In today’s AI technology continues to influence and promote the innovation and progress of human society, people’s well-being and well-being, freedom and equality, and the ethics behind technology should become an important issue in the current era of intelligence, especially as technology promoters themselves must think and conduct rules. On May 26, in the speech of the “Artificial Intelligence High-end Dialogue” session of the 2018 China International Big Data Industry Expo, as the earliest representatives of enterprises invested in the research and development of artificial intelligence technology and industrial landing, Robin Li, founder, chairman and CEO of Baidu, elaborated the “four principles of AI ethics” for the first time from the latest AI progress.
“In the age of AI, in addition to the rapid progress of technology, we increasingly feel the need for new laws, values and ethics. All new AI products and technologies need to have a common concept and law that everyone can follow.” At the Expo site, Li Yanhong proposed that AI ethics should abide by the following four principles, including: The highest principle of AI is safe and controllable; AI’s innovative vision is to promote more equal access to technology and capabilities; The existence value of AI is to teach people to learn and grow, rather than to surpass and replace people. The ultimate ideal of AI is to bring more freedom and possibility to human beings.
Robin Li said, “Not only big companies in the world need AI technology and capabilities, tens of millions of organizations need it.” We need to think about preventing inequality in technology from leading to inequality in people’s lives and work.” The mission of AI technology is to learn from people, so as to loyally serve people, and make human life better, but the development of AI technology also needs the guidance of values, and under the guidance of the new “traffic light” of AI ethical value, it can usher in “a better AI era”.The four principles of AI ethics proposed by Li include safety and control, promoting more equal access to technical capabilities, teaching people to learn and grow, , and bringing more freedom and possibility to human beings.
Safety and control is regarded as the highest principle of AI ethics. This is because AI products and technologies must be safe and controllable, to prevent malicious use, for example, unmanned vehicles after being hacked into murder weapons must be avoided.
The innovation vision of AI technology is embodied in the promotion of more equal access to technology, aims to enable all enterprises and individuals to have equal access to AI technology, to avoid social injustice caused by technological inequality.
Teaching people to learn and grow emphasizes that the value of AI lies in helping humans learn and grow rather than simply imitating people or satisfying personal preferences, AI products should provide valuable content, help users grow.
Bringing more freedom and possibility to human beings is the ultimate ideal of AI technology, aims to provide more freedom and possibility for human beings through AI technology, to broaden the way of human life and work.
These principles not only reflect Robin Li’s deep understanding of the development of AI technology, , but also reflect society’s expectations and requirements on AI technology. is that while technology brings convenience to mankind, should also take into account the ethical and social impact, to ensure that the development of technology can benefit all mankind.
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