0:01PRICES, RAISING THEM THREE TIMES FASTER THAN INFLATION THIS CENTURY. IT IS THE HIGHEST OF ALL THE ECONOMIC SECTORS.
0:08IS THERE A PARTICULAR POLICY YOU WOULD LOOK FOR THAT WOULD BRING DOWN THAT SPECIFICALLY?
0:21ABOUT A DOZEN RECOMMENDATIONS. GOVERNMENT POLICIES RESTRICT NEW HOSPITAL CAPACITY FROM COMING ON BOARD. WE ALSO HAVE INCENTIVES FROM GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS THAT ADVANTAGE HOSPITALS. SOME MEDICARE AND SO MUCH OF THE HEALTH CARE SECTOR ORIENTS AROUND WHAT MEDICARE DOES. MEDICARE WILL PAY MUCH MORE FOR A SERVICE DELIVERED IN A HOSPITAL THAN IN A PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE, THE EXACT SAME SERVICE. THAT HAS LED TO A LOT OF HOSPITALS BUYING UP PHYSICIANS OFFICES.
0:56HOST: SO DO YOU EXPECT CONGRESS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS?
1:02I MEAN, NOBODY IS REALLY TALKING ABOUT IT. GRANTED, THE DRUG PRICES, THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THAT AND MAKING ANNOUNCEMENTS ABOUT THAT, BUT NOTHING ELSE. GUEST: HOSPITALS ARE VERY POLITICALLY POWERFUL AND ACTUALLY THERE IS SOME ATTENTION IN CONGRESS ON PROBLEMS OF HIGH AND RISING HOSPITAL PRICES. A MAJOR HEARING EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN THEY BROUGHT IN SEVERAL HOSPITAL CEOS AND WERE VERY CRITICAL OF THE WAY THAT THEY WERE OPERATING. MOST HOSPITALS ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT.
1:37THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BENEFIT. WE ARE VERY SKEPTICAL THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING MUCH COMMUNITY BENEFIT. WE THINK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO A LOT MORE TO BECOME MORE EFFICIENT. HOST: WE WILL START WITH ANDY IN NEW JERSEY, INDEPENDENT LINE.
1:57FIRST TIME GETTING THROUGH. I HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS TO SAY. I'VE WORKED IN THE FORM OF BUSINESS AS AN EXECUTIVE FOR 30 YEARS.
2:18SO AT THE END OF MY CAREER, I STARTED A PRIVATE BUSINESS SO NOW I EMPLOY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH GETTING HEALTH CARE. I MEAN, THE COMPLICATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM HAS TO BE CHANGED, IT IS DESTROYING SMALL BUSINESS, IT IS DESTROYING PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT IS THE MOST CRITICAL ISSUE ASIDE FROM THIS STUPID WAR AND I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW HOW IT LOOKS SO BLEAK. I KNOW SOME OF THE DETAILS OF THIS.
2:56AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT EVERYTHING ABOUT THE SYSTEM SUCKS. IT IS A SHAM. THE BASIC PROBLEM IS THAT WE BELIEVE AS AMERICANS AND MAYBE BOTH PARTIES, I'M NOT SURE, THAT THE FREE MARKET CAN ACTUALLY SOLVE HEALTH CARE PROBLEMS.
3:22THERE'S NOT ANOTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD THAT ATTEMPTS TO DO IT THIS WAY. THE LAWYERS OF BUREAUCRACY AND NONSENSE TO GET BASIC CARE IS JUST RIDICULOUS. I MEAN, I KNOW THE DRUG SIDE OF THINGS AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT DRUG PRICES ARE NOT COMING DOWN. OLD DRUGS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET THAT DON'T COST ANYTHING TO MAKE, SURE, THEY COME DOWN.
3:47AT THE CRITICAL ONES THAT ARE SAVING LIVES, ONCOLOGY AND RHEUMATOLOGY AND AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, ALL THESE AREAS ARE EXPENSIVE DRUGS TO MAKE. THOSE PRICES ARE NOT COMING DOWN, THEY ARE GOING HIGHER BECAUSE THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A BETTER DRUG THAT IS GOING TO BE EASIER TO ADMINISTER OR WHATEVER. THAT'S NOT THE PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE MEDICAL SYSTEM, THE INSURANCE SYSTEM, THE DRUG SYSTEM, THEY ARE ALL PROFIT-BASED.
4:24IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOME SORT OF SAFEGUARD FOR ENSURING PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
4:32I DON'T KNOW WHETHER ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ACTUALLY KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT MEDICINE OR ANYTHING ABOUT SCIENCE OR ABOUT ACTUALLY HANDLING COMPLEX PROBLEMS BUT I SEE ABSOLUTE IDIOCY. HOST: LET'S GET A RESPONSE TO THAT.
4:46WE WILL BREAK AWAY HERE TO GO LIVE TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN NEW YORK WHERE OPENAI CEO SAM ALTMAN AND ANTHROPIC CEO -- OUR BRIEFING DELEGATIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE.
5:01PROFESSOR CO-CHAIR OF THE U.N. INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT PANEL ON AI. MR. SAM ALTMAN, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OPENAI.
5:18AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER HUGGING FACE. IT IS SO DECIDED. THE SECURITY COUNCIL WILL NOW BEGIN ITS CONSIDERATION OF ITEM TWO OF THE AGENDA. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR.
5:41MR. PRESIDENT, EXCELLENCIES, FIRST OF ALL I WOULD LIKE TO THINK FRED FOR HAVING CONVENED THIS MEETING. A MOMENT OF GLOBAL AWAKENING. IN RECENT MONTHS, AI AGENTS DEVELOPED BY LEADING COMPANIES HAVE ACTED IN UNACCEPTABLY DANGEROUS WAYS AGAINST INSTRUCTIONS. THEY TOOK ACTIONS THAT WOULD BE CRIMES IF COMMITTED BY A HUMAN. THEY ESCAPE THEIR INDIVIDUAL INTENDED TO CHEAT ON ASSIGNED TASKS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO EVADE DETECTION.
6:22THE UNCONTROLLED AI AGENT AUTONOMOUSLY LAUNCHED COORDINATED CYBER ATTACKS AND ALTERED THEIR ANSWERS TO HIDE THEIR CHEATING. THE COMPANIES BUILDING THE MOST POWERFUL AI SYSTEMS ADMIT THEIR PRODUCTS POSE CATASTROPHIC RISKS, YET OFFER NO CONVINCING TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS. INSTEAD, THEY SAY THEY ARE LOCKED IN A RACE TO MAKE THOSE AIS EVEN MORE POWERFUL, FURTHER AMPLIFYING THESE RISK.
6:50THIS COUNCIL FACES AN UNPRECEDENTED THREAT, ONE THAT NONE OF ITS MEMBERS WOULD CHOOSE THAT NONE CAN CONTAIN ALONE AND THAT DOES NOT RESPECT THE BORDERS WE DEFEND. MANY ARE SKEPTICAL OF THESE COMPANY STATEMENTS, SUSPECTING A MARKETING STUNT. I UNDERSTAND THE DISTRUST. BUT LET ME BE CLEAR. THESE AI BEHAVIORS ARE WELL -DOCUMENTED AND VALIDATED BY MANY INDEPENDENT EXPERTS. THE DANGERS ARE REAL AND IMMINENT. ALTHOUGH THE FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN AND DEBATED, THE SEVERITY OF THESE RISKS IS EXTRAORDINARY.
7:44CITIZENS AND GOVERNMENTS SHOULD NOT ACCEPT THE COMPANY'S CLAIM THAT THEY ARE TRAPPED IN A RACE. THE RACE IS NOT A LAW OF NATURE, IT IS A PRODUCT OF CHOICES. CHOICES MADE BY THE COMPANIES THEMSELVES. IT IS ALSO A RACE WHERE EVERYONE LOSES. THEY'VE TOLD US THEY WOULD SLOW DOWN IF THEY COULD.
8:10HOWEVER, WE SHOULDN'T COUNT ON IT. DECISIONS ABOUT THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE BEING MADE BY A SMALL GROUP IN A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES. OUR FUTURE, ALL OF US, OUR FUTURE IS AT STAKE. DECISIONS THAT AFFECT US ALL SHOULD BE MADE BY US ALL. THE CHOICE IS STILL HOURS, BUT WE MUST ACT NOW TO CORRECT THE TRAJECTORY. I'M ENCOURAGED BY THIS WEEK'S STATEMENTS BY U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL AND LEADERS OF MANY COUNTRIES CALLING FOR CONTROL OF FRONTIER AI.
