnerships, or mechanisms that the AI Dialogue should build upon or connect with, and what added value could the AI Dialogue bring?
It should connect to healthcare services, environmental sustainability, fairness and non-discrimination, and sovereignty of member states to regulate the AI system deployed within their territories.
How can different stakeholders contribute to the AI Dialogue? Please share recommendations for the format and structure of the AI Dialogue.
A main in-person event should be convened with multiple discussion tables or meeting. Additionally, these discussions should be live streamed through the Internet to ensure everyone interested gets a chance to participate. The main event should not only invite the regular "stakeholders," more civil society members, in particular young leaders should be invited. The recent AI Summit in India was a good example of a big event to address these topics. A similar format may be used for the AI Dialogue.
Which voices, communities, or perspectives are currently underrepresented in global discussions on AI governance? How could they be included?
The most neglected voices are marginalized populations of "developing countries" of Latin America, Africa, and Asia. These populations include children, youth, women, ethnic groups, and people with disabilities living in digital deserts.
What innovative engagement formats could most effectively foster meaningful and dynamic engagement during the AI Dialogue?
The UN could partner with AI companies, tech enterprises, municipal councils, and universities to hold regional gatherings in each member state to transmit the "live" main AI Dialogue event and hold parallel discussion tables in the selected venues within each member state.
Please share examples of policies, practices, platforms, or approaches that promote effective AI governance or offer concrete solutions to addressing its challenges.
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There are nascent platforms like BlueDot, the U.K. AI Security Institute, the Mila-Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute, the EU AI Act, and Chile's AI Bill. These are great institutions and regulations to address AI challenges.