Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
One thing seems clear: the future will be digital. Today I want to focus on artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure. As described, artificial intelligence brings risks but also offers enormous opportunities. The crucial question is how to harness the rapidly changing technology. This was stated at the beginning of the speech delivered by the President of the European Commission to the participants in the G-20 summit in India. The Commission's headquarters in Brussels published a statement on Sunday on the official website about the content of Ursula von der Leyen's speech at the third session of the Group of Twenty currently held in the Indian capital "New Delhi" under the title " one future"; “One thing seems clear: the future will be digital,” she said. “Today I want to focus on artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.” Von der Leyen stressed in her speech that artificial intelligence carries risks, although it also provides huge opportunities, and considered that the critical question now is how to harness the rapidly changing technology.
She added: “It is interesting that even the makers and inventors of artificial intelligence are calling on political leaders to regulate it. In the European Union, in 2020, we introduced the first ever law on artificial intelligence. We want to facilitate innovation while building trust, but we need more.”
Likewise, von der Leyen stressed that what the world does now will shape its future, and said: “I believe that Europe - and its partners - should work to develop a new global framework to deal with the risks of artificial intelligence and protect us from systemic societal risks, and that investments in intelligence systems should be strengthened.” "Safe and responsible artificial intelligence, at the same time."
As for the global level, the President of the European Commission continued, we ultimately need to reach out to the broader United Nations community. We will need a body similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and here we need additional outreach to scientists, entrepreneurs and innovators; They must provide knowledge about the risks posed by artificial intelligence – as well as the potential benefits for humanity.
Regarding digital public infrastructure, von der Leyen explained that it could serve as real support for emerging economies, and praised India’s success in achieving remarkable success in deploying digital public infrastructure. She said: We have listened to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and we support his initiative. Hardly. Although the potential is huge, and the investments are small, the trick is to build a public digital infrastructure that is interoperable, open to everyone and reliable.”