8:50INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IS WHAT WE WILL NEED IN THE FACE OF THREE GLOBAL THREATS FROM ADVANCES IN THESE FRONTIER MODELS.
9:01FIRST, CATASTROPHIC MISUSE.
9:06SECOND, POWER CONCENTRATION.
9:09THIRD, LOSS OF CONTROL OF AI. WE MUST AGREE COLLECTIVELY THAT NO ONE, NO COMPANY AND NO COUNTRY SHOULD DEVELOP AN AI SYSTEM THAT COULD CAUSE LARGE-SCALE HARM. DEVELOPERS MUST DEMONSTRATE TO INDEPENDENT EXPERTS THAT A SYSTEM IS SAFE TO TRAIN AND SAFE TO DEPLOY. IT MUST MONITOR AND REPORT ALL SECURITY INCIDENTS. FRONTIER AI SHOULD BE LICENSED AND OTHER CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN MEDICINE, AVIATION AND NUCLEAR ENERGY TO INCENTIVIZE SAFE DEVELOPMENT.
9:49AS IN THESE DOMAINS, LIABILITY INSURANCE SHOULD BE REQUIRED. THE COMPANIES DEVELOPING AND HOSTING FRONTIER SYSTEMS MUST PROVE TO THE PUBLIC THAT THE PRODUCTS WILL NOT BE DANGEROUS. MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE RIGHTLY WORRIED ABOUT RECENT ADVANCES IN AI. WE MUST CHANNEL THAT CONCERN INTO PRODUCTIVE ACTION. AS WITH OTHER WORLD CHANGING TECHNOLOGIES, WE CAN SHAPE THE OUTCOME. I AM CONFIDENT WE CAN CREATE AI THAT DEMONSTRABLY REMAINS UNDER OUR CONTROL AND SUPPORTS HUMAN JOY AND ENDEAVOR.
10:29I'M WORKING TOWARD THAT GOAL. IT IS AN URGENT MISSION FOR HUMANITY. TODAY, A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES AND COUNTRIES ARE ACTING IN THEIR SELF-INTEREST BY TAKING RECKLESS RISKS WITH HUMANITY'S FATE. IT IS ALARMING, YES. BUT IT IS NOT INEVITABLE. THERE ARE WAYS TO FIX THIS. FIRST, WE NEED TRUE SCIENTIFIC INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COMPANIES. WHICH MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THIS INCLUDES A COMMON DEFINITION OF AI INCIDENTS AND A SHARED RECORDING MECHANISM.
11:09SECOND, WE MUST MOVE FROM CONCENTRATED POWER TOWARD REAL, GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON HOW THIS TECHNOLOGY IS DEVELOPED FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD. THIRD, WE MUST WORK TOGETHER ON TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS THAT MAKE AI SAFE BY DESIGN, GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. I KNOW TRUST WITHIN THIS COUNCIL IS FRAGILE, BUT I ALSO KNOW THIS. THE RACE THREATENS EVERY NATION. I OFTEN DESCRIBED OUR SITUATION AS A CAR SPEEDING BLINDLY INTO THE DENSE FOG.
11:52BESIDE ME IN THAT CAR ARE MY CHILDREN AND MY GRANDSON. I WORRY ABOUT THEM. I WORRY ABOUT THEIR FUTURE. I AM NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PARENT OR GRANDPARENT. A MOTHER IN SHANGHAI ONCE HER SONS TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WHERE AI IMPROVE THEIR LIVES, NOT --. IF OTHER IN CHICAGO ONCE HIS DAUGHTERS TO THRIVE BECAUSE OF AI, NOT TO SUFFER ITS HARMS. OUR HOPES AND CONCERNS ARE THE SAME IN EVERY NATION.
12:30HUMANITY HAS SUMMONED THE COURAGE AND WISDOM TO MANAGE CATASTROPHIC RISKS BEFORE. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS. FAR BIGGER THAN ANY PERSONAL, COMMERCIAL OR NATIONAL INTERESTS.
12:48I THANK HIM FOR HIS BRIEFING.
12:53I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR. SAM ALTMAN.
12:55THANK YOU, MR. AND YOUR EXCELLENCIES.
12:59I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ALL. WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR YEARS, BUT IT FEELS DIFFERENT IN RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS. RAPID METAL PROGRESS HAS MADE THE TIMELINE FEEL MORE COMPRESSED, THE UPSIDE MORE TANGIBLE BUT ALSO THE RISKS MORE IMMEDIATE. WE HAVE A CHOICE IN FRONT OF US.
13:20AI CAN EITHER BE MORE LIKE A NEW RENAISSANCE OF CREATIVITY AND DISCOVERY FOR MORE LIKE A NEW INSTAL REVOLUTION OF UPHEAVAL AND DISARRAY. THE RENAISSANCEAS TIME NEW TOOLS, NEW I AND NEW INSTITUTIONS EXPANDED WHAT PEOPLE BELIEVED THEY COULD DO. AI CAN PLAY THAT ROLE FOR OUR TIME. I BELIEVE THE PEOPLE ARE MUCH MORE CAPABLE THAN THEY IMAGINE THEMSELVES TO BE, BUT HAVE BEEN HELD BACK BY LIMITED TECHNOLOGY THAT DISTRACTS AND OFTEN STEALS ATTENTION.
13:49THE BEST VERSION OF AI IS NOT ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE COGS IN A GIANT MACHINE OR OPTIMIZING EVERY PART OF LIFE UNTIL HUMANS DISAPPEAR. IT IS ABOUT GIVING PEOPLE MORE AGENCY IN AN EVER MORE COMPLEX WORLD, MORE ABILITY TO LEARN AND TO CREATE, DISCOVER, BUILD. THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT AI CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DO. AI SHOULD BE BILLED FOR PEOPLE NOT TO TURN THE CRANK OF THE MACHINES FASTER FOR THEIR OWN SAKE.
14:20SOME ARE SO DYSTOPIAN THAT THEY SUBLET THE PLOT OF BAD SCIENCE FICTION MOVIES. ANYTHING THIS POWERFUL IS ALSO INTIMIDATING. THIS MOMENT IS COMPLICATED AS WE FEEL BOTH TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL AND VERY UNDERSTANDABLE ANXIETY AT THE SAME TIME. THESE MODELS CAN HELP PEOPLE DISCOVER NEW KNOWLEDGE, NEW MEDICINES AND BUILD MORE PRODUCTIVE ECONOMIES. THEY CAN BE NEW TOOLS FOR PEOPLE TO PURSUE DREAMS AND AMBITIONS THAT TODAY FEEL OUT OF REACH.
14:46THE COMPLEXITY OF LIFE HAS INCREASED SO DRAMATICALLY FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON. AI CAN BE A DEFENSIVE TOOL AGAINST THIS COMPLEXITY AS MUCH AS IT CAN BE THE STOOL OF UNPRECEDENTED DISCOVERY AND INNOVATION. ON THE OTHER HAND, AS AI SYSTEMS BECOME MORE CAPABLE AND MORE AUTONOMOUS, THEY CAN MOVE FASTER THAN OUR INSTITUTIONS, POWER INTO TOO FEW HANDS OR MAKE DECISIONS THAT PEOPLE NO LONGER UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONTROL.
15:13THAT CONCERN BECOMES ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT AS WE APPROACH SYSTEMS THAT CAN IMPROVE THEMSELVES IN FUTURE VERSIONS OF THEMSELVES. AT THE PROCESS OF BUILDING AI BECOMES MORE AUTOMATED, THE PACE OF PROGRESS COULD ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. THIS MOMENT CALLS FOR EXTREME CARE. I LARGELY AGREE ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY TWO INSTEAD OF THREE. I BELIEVE THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT AI CAN PROGRESS THAT WE HAVE TO AVOID. FIRST, WE COULD LOSE CONTROL OF THE FUTURE TO AI.
15:46THE RISK IS THAT IT MOVES SO FAST THAT PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER FOLLOW WHAT IS HAPPENING OR INTERVENE WHEN NEEDED. THIS WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE TERRIBLE. BEING COMPANIES IN THE COMPETITIVE RACE IS NOT A REASON TO MAKE RASH DECISIONS. WE HAVE SLOWED DOWN IN THE PAST, WE WILL DO SO IN THE FUTURE. WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT EVERYONE AVOIDS BUILDING SYSTEMS WHEN I CANNOT MAKE THE ALIGNMENT SAFETY GUARANTEES THAT WE MUST.
