I get that countries should work together in this field but I doubt this will have the positive effect people are hoping for. This aims to speed up AI research even more so our (the people’s) control of it grows even thinner.
China wants a piece of the cake through this resolution because their homegrown efforts in regenerative AI have been quite fruitless so far despite their many claims of being a top player in recent years. But it’s an autocratic surveillance state with tons of data.
So what‘s going to happen is that they‘ll give more access to their massive datasets in exchange for being more involved into the development process of the real big players in the USA. They‘ll then use it to build an even tighter surveillance apparatus together and suppress people even more in china, the US and globally.
The future of humanity rests on everyone, regardless of nationality, being able to ask Midjourney to generate an image of an Ewok with big naturals.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Adoption of the two nonbinding resolutions shows that the United States and China, rivals in many areas, are both determined to be key players in shaping the future of the powerful new technology — and have been cooperating on the first important international steps.
Fu Cong, China’s U.N. ambassador, told reporters Monday that the two resolutions are complementary, with the U.S. measure being “more general” and the just-adopted one focusing on “capacity building.”
Nate Evans, spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the United Nations, said Tuesday that the Chinese-sponsored resolution “was negotiated so it would further the vision and approach the U.S. set out in March.”
The Chinese resolution calls on the international community “to provide and promote a fair, open, inclusive and nondiscriminatory business environment,” from AI’s design and development to its use.
China is actively participating in negotiations in Geneva on controlling lethal autonomous weapons, Fu said, adding that some countries are considering proposing a U.N. General Assembly resolution this year on the military dimension of AI — “and we are in broad support of that initiative.”
He said China also wanted to highlight the central role the United Nations should play in AI governance as “the most representative and most inclusive international forum.”
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