Tag: The Bletchley Declaration

UK

Foolish Exclusions: China and the Bletchley Declaration on AI – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Precisely for its progress in the field, China is being punished by that other contender for AI supremacy, the United States. Despite some forced sense of bonhomie among the delegates, such fault lines were nigh impossible to paper over. On October 17, the US Department of Commerce announced that further restrictions would be placed on advanced AI chips along with the imposition of additional licensing requirements for shipments to 40 countries to prevent resales to China. One company, Nvidia, was told directly by the department that it had to immediately cease shipping A800 and H800 chips to the Chinese market without licensed authorisation from the US.

Source: Foolish Exclusions: China and the Bletchley Declaration on AI – » The Australian Independent Media Network

China

Rishi Sunak’s AI Pitch: The Bletchley Declaration – » The Australian Independent Media Network

When the West keeps accusing China of it’s inhumanity it always seems embarrassing, to say the least.  Because the Chinese lead in calling for Unity and a World Body to oversee AI more urgently than the West.

From within the summit itself, limiting China’s limited contribution may have revealing consequences. A number of Chinese academics attending the summit had signed on to a statement showing even greater concern for the “existential risk” posed by AI than either the Bletchley statement or President Biden’s executive order on AI. According to the Financial Times, the group, which is distinguished by such figures as the computer scientist Andrew Yao, are calling for the establishment of “an international regulatory body, the mandatory registration and auditing of advanced AI systems, the inclusion of instant ‘shutdown’ procedures and for developers to spend 30 per cent of their research budget on AI safety.”

Source: Rishi Sunak’s AI Pitch: The Bletchley Declaration – » The Australian Independent Media Network