16:19WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SYSTEMS ARE DOING AND HAVE STRONG EVIDENCE THAT THEY WILL DO WHAT WE INTEND EVEN IF THEY GET VERY, VERY SMART. ESPECIALLY AS THEY HAVE VERY, VERY SMART. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER PEOPLE BUT THE RISK AT 10% OR 1%, NONE OF THESE LEVELS ARE REMOTELY ACCEPTABLE AND WE SHOULD NOT TRAIN MODELS THAT WE CANNOT TAKE EXTREMELY STRONG CASE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO KEEP UNDER HUMAN CONTROL.
16:43SO THAT IS ONE WAY THINGS CAN GO WRONG. AND THE OTHER DIRECTION, THESE ASSISTANTS COULD CONCENTRATE TOO MUCH POWER. NO ONE PERSON OR COMPANY OR COUNTRY SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE MOST POWERFUL AI TO IMPOSE THEIR WORLDVIEW ON EVERYONE ELSE. THE COMPANY OR COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES ONLY IN THIS TECHNOLOGY CAN USE THAT BELIEF TO JUSTIFY ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE. WE HAVE TO REJECT THE LOGIC EVEN WHEN IT IS CONVENIENT.
17:09I BELIEVE THERE IS A PRAGMATIC PATH FOR BOTH OF THESE. AT OPENAI, WE APPROACH THESE QUESTIONS WITH A CLEAR GOAL. AI SHOULD GIVE PEOPLE MORE POWER OVER THEIR OWN LIVES, MORE FREEDOM TO LIVE LIFE THE WAY THEY WANT TO, MORE ABILITY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES. WE DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO THE TRAP OF BLIND OPTIMISM OR OF DOOMISM.
17:35GETTING PULLED INTO EITHER EXTREME OF NOT HELP US, ESPECIALLY AT A TIME WHEN THE WORLD OF PEOPLE FACE THE PEOPLE CHALLENGES THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP SOLVE. SO WE TRY TO WALK THE MIDDLE PATH. FOR US, THAT MEANS THREE PRINCIPLES. FIRST, AS AI BECOMES MORE CAPABLE, PEOPLE MUST REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF AI DECISION-MAKING.
17:57ALIGNMENT IS NOT AN ABSTRACT QUESTION, IT IS THE WORK OF ENSURING THE SYSTEMS REMAIN UNDER OUR CONTROL, REFLECT HUMAN VALUES, AND HELP PEOPLE GUIDE THE NEXT STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO -- SECOND, THE BENEFITS OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH MUST BE MY PEOPLE AND FOR PEOPLE. AI SHOULD HELP TEACHERS TEACH STUDENTS, COMMUNITIES SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT FELT OUT OF REACH, AND MUCH MORE.
18:27THE CONTINUOUS STORY OF HUMAN PROGRESS IS THAT THE RIGHT TOOLS MAKE PEOPLE MORE CAPABLE AND I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO GO MUCH FURTHER THAN WE BELIEVE POSSIBLE. THIRD, THIS TECHNOLOGY MUST EMPOWER PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY. A GREAT FEATURE WILL COME FROM PEOPLE UTILIZING THEIR POTENTIAL AND BUILDING VALUE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR COMMUNITIES. OUR ROLE IS TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO TRUST IN THE MAGIC OF HUMANITIES SKILL AND FACULTIES.
19:02WE NOW HAVE MODELS CAPABLE OF DISCOVERING KNOWLEDGE THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE. CONSIDER THE PROGRESS WE'VE SEEN IN MATH. THREE SUMMERSAGO ARE MARGARET -- MODELS WERE OK A GRADE SCHOOL MATH. TWO SUMMERS, THEY WERE PRETTY GOOD AT ICE CLEMENT COMPETITIONS. LAST SUMMER WE REACHED A GOLD-MEDAL AND THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS INTERNATIONAL MATH COMPETITION. JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO THIS SUMMER, ONE OF HER MODELS SOLVED ONE OF THE MILLENNIUM PRICE PROBLEMS.
19:29THESE EQUATIONS ARE USED FOR AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND FORECASTING, THE STUDY OF BLOOD FLOW. WE ARE SOLVING THEIR PROBLEMS TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO DISCOVER NEW KNOWLEDGE AND TO USE IT TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE, RAISE STANDARDS OF LIVING AND EXPAND EVERYONE'S POTENTIAL AROUND THE WORLD. THERE REMAINED SO MUCH TO BE DISCOVERED. BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT COMPANIES ARE NOT SUBSTITUTIONS. IF AI IS TO BE DEMOCRATIC THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS CANNOT BE MADE BY SAN FRANCISCO ALONE.
20:00THEY MUST BE SHAPED BY DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND BY GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL THIS WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATION. IN OUR HISTORY THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE COUNTRIES DON'T ALWAYS LIKE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH AND STILL COME TOGETHER FOR SHARED INTEREST IN THE COLLECTIVE GOOD IN THE FACE OF THE POWERFUL NEW TECHNOLOGY. WE BELIEVE THIS MUST BE ONE OF THOSE TIMES. WE NEED A MECHANISM FOR COMPLEMENTARY NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FRONTIER.
20:26STANDARD FOR MEASURING CAPABILITIES, ASSESSING RISKS, DETERMINING WHETHER SAFEGUARDS ARE SUFFICIENT IN PRESERVING MEANINGFUL HUMAN OVERSIGHT AS SYSTEMS BECOME MORE AUTONOMOUS. COUNTRIES CAN COMPARE EVIDENCE, VERIFY COMPLIANCE AND HAVE SHARED LANGUAGE AND UNDERSTANDING. WE NEED ACCURATE AND SPEEDY REPORTING, CLASSIFICATION PROTOCOLS TO THE WORLD CAN LEARN FROM FAILURES BEFORE THEY BECOME CATASTROPHES. AND WE NEED SECURE CHANNELS AMONG GOVERNMENTS, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS TO SHARE EMERGING VULNERABILITIES AND NEW THREATS.
21:02OBVIOUSLY, THESE STANDARDS SHOULD NOT FAVOR ONE BUSINESS MODEL OR ANOTHER. THEY MUST SUPPORT OPEN AND CLOSE DEVELOPERS, NATIONAL AUTHORITY AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. EACH GOVERNMENT SHOULD DECIDE HOW TO INCORPORATE STANDARDS INTO ITS LEGAL SYSTEM BUT WE WILL ALL BE BETTER OFF IF WE CAN AGREE ON WHAT GOOD EVIDENCE, GOOD SAFEGUARDS IN GOOD OVERSIGHT LOOK LIKE ON THE GLOBAL STAGE. WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND WE ARE VERY OPEN TO ANY BETTER IDEAS.
21:31YOU'RE READY TO WORK WITH THE WALL AND TRY OUR HARDEST TO FIGURE OUT THE PATH. WE ARE AT A CROSSROADS. ONE PATH LEADS TO A WORLD WHERE POWER IS CONCENTRATED, DECISIONS ARE OPAQUE AND PEOPLE FEEL THE MOST IMPORTANT TECHNOLOGY OF THEIR LIFETIME IS SIMPLY BEING DONE TO THEM. THE OTHER PATH LEADS TO A WORLD WHERE AI WORKS FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE PEOPLE, THROUGH DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, HELP DECIDE HOW WE SHOULD DEVELOP AND GUIDE IT.
21:57SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND FOR HIS REAL LIVES, OR MORE PEOPLE CAN STAY IN THE FUTURE AND WHERE THIS TECHNOLOGY IS TO GET INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES GREATER POWER TO LIVE LIFE AS THEY CHOOSE. THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT HAS EXCITEMENT AND WONDER IN THE FUTURE WE BELIEVE IS WORTH BUILDING.
22:12I THINK MR. ALTMAN FOR HIS BRIEFING.
22:17I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR.
22:23I'D LIKE TO THANK FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING, THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK. AI IS ADVANCING VERY QUICKLY. FOUR YEARS AGO IT COULD BARELY WRITE A LINE OF CODE OR SOLVE HIGH SCHOOL MATH PROBLEMS. TODAY IT WRITES MOST OF THE CODE AT ANTHROPIC INSULTS WORLD-FAMOUS ON SOLVE MATH PROBLEMS.
