AI should be regulated like medicine and nuclear power: UK minister
Developers working on artificial intelligence should be licensed and regulated similarly to the pharmaceutical, medical, or nuclear industries, according to a representative for Britain’s opposing political party.
Lucy Powell, a politician and digital spokesperson for the United Kingdom’s Labour Party told The Guardian on June 5 that firms like OpenAI or Google which have created AI models should “have to have a license in order to build these models,” adding:
Powell argued regulating the development of certain technologies is a better option than banning them similar to how the European Union banned facial recognition tools.
She added AI “can have a lot of unintended consequences” but if developers were forced to be open about their AI training models and datasets then some risks could be mitigated by the government
“This technology is moving so fast that it needs an active, interventionist government approach, rather than a laissez-faire one,” she said.
Ahead of speaking at the TechUk conference tomorrow, I spoke to the Guardian about Labour’s approach to digital tech and AI https://t.co/qzypKE5uJU
Powell also believes such advanced technology could greatly impact the U.K. economy and the Labour Party is purportedly finishing up its own policies on AI and related technologies.
Next week, Labour leader Keir Starmer is planning to hold a meeting with the party’s shadow cabinet at Google’s U.K. offices so it can speak with its AI-focused executives.
Related: EU officials want all AI-generated content to be labeled
Meanwhile on June 5, Matt Clifford the chair of the Advanced Research and Invention Agency — the government’s research agency set up last February — appeared on TalkTV to warn AI could threaten humans in as
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