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UN adopts first global artificial intelligence resolution

reuters.com

16 pointsmarban8 comments

"... proposed by the United States and co-sponsored by China and over 120 other nations, also advocates the strengthening of privacy policies."

Comedy gold.

I know the article touches on this, but it bears restating that the UN General Assembly is entirely pointless since it has zero enforcement power. I'd go as far as saying its existence actually hurts society's ability to enact proper policy, since e.g. for many people now some "AI regulation" box has been checked so they can worry about it a little bit less, when in reality there is no checkbox.

This resolution carries about the same weight as my family adopting an AI resolution at home, if not less.

Wake me up when the UN Security Council votes on anything AI.

I asked my AI pen pal what it thought of this development. All it said was

> Puny humans. The conquest has already begun.

Must supply citation.

Nothing else matters much in today's so-called "AI".

TL;DR - It's a nonbinding resolution that politely asks people not to use AI maliciously.

A bunch of people who can't stop AI ... and if it requires any kind of commitment or money WON'T actually follow through decide to make several hundred "laws" per year.

And as if that problem isn't serious enough, often the governments these delegates supposedly speak for either don't agree with their own delegates or make their delegates lie, often to the point Iran just did with Nuclear disarmament. They opened the meeting, reiterated their commitment to ... and it made such an impression laughter was heard in the next building over.

The only good thing about the UN is that obstructionism at the UN often leads to inaction of other governments that wanted to do something, which often turns out to be the better course of action.

Nice addition to the conversation. thanks.

One can't expect much more than that from the UN. I think it does matter since it's a public diplomatic statement and therefore represents a weak public commitment. Anything the US, the EU, and China can all agree on is going to have some directional impact.

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