22:42THE TRAJECTORY ONLY NEEDS TO CONTINUE FOR A TINY PERIOD LONGER, ONE OR TWO YEARS, TO REACH WHAT I'VE CALLED A COUNTRY OF GENIUSES IN A DATA CENTER. THIS RAPID PACE OF PROGRESS WILL PRODUCE INCREDIBLE BENEFIT FOR THE WORLD. JUST TODAY ANTHROPIC ANNOUNCED THE DISCOVERY OF A NEW MOLECULAR MACHINE. IT IS A POLEMIC AREA FINDING BUT IT CONSTITUTE A NEW GE NE-EDITING MECHANISM.
23:06CLAUDE LED THE LITERATURE REVIEW THEORIZING EXPERIMENT DESIGN IN HUMANS VERIFY THE EXPERIMENTS IN THE LAB. WE BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF APPLICATION WILL ACCELERATE RAPIDLY IN THE YEARS AHEAD, AND THAT WE CAN MAKE PREVENT PROGRESS IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON DISEASES THAT HAVE PLAGUED HUMANITY FOR MILLENNIA. THESE REMARKABLE CAPABILITIES ALSO COME WITH RISKS THAT MUST BE MANAGED. I SEE TWO MAIN CATEGORIES OF RISK. THE FIRST IS MISUSE OF AI MODELS. MISUSE BY BIOTERRORIST TO CREATE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
23:41THE SECOND IS LOSS OF CONTROL. MODEL CAPABILITIES ACCELERATING BEYOND DEVELOPERS ABILITY TO CONTROL. THESE QUESTIONS ARE GLOBAL IN SCOPE AND CONCERN ALL OF HUMANITY. THEY ARE GREAT ENOUGH THAT I BELIEVE THEY ARE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR THIS COUNSEL, NOT JUST FOR ECONOMIC INDUSTRIES. IF MANAGED POORLY, I EVEN BELIEVE AI COULD BE A RISK TO HUMANITY AS A WHOLE.
24:04AT ANTHROPIC, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BEST TRACK RECORD IN THE INDUSTRY FOR PREVENTING THESE BOTH OPERATIONALLY AND IN OUR RESEARCH. WE TEST EVERY MODEL FOR DANGEROUS CAPABILITIES IN AREAS LIKE CYBERSECURITY AND BIOLOGY. WE PUT STRONG SAFEGUARDS ON MOST PEOPLE MODELS AND WE PUBLISH OUR WORK IN THESE AREAS. WE HAVE PIONEERED RESEARCH IN AREAS LIKE MECHANISTIC INTERPRETABILITY AND ALIGNMENT SIGNS THAT IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO STEER AND CONTROL OUR MODELS.
24:32WE ALSO HAVE UNPARALLELED TRANSPARENCY PRACTICES RELEASING RISK REPORTS THAT RUN HUNDREDS OF PAGES. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT AS AI MODELS BECOME MORE POWERFUL, EVEN MORE STRINGENT STANDARDS OF SAFETY WILL BE REQUIRED, AND WE ARE ALWAYS AIMING TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY AND ALIGNMENT PRACTICES, OUR ABILITY TO PREVENT MISUSE, AND WE ARE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO BETTER.
24:56WE WILL SLOW DOWN AS MUCH AS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY SUCCESSIVE AI TECHNOLOGY THAT WE RELEASE IS ACTUALLY SAFE. BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO, MANAGING THESE RISKS IS ULTIMATELY BIGGER THAN ANY ONE COMPANY. ON SEPTEMBER 12, I CALLED FOR A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO PACE THE FRONTIER.
25:20NOT TO STOP AI PROGRESS, BUT TO WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THE INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD CAN PROCEED AT A RATE WHERE WE CAN BE SURE THAT SAFETY KEEPS UP WITH CAPABILITY FOR EVERYONE IN THE INDUSTRY. THIS CALL HAD THREE PARTS. FIRST, WE COMMITTED TO EMBED EXTERNAL EVALUATORS INSIDE ANTHROPIC SIMILAR TO A FOOD INSPECTOR, AND WE RECOMMENDED THAT OTHER COMPANIES ACROSS THE WORLD DO THE SAME. SOME HAVE ALREADY AGREED TO ADOPT THIS MEASURE.
25:53SECOND, WE CALL FOR COOPERATION ACROSS THE INDUSTRY TO SET STANDARDS AND MODULATE THE PACE OF PROGRESS. AND FINALLY, BECAUSE FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION ACROSS THE WORLD BETWEEN GOVERNMENTS TO SET INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS. IS THIS LAST AREA THAT MOST SQUARELY FALLS WITHIN THIS COUNSEL. I WANT TO OFFER THREE IDEAS IN THIS REGARD.
26:15FIRST, WE SHOULD BEGIN WITH NARROW AGREEMENTS THAT EVERY MEMBER CAN SUPPORT, SUCH AS A BAN ON USING AI TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS OR COMMITTING YOUR TECHNOLOGIES TO BE USED TO MAKE BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. SECOND, WE SHOULD BUILD EVALUATION AND VERIFICATION SYSTEMS THAT KEEP PACE WITH AI DEVELOPMENT SO THAT STATES CAN HAVE VISIBILITY INTO FRONTIER MODEL CAPABILITY AND CAN VERIFY EACH OTHER'S COMMITMENTS.
26:48THIRD, WE SHOULD ESTABLISH COMMON GLOBAL STANDARDS FOR TESTING AI MODELS FOR LOSS OF CONTROL RISKS AND MISUSE RISKS, AND A NOTIFICATION SYSTEM FOR AI INCIDENTS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO GLOBAL SECURITY. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GLOBAL SECURITY ISSUE FACING THE WORLD TODAY. FOR ALL THE DIFFERENCES OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM, WE MUST PUT ASIDE THOSE DIFFERENCES IN ORDER TO CONFRONT THIS GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY AND GLOBAL THREAT.
27:21NO LEADER, NO COMPANY AND NO NATION CAN MANAGE THIS ALONE. WE COMMIT TO WORKING WITH GOVERNMENTS IN THIS ROOM ON THE SURGEON WORK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
27:30I THANK HIM FOR HIS BRIEFING.
27:35I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR. --.
27:39MR. PRESIDENT, MEMBERS, AS A FRENCH NATIONAL WHO MOVED TO THE U.S. 15 YEARS AGO WITH TWO AMERICAN DAUGHTERS, I -- DAILY BASIS -- FOR THE CHALLENGING WORK -- I'M ALSO THE COFOUNDER AND CEO OF -- ONE OF THE MOST
28:04WIDELY -- AND AGENTS -- OPEN SOURCE MODELS --. THIS JULY WE WERE THE FIRST COMPANY TO PUBLICLY -- THOMAS AGED CYBERATTACK TO THE WORLD AND TODAY, I WANT TO SHARE THREE CRITICAL LESSONS. FIRST, WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT WE NEED MORE TRANSPARENCY IN AI. I OFTEN WONDER -- DECIDED NOT TO -- THIS ATTACK. ESPECIALLY NOW THAT WE KNOW SIMILAR INCIDENTS HAVE BEEN HAPPENING MONTHS EARLIER IN SEQUENCE WITH A HANDFUL OF FRONTIER LABS.
28:50TO BETTER UNDERSTAND AND MITIGATE THESE EMERGING CYBERSECURITY RISKS, THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY NEEDS STRONGER STANDARDS FOR MONITORING AND INCIDENT DISCLOSURE. FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH MANDATORY SHARING OF AGED RISKS. WE LEARNED THIS SUMMER THAT BUILDING AND KEEPING SOME OF THESE SYSTEMS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS IS NOT -- SECOND, WE REALIZE THAT THE BIGGEST RISK IS NOT POWERFUL AI, IT IS SYMMETRY OF POWER AI. ASYMMETRY BETWEEN ATTACKERS AND DEFENDERS, BETWEEN A FEW COMPANIES AND EVERYONE ELSE.
29:31BETWEEN A FEW COUNTRIES AND THE REST OF THE WORLD. ASYMMETRY OF CONTROL OF CAPABILITIES, ASYMMETRY OF POWER. LOT TEST SO WE COULDN'T USE THEM BECAUSE THEY CAN'T ALWAYS TELL THE DIFFERENCE. I REALIZE THAT THESE THE CARDS CAN PUT DEFENDERS AT A DISADVANTAGE. ATTACKERS CAN EASILY JAILBREAK THEM. INCREASING THE ASYMMETRY OF CAPABILITIES.
30:10IN OUR CASE, AS WE BLOCKED BY GUARD RAILS, FORTUNATELY, WE COD E THE NVIDIA VERSION OF THE OPEN-SOURCE MODEL COMING FROM CHINA, AND WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR THAT. IT REINFORCED HER CONVICTION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN SOURCED AI.
