AI lab hot item | Brian Williamson (Communications Chambers) - Latest AI Policy Developments
🔥 In this 'Hot Item', Brian Williamson (Communications Chambers) & the AI lab discuss the latest AI policy developments, from the U.K. AI Summit to the U.S. White House Executive Order on AI safety
📌Hot Item Highlights
⏲️[00:00] Intro
⏲️[00:33] Brian Williamson (Communications Chambers)
⏲️[12:25] Wrap-up & Outro
🗣️ We didn't seek to regulate computing or have a law of computing. We did focus on particular problems that arose over time, and computing led to a focus on data protection, but that's different to having a law of computing.
🗣️ What should we do? We should not seek a law of AI (...), not now, possibly not ever.
🗣️ What should we do? We should not seek a law of AI (...), not now, possibly not ever.
🗣️ The EU is working to agree [on] a law for AI, but (...) the perceived challenges continue to evolve, as does the technology. So, that's a difficult thing to do, but I actually think it's the wrong thing to do at this point in time, if ever.
🗣️ We should remain technology agnostic and focus on delivering a solution.
🗣️ We need to do the hard work of thinking about whether existing regulation and market adaptation is going to be sufficient (...) but just trying to fix the problems now with a law in advance won't work.
📌About Our Guest
🎙️ Brian Williamson | Partner, Communications Chambers
Brian Williamson is a London based partner of the consultancy Communications Chambers. His clients include governments, regulators, telcos, and tech companies. He has a background in economics and physics.