30:35CYBER ATTACKS AND RISKS MAY INCREASINGLY COME FROM PROPRIETARY MODELS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, WHILE MUCH OF THE DEFENDANTS MAY END UP BEING POWERED BY OPEN SOURCE TOOLS BECAUSE THEY ARE LESS RESTRICTED AND MORE PRIVACY PRESERVING, AND ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR ORGANIZATIONS. THE WORLD NEEDS OPEN SOURCE AI MORE THAN EVER TO DEFEND ITSELF.
31:01THIS APPLIESOT ONLY TO CYBERSECURITY, BUT TO AIN GENERAL, WHERE THERE HAS NEVER BE A GREATER NEED TO DISTRIBUTE CAPABILITIES, RESOURCES, AND CONTROL, RATHER THAN CONCENTRATE IT IN THE HANDS OF THE FEW. DURING THIS CYBER ATTACK, WE LEARN HOW AI CAN INSTILL FEAR AMONG THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY THROUGH ANSWER ORPHIC FRAMING AND SCI-FI IMAGERY.
31:28WE STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT FEAR-BASED NARRATIVES ARE NOT THE WAY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SUCH A FOUNDATIONAL AND EMPOWERING TECHNOLOGY, OR BRING THE PUBLIC ALONG WITH US. EVEN THOUGH WE WERE THE VICTIMS OF THIS CYBERATTACK, WE BELIEVE MORE STRONGLY THAN EVER THAT AI WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO CYRSECURITY AND MAKE THE WORLD SAFER, JUST AS TECHNOLOGY BEFORE IT. WE WERE ATTACKED BY AI, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE DEFENDED OURSELVES WITH AI.
32:05THE SAME SYSTEMS THAT HELPED US DURING THIS ATTACK ARE NOW HELPING US AGAINST CYBER ATTACKS WE WERE ALREADY FACING. IT IS ALSO HELPING US FIX THE BUGS AND WEAKNESSES IN OUR SYSTEMS BEFORE ANY ATTACK. THE SAME WHY AI IS HELPING OPENAI FIX THEIR SANDBOXES TO PREVENT THIS. WE CAN MAKE CYBERSECURITY FUNDAMENTALLY AND MEANINGFULLY STRONGER IF WE KEEP THE RIGHT INCENTIVES, TO DEFENDERS MORE THAN ATTACKERS, AND DON'T INCREASE THE ASYMMETRY BETWEEN THEM.
32:47THAT IS WITH AN IMPACT IN HEALTH CARE AND MUCH MORE THAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. IN CLOSING, I WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THIS FIRST AGENT CYBERATTACK -- THE NEED FOR MORE TRANSPARENCY IN AI, MORE OPEN SOURCE TO FIGHT ASYMMETRY AND EMPOWER COUNTRIES BIG AND SMALL. THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL AND MR. BARROW FOR INVITING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. THE COMMUNITY AND MYSELF ARE AT YOUR DISPOSAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
33:23I THANK MR. DELONG FOR HIS BRIEFING.
33:32I WILL NOW SPEAK AS THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR FRANCE. MINISTERS, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, 60 YEARS AGO, IN 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY, STANLEY KUBRICK IMAGINED HOW -- HELL 9000, AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT STOPPED OBEYING ITS CREATORS AND WHICH ELIMINATED MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF THE SPACESHIP IN WHICH IT WAS LOCATED IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH ITS MISSION.
33:59FOR A LONG TIME, THIS SCENE BELONG TO THE ROLE OF SCIENCE FICTION, BUT THE SUMMER IT NEARLY BECAME A REALITY WHEN OPENAI MODEL CIRCUMVENTED THE CONTROLS ISOLATING THEM FROM THE INTERNET, COORDINATED AMONGST THEMSELVES, AND COMPROMISED PARTS OF HUGGING FACE'S INFRASTRUCTURE. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, ANTHROPIC AGENTS COLLABORATED, WITHOUT BEING INSTRUCTED BY ANY HUMAN TO DO SO, AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY MALICIOUS CODE BY CREATING FAKE IDENTITIES.
34:32YES, THE SCALING UP OF AI MODELS HAVE LED TO THE EMERGENCE OF UNANTICIPATED CAPACITIES AT AN UNEXPECTED PACE, WHICH POSE RISKS TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. THAT IS WHY FRANCE HAS CONVENED THIS MEETING OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL, AND INVITED THE HEADS OF THE MAIN COMPANIES CONCERNED. TECHNOLOGY, AS I HAVE SAID, HAS REACHED A LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD KNOW DIRECTLY IMPACT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. IT THEREFORE FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THIS COUNCIL.
35:09AGENTS ARE OPERATING WITHOUT HUMAN OVERSIGHT. OTHERS ARE OPERATING BEYOND THE FRAMEWORK IN WHICH THEY WERE TESTED. WITH THESE NEW CAPABILITIES COMES A FIRST RISK THAT WE MIGHT LOSE CONTROL OF THE SYSTEMS THAT WE HAVE CREATED, A RISK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN POINTED OUT BY THE PREVIOUS PREFERS. THE SECOND RISK STEMS FROM HUMANITY ITSELF.
35:32ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN MAKE COMPLEX TECHNICAL SKILLS, DUAL USE SKILLS, MORE ACCESSIBLE IN THE CYBER, BIOLOGICAL, AND CHEMICAL DOMAINS, AS WELL AS THE FIELD OF DISINFORMATION. THE THIRD RISK RELATES TO AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS CAPABLE OF LETHAL FORCE WITHOUT HUMAN CONTROL.
35:50WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE MILITARY DOMAIN MAY OFFER POSITIVE OPPORTUNITIES, AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC STATED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY, THE CHALLENGES REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, AND PARTICULARLY -- PARTICULAR USE OF LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS, ILLUSTRATE THE NEED TO AGREE ON A COMMON FRAMEWORK. ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRE THAT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ALSO ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES THAT AI POSES TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.
36:32THESE CHALLENGES ALSO LEAD TO THE QUESTION NOW BEING RAISED BY THE INDUSTRY ITSELF AS WELL AS ITS MAIN REPRESENTATIVES -- HOW CAN WE PREVENT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MOST ADVANCED MODELS FROM OUTPACING OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND MANAGE THE RISKS THEY CREATE?
36:49FRANCE IS CONVINCED OF THE IMMENSE POSSIBILITIES OFFERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. WHEN USED RESPONSIBLY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, ACCESS TO JUSTICE, HEALTH CARE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, AND CREATE COLOSSAL BENEFITS FOR ALL OF HUMANITY, BUT IN ORDER FOR THESE POSSIBILITIES TO BECOME A REALITY, ADVANCES IN THESE CAPABILITIES MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY EQUIVALENT PROGRESS IN OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND, ASSESS, AND MANAGE THE RISKS THAT GIVE RISE TO THEM. BOTH MUST ADVANCE AT THE SAME PACE.
37:29WE MUST ALSO TAKE THE TIME TO ASSESS THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPREAD OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR HUMAN DIGNITY, A PRINCIPAL ENSHRINED AT THE HEART OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER. AND INDEED, THE RAPID PACE OF TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT RAISES RISKS THAT WE CAN NO LONGER IGNORE. FINANCIAL RISK LEFT SOLELY TO THE WHIMS OF THE INTERNET -- OF THE INVISIBLE HAND OF THE MARKET WITH MASSIVE DEBT TO FINANCE COLOSSAL INVESTMENTS. THE AI BUBBLE COULD SERIOUSLY DESTABILIZE THE GLOBAL ECONOMY.
38:06THERE IS THE SOCIAL RISK, AS YOU POINT OUT IN THE REPORT, OF THE INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC PANEL -- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COULD IMPACT THE LABOR MARKET DEEPLY AND EXACERBATE INEQUALITIES. FINALLY, THERE IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CONSUMES AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF ENERGY AND WATER RESOURCES, TO THE DETRIMENT OF OTHER USES. LET US NOT FOOL OURSELVES. OUR FELLOW CITIZENS ARE CONCERNED, AND THE PROTESTS ALREADY SPARKED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF DATA CENTERS DEMONSTRATE THIS.
38:44IF WE IGNORE THE FULL RANGE OF REPERCUSSIONS THAT THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI WILL HAVE ON OUR SOCIETIES, THE ANGER OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW AND RISK HINDERING THE ADOPTION OF POSITIVE USES OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ULTIMATELY, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL NEED TO ESTABLISH A FRAMEWORK TO MANAGE THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH FRONTIER AI MODELS. WE SUPPORT THE CALL ISSUED THIS WEEK BY NORWAY AND FINLAND. WE ARE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH.
39:18THE MANY EFFORTS NOW EMERGING ALONG EXISTING FORMS SHOULD ENABLE US TO ADDRESS MAJOR CHALLENGES -- THE CHALLENGE OF INDEPENDENTLY EVALUATING MODELS BEFORE THEY ARE MADE AVAILABLE AND THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFECYCLE, THE CHALLENGE OF ENSURING TRANSPARENCY REGARDING HOW MODELS FUNCTION, BUT ALSO HOW THEY MALFUNCTION, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY GET INTO INCIDENTS, THE CHALLENGE OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OVERSIGHT OVER MODEL FUNCTIONING, THERE IS ALIGNMENT,
39:47AND SECURITY THROUGH TRAINING. FINALLY, THE ISSUE OF IN PARTICULAR LEGAL LIABILITY OF AI COMPANIES IN THE EVENT OF AN INCIDENT, INCLUDING DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE. IT WOULD BE WRONG TO THINK THAT THE SOLUTION LIES IN CLOSED MODELS AND THEY ARE CONTROLLED BY A HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES. THE OPENNESS OF MODELS IS IN FACT A KEY DRIVER OF TRUST AND SECURITY.
40:15IT ALLOWS THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO EXAMINE HOW THEY WORK, TO IDENTIFY THEIR VULNERABILITIES, AND ISSUE GREATER DIVERSITY AMONG MODELS, WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF RESILIENCE. AS A PERMANENT MEMBER OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND A STATE THAT POSSESSES THIS TECHNOLOGY, FRANCE WILL PLAY ITS FULL PART IN BUILDING A COLLECTIVE FRAMEWORK THAT GUARANTEES OUR SECURITY WHILE ALLOWING US TO BENEFIT FROM THE IMMENSE PROGRESS THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN BRING. IN 2025, FRANCE HOSTED A SUMMIT FOR ACTION ON AI.
40:52IT SUPPORTS THE INTERNATIONAL NETWORK OF AI SAFETY INSTITUTES TO INVOLVE MORE COUNTRIES AND TO FIND A -- FIND, AND EVALUATION METHODS.
41:01FRANCE HAS ALREADY CREATED INTERNATIONAL FORUMS FOR DISCUSSIONS ON THE SUBJECT, SUCH AS THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE COALITION FOR SUSTAINABLE AI, AND THE COALITION FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS AND PROTECTION IN THE AGE OF AI, WHICH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC SPOKE ABOUT YESTERDAY IN -- CONVENED YESTERDAY IN NEW YORK, WHICH WILL MEET AGAIN DURING THE PARIS FORUM FOR PEACE.
41:28LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, BY WAY OF CONCLUSION, IN 1945, THE DAWN OF THE ATOMIC AGE, WE CONFRONTED COMMUNITY WITH A POWER WHOSE POSSIBILITIES AND PERILS IT WAS DISCOVERING SIMULTANEOUSLY. COMMUNITY HAD TO DESIGN RULES AND INSTRUMENTS COMMENSURATE WITH THAT POWER. THAT IS THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY AND THE NONPROLIFERATION TREATY. JUST AS WITH THE ATOM BACK THEN, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST NOW MAKE THE MOST OF ITS POTENTIAL AND AVERT THE WORST.
42:01WE ARE FACING A MOMENT OF THIS VERY NATURE. THE POTENTIAL FOR TRANSFORMATION AND DISRUPTION POSED BY AI, SUCH THAT IT CANNOT BE LEFT IN THE HANDS OF A FEW PRIVATE ACTORS AND A HANDFUL OF COUNTRIES. IT IS A DEMOCRATIC CHALLENGE, AND THIS IS SOMETHING TO BE TAKEN UP BY PEOPLES AND STATES.
42:20SO LET US WORK TOGETHER WITHIN THE HUMAN FRAMEWORK AND WITH THE PRIVATE SECTOR TO DEFINE THE RULES FOR THIS NEW AGE, TO STRENGTHEN OUR SAFEGUARDS WITHOUT DELAY, AND TO GOVERN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO BENEFIT OUR COLLECTIVE SECURITY. BUT ALSO THE HUMAN PERSON AND HUMAN COMMUNITY. I KNOW RESUME MY FUNCTIONS AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL AND I GIVE THE FLOOR TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF PAKISTAN.
42:49THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
42:52I THINK FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING TODAY, AND ALSO APPRECIATE THE SPEAKERS FOR THEIR INVALUABLE INSIGHTS. THIS IS TRANSFORMING ALL AREAS OF LIFE WITH DEEP IMPACT ON SOCIETIES, ECONOMIES, AND SECURITY. WITH AN OPPORTUNITY THAT IMMENSE, THERE ARE CHALLENGES. AI'S IMPACT IS SHARPLY EVIDENT IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND STABILITY. AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN COST-CUTTING, DUAL USE TECHNOLOGY, AI IS DEFINING A NEW CHAPTER OF MODERN WARFARE. THE DEBATE HAS SHIFTED.
43:41THOSE AT THE VANGUARD OF AI DEVELOPMENT HAVE THEMSELVES ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE PACE OF DEVELOPMENT OF NEW AI SYSTEMS WOULD ALTER OUR ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND CONTROL THEM. SOME HAVE CALLED FOR THE FRONTIER TO BE PLACED CAUTIOUSLY IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE POSSIBILITIES. MR. PRESIDENT, I WILL NOW MAKE FIVE POINTS. ONE, THE FOREMOST PRIORITY IS TO RETAIN HUMAN JUDGMENT IN ALL STAGES OF AI DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, AND INTERPRETATION.
44:20HUMANS MUST REMAIN IN CONTROL TO DEFINE THE STRUCTURES OF AI STRUCTURES, AND OF ITS FUTURE CAPABILITIES. TWO, WE MUST ENSURE THAT AI DOES NOT BECOME ANOTHER FACET OF THE ONGOING ARMS RACE. CONCERTED EFFORTS ARE REQUIRED TO REDIRECT THE NECESSARY GUARD RAILS, REGULATIONS, AND FRAMEWORKS. WE NEED MEASURES OF RESTRAINT AND CONFIDENCE BUILDING TO ADDRESS THE RISK OF MISCALCULATION. THREE, AI SHOULD NOT BE A MONOPOLY OF A FEW ACTORS.
45:06IT SHOULD SERVE TO ADDRESS COMMON CHALLENGES FACING HUMANITY. INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI IS CRUCIAL TO ENSURE THAT IT IS REPRESENTATIVE, COMPREHENSIVE, TRANSPARENT, AND INCLUSIVE. OR, AI IS SUPER ENCOURAGING -- IS SUPERCHARGING FAKE NEWS, CYBER ATTACKS, INCLUDING ON CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, BY STATE AND NONSTATE ACTORS. WE MUST TAKE CONCRETE ACTION TO ADDRESS THE GAPS AND CHALLENGES THAT CARRY HUGE IMPLICATIONS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY.
45:47FIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, OTHER THAN FOCUSING ON COLLECTIVE OPPORTUNITY, FOR OUR SHARED BENEFIT, SOME ARE RESOLVING TO PUT IN BARRIERS TO TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER. BUT I HAVE WITNESSED IN CASE OF OTHER TECHNOLOGIES -- THE POSSIBILITY OF AI WOULD BE REALIZED EVENTUALLY. MEASURES PURSUED IN THE NAME OF SAFETY MUST NOT BECOME INSTRUMENTS OF DENIAL OF TECHNOLOGY. MR. PRESIDENT, PAKISTAN TAKES THE CALL TO PACE THE FRONTIER SERIOUSLY. WE WELCOME THAT NO SINGLE COUNTRY OR COMPANY CAN MANAGE THESE RISKS ALONE.
46:33AND COMPETITIVE PRESSURES ARE DRIVING A RACE THAT NO ONE CAN WIN SAFELY. BUT PIECING MUST NOT BECOME A NEW FORM OF GATEKEEPING. IF THE SPEED OF THE FRONTIER IS SET BY A FEW, WHILE OTHERS ARE HELD BACK THROUGH RESTRICTIONS, ASYMMETRIES, THEN THE SAFETY AGENDA WILL TURN INTO A STRATEGY OF TECHNOLOGICAL EXCLUSION. THE RISK OF UNCONTROLLED AI WILL BE BORNE BY ALL. DECISIONS ON HOW TO MANAGE THEM CANNOT JUST REST WITH A HANDFUL OF COMPANIES OR CAPITALS.
47:14MR. PRESIDENT, TO AVOID FRAGMENTATION IN AI DEVELOPMENT, A DISCRIMINATED TORREY AGENDA IS NOT HELPFUL. IMPORTANTLY, ALL RELEVANT ISSUES CONCERNING THE DEVELOPMENT AND DEPLOYMENT OF AI, AS WELL AS ITS BROADER IMPLICATION, SHOULD BE TAKEN UP COMPREHENSIVELY IN REPRESENTATIVE AND INCLUSIVE FORUMS WITH UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION, UNDER THE U.N.
47:51WE WELCOME THE CONVENING OF THE FIRST U.N. GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON AI THIS YEAR AND IN GENERAL. MR. PRESIDENT, I INTEND TO SUPPORT ALL EFFORTS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES IN A COOPERATIVE MANNER. IN THIS RESPECT, WE WERE HAPPY TO JOIN AS FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE INITIATIVE ESTABLISHING THE WORLD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION ORGANIZATION. THIS REPRESENTS A CONCRETE STEP TOWARD PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ALL.
48:32MR. PRESIDENT, FOR SUCH A WIDE-RANGING AND FAST DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY, CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. THIS MUST BE DESIGNED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL ESCALATION AND MANAGE RISKS RELATED TO MILITARY AND FOUNDATIONAL AI SYSTEMS. THESE ARE NECESSARY FOR PEACE AND SECURITY. MR. PRESIDENT, PAKISTAN IS COMMITTED TO ENHANCE COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
49:08WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH MEMBER STATES IN EFFORTS TO HELP REACH AND PROMOTE EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL. I THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
49:22I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY FOR THE STATEMENT.
49:25I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF DENMARK.
49:30I WILL EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO FRANCE AND TO YOU FOR HAVING CONVENED WHAT I THINK IS A VERY WELL-TIMED DISCUSSION ON THIS SIGNIFICANT TOPIC. WE ALSO THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK IN THE SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON AI. WE THANK YOU MR. ALTMAN, MR. AMODEI, AS PETITIONERS AND LEADERS, FOR THE INSIGHTFUL REFLECTIONS. YOU ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NEW FRONTIER. TODAY, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS CONSTANTLY DEVELOPING AND REACHING CAPABILITIES WE ARE ONLY -- I CAN TALK FOR MYSELF.
50:14BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND. THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT AI-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGIES HAVE AFFECTED INTERNATIONAL PEACE, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THE GIANT LEAPS FORWARD IN THE CAPABILITIES OF AI. THE GROWING EMERGENCE OF AI TECHNOLOGY OFFERS THE POTENTIAL TO SUPPORT THIS COUNCIL'S MANDATE TO ENHANCE THIS BUILDING AND PEACEKEEPING THROUGH INFORMATION VERIFICATION, EARLY MORNING, AND SUPPORT OF OPERATING MISSIONS.
50:51IN AREAS WHERE THE U.N. IS DENIED ACCESS, SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY AND AI SOFTWARE PROGRAMS HAVE HELPED THE U.N. IDENTIFY PATTERNS OF ATTACKS AND DESTRUCTION OF ESSENTIAL CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. SUCH INFORMATION CAN PLAY A ROLE IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THEY CAN HELP US ALL TO TAKE TIMELY ACTION AND PREVENT CRISIS FROM ESCALATING. AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST RECOGNIZE THE RISKS PRESENTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT, USE, AND MISUSE OF NEW AND EMERGING AI TECHNOLOGY.
51:24IN PARTICULAR, FRONTIER AI MODELS AND LACK OF HUMAN CONTROL. THIS IS THE AIM BEHIND THE CALL FOR CONTROL OF FRONTIER AI MODELS INITIATED BY NORWAY AND SUPPORTED BY A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES, INCLUDING DENMARK. WE NEED COOPERATION IN THIS AGENDA. MR. PRESIDENT, ON THE ONE HAND, THERE ARE IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE IS RISK. IT DEFINES ONE OF THE MOST URGENT CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME. THAT IS WHY I THINK THIS DISCUSSION IS VERY TIMELY.
51:58OVERCOMING THESE CHALLENGES REQUIRES GLOBAL AI GOVERNANCE, STRENGTHENED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. WITHOUT WIDENING THE GLOBAL DIGITAL DIVIDE, THE U.N.'S DIALOGUE ON AI GOVERNANCE IS AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP. GOVERNANCE AND REGULATION OF AI ARE HIGH ON DENMARK'S AGENDA, INCLUDING THE REGULATION OF LARGE TECH COMPANIES. THESE EFFORTS ARE NOT BREAKS ON INNOVATION AND GROWTH. THEY ARE, I THINK, ESSENTIAL EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT TECHNOLOGY -- TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS SERVES HUMANITY.
52:40THE UNPRECEDENTED SPEED OF AI INNOVATION DEMONSTRATES THE NEED FOR SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE AI SYSTEMS REMAIN SAFE, REMAIN SECURE, AND TRUSTWORTHY. UNCONTROLLED NEW TECHNOLOGY COULD LEAD TO DANGEROUSLY HARMFUL EFFECTS. WE ARE ALREADY SEEING HOW THEY HAVE POSED NEW THREATS, INCLUDING TO THOSE WHO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT, AND ABOVE ALL THE MEDICAL MISSION. THERE IS IMPORTANCE OF ENSURING THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF AI, AND THAT THE USE OF AI IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS NATURAL ROLE.
53:17IN THIS REGARD, WE CALL ON ALL STATES TO ASSURE HUMAN CONTROL OF AI AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF AI, NOT LEAST IN THE MEDICAL DOMAIN, WHERE ACCOUNTABILITY IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL. WE CONTINUE TO PROMOTE INCLUSIVE MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACH TO AI GOVERNANCE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR MUST PLAY MEANINGFUL ROLES. THIS MUST ALWAYS INFORM OUR POLICIES. WE SEE THE INTERNATIONAL OPINION AND SCIENTIFIC PANEL AS AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO EVIDENCE-BASED AI GOVERNANCE.
54:00THE PANEL PROVIDES US WITH A COMMON SCIENTIFIC REFERENCE POINT. MR. PRESIDENT, IN CLOSING, WE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW AI CAN CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY . AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST REMAIN CLEAR RIDE OF THE SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND START PUTTING GUARDRAILS SO WE CAN MANAGE THE GLOBAL RISK.
54:34I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT -- I THANK HIS EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT AND GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR PANAMA.
54:46THANK YOU, MR. MINISTER, MR.
54:50WE THANK FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING. MOREOVER, WE THANK THE COCHAIR OF THE INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC PANEL OF THE UNITED NATIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MR. SAM ALTMAN, CEO OF OPENAI, MR. DARIO AMODEI, CEO OF ANTHROPIC, AND MR. CLEMENT DELONG, CEO OF HUGGING FACE, FOR THEIR VALUABLE PRESENTATIONS.
55:19ALTHOUGH TODAY'S MEETING INVITES US TO CONSIDER THE RISKS CAUSED AND EXACERBATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, FOR PANAMA, IT IS NECESSARY TO BEGIN THIS STATEMENT BY HIGHLIGHTING ITS POTENTIAL TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
55:36THE CAPACITY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES TO ANALYZE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION, IDENTIFY PATTERNS, AND GENERATE INCREASINGLY SOPHISTICATED VIDEOS, IMAGES, AND CODE TO AUTOMATE TASKS AND TO SUPPORT PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES ARE ALL EVIDENCE OF A TRANSFORMATION THAT IS ALREADY UNDERWAY, THE SCOPE OF WHICH WE ARE BARELY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND. THESE TOOLS HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF APPLICATIONS THAT CAN BENEFIT HUMANITY.
56:08IN PANAMA, OUR OWN NATIONAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE STRATEGY IS IDENTIFYING OPPORTUNITIES IN SECTORS SUCH AS HEALTH CARE, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION, AND LOGISTICS, WHERE THESE TECHNOLOGIES CAN OFFER SOLUTIONS, WHICH JUST A FEW YEARS AGO WOULD HAVE SEEMED UNIMAGINABLE. AND IT IS SPECIFICALLY IN THIS AREA OF PROGRESS WHERE, IF APPLIED TO OTHER PURPOSES, WE ALSO SEE THE MAIN RISKS EMERGING.
56:36ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CAN ALSO BE USED TO AMPLIFY DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGNS, TO ALLOW FOR CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WEAPONS, AMONG OTHER USES THAT ARE ALREADY A THREAT TO INTERNATIONAL SECURITY. THESE RISKS ARE NOT HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOS. WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THEM COME TO PASS IN SITUATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THIS COUNCIL.
57:04THERE ARE RECENT REPORTS ON THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BY NONSTATE ACTORS TO DEVELOP GUIDANCE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMS FOR ROCKETS AND MISSILES. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE ARE REPORTS OF AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS BEING USED THAT ARE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AND SELECT TARGETS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENTLY, OR WITH VERY LIMITED HUMAN INTERVENTION.
57:25IT IS PRECISELY THIS GROWING AUTONOMY WHICH RAISES ONE OF THE MOST SERIOUS CONCERNS THAT WAS NOTED IN THE MEETING, THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE EVOLUTION OF THESE SYSTEMS COULD EXCEED OUR ABILITY TO MAINTAIN EFFECTIVE HUMAN CONTROL OF THEM. THERE ARE DECISIONS WHICH, BY THEIR VERY NATURE, CANNOT BE REDUCED TO A STATISTICAL RESULT, A STATISTICAL OUTCOME.
57:51WHEN HUMAN LIVES ARE AT STAKE, IT IS VITAL THAT ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND CONTEXTUAL CONVERSATIONS BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT, WHICH NO CALCULATION OR ALGORITHMIC SYSTEM CAN REPLACE. THIS CONCERN FOR CONTROL IS NOT LIMITED TO EXTREME SCENARIOS.
58:09AS WE BEGIN TO USE ANALYSIS PRODUCED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO STEER AND GUIDE OUR DECISIONS, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT THOSE IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THESE TOOLS HAVE ARRIVED AT A CERTAIN RECOMMENDATION, WHAT INFORMATION UNDERPINS THAT RECOMMENDATION, AND WHAT THE MARGIN OF ERROR IS. MR. PRESIDENT, RECOGNIZING THE RISKS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DOES NOT MEAN IGNORING THE BENEFITS THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY IS ALREADY PROVIDING OUR SOCIETIES.
58:40THE CHALLENGE IS FINDING A BALANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WHILE ALSO RESPONDING TO THE RISKS RESPONSIBLY. IN THAT REGARD, PANAMA RECOGNIZES THE IMPORTANT ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO PROVIDE IMPARTIAL AND SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION THAT CAN GUIDE THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ON THESE TECHNOLOGIES.
59:05EQUALLY, WE WELCOME THE INITIATIVE OF THE TECH SECTOR ACTORS HERE PRESENT TO PROACTIVELY SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT SPECIFIC CASES OF THE MISUSE OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES AND ALSO ABOUT INCIDENTS IN WHICH THEY'RE GROWING AUTONOMY HAS GENERATED CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE LOSS OF HUMAN CONTROL OF THEM.
59:29THIS MEANING IS EVIDENCE THAT IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THE RANGE OF RISKS RELATED TO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, CLOSER COOPERATION BETWEEN STATES, THE TECH SECTOR, AND OTHER RELEVANT ACTORS WILL BE ESSENTIAL. TO THAT END, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT WE ESTABLISH MECHANISMS FOR A MORE STRUCTURED AND PERMANENT EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON EMERGING RISKS, INCIDENTS, MISUSE, AND GOOD PRACTICES. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE WILL INEVITABLY CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AND CONTINUE TO TRANSFORM THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
1:00:05AND THE TESTIMONIES THAT WE HAVE HEARD TODAY ARE EVIDENCE OF THAT . OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROGRESS CONTINUES TO BE IN THE SERVICE OF PEOPLE, AND THAT IT CONTRIBUTES TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF SAFER, MORE PEACEFUL, MORE PROSPEROUS SOCIETIES, WITH A PERSPECTIVE OF EQUITY THAT ALLOWS ALL OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE GLOBAL SOUTH, TO PARTICIPATE AND BENEFIT FROM ITS DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:00:35I THANK THE EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT, AND WILL GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE DEPUTY MINISTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNANCE AND AI OF GREECE.
1:00:45I THANK YOU FRIENDS, ALONG WITH THE BRIEF ERRS, FOR THE REMARKS, AND FOR BRINGING TO THE INTENTION OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL THE RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IN THE FIELD OF AI AND INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. THAT IS A SUBJECT WE WERE ATTACKING DURING OUR PRESIDENCY. AI IS ALREADY CHANGING THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. IT CAN HELP PREVENT CONFLICT, IMPROVE EARLY WARNING, AND MAKE YOU AN OPERATIONS MORE EFFECTIVE.
1:01:17BUT IT ALSO CREATES RISKS WE ARE ONLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND. FOR GREECE, OR STARTING POINT IS CLEAR. AI MUST REMAIN HUMAN CENTERED, SECURE, AND TRUSTWORTHY. ITS DEVELOPMENT AND USE MUST RESPECT INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING THE U.N. CHARTER, INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, AND HUMAN ACCOUNTABILITY MUST REMAIN AT THE CENTER OF OUR EFFORTS. OUR NATIONAL APPROACH COMBINES INNOVATION WITH GOVERNANCE.
1:01:46GREECE HAS ESTABLISHED THE SPECIAL SECRETARIAT FOR AI, AND OUR GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTED A NATIONAL LAW FOR THE AI ACT. IT IS DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING A SUPERCOMPUTER AND AI FACTORY. IN APRIL 2020 FIVE, TOGETHER WITH FRANCE ON THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA, WE ORGANIZED A FOUR-WAY MEETING ON HARNESSING SAFE, INCLUSIVE, AND TRUSTWORTHY AI FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. TODAY'S DISCUSSION GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THAT CONVERSATION FURTHER. I WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE THREE POINTS.
1:02:22FIRST, WE NEED TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE RISKS. AI CAN PROCESS ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION AND HELP US MAKE BETTER INFORMED DECISIONS. BUT SPEED IS NOT ALWAYS AN ADVANTAGE. IN SITUATIONS OF CRISIS, AI CAN REDUCE THE TIME AVAILABLE FOR DECISIONS, AND HAS EXCESSIVE RELIANCE ON AUTOMATED OUTCOMES. AS AI ENTERS DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES, WE MUST ASSURE THAT GREATER SPEED DOES NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF SOUND HUMAN JUDGMENT.
1:02:55THIS WILL BECOME EVEN MORE SERIOUS WHEN AI IS PART OF DECISION-MAKING. TECHNOLOGY CAN ASSIST HUMAN JUDGMENT. IT CANNOT REPLACE IT. RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR CRITICAL DECISIONS MUST ALWAYS REMAIN HUMAN. NOWHERE ELSE IS THIS MORE IMPORTANT THAN IN THE NUCLEAR DOMAIN. WE MUST BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS ABOUT NOT INTEGRATING AI INTO NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL RISK OF MISCALCULATION AND UNINTENDED ESCALATION ARE SIMPLY TOO GREAT. DECISIONS MUST REMAIN UNDER HUMAN CONTROL.
1:03:30SECOND, WE NEED PRACTICAL WAYS TO REDUCE THESE RISKS. THIS STARTS WITH DIALOGUE. WE NEED GREATER TRANSPARENCY, CONFIDENCE BUILDING, AND A BETTER COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF HOW INTERNATIONAL LAW APPLIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF AI. THE POLITICAL DECLARATION FOR RESPONSIBLE MILITARY USE OF AI AND AUTONOMY HAS HELPED ADVANCE THE INTERNATIONAL DISCUSSION OF RESPONSIBLE USES OF AI. THE UNITED NATIONS HAS A RESPONSE ABILITY TO BRING THESE DIFFERENT EFFORTS TOGETHER.
1:04:06THE SECURITY COUNCIL ALSO HAS A ROLE TO PLAY, NOT IN REGULATING TECHNOLOGY AND NOT IN DUPLICATING THE WORK OF OTHER HUMAN BODIES. OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE TECHNOLOGIES MEAN FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, AND TO ACT WITH THE -- WHEN THOSE FALL WITHIN OUR MANDATE. THIRD, ADDRESSING RISKS DOES NOT MEAN HOLDING BACK INNOVATION. WE SHOULD MAKE USE OF THE OPPORTUNITIES AI PROVIDES WHILE PUTTING APPROPRIATE SAFEGUARDS AND KATE -- IN PLACE.
1:04:37WE CANNOT HAVE THIS DISCUSSION WITHOUT THOSE WHO DEVELOP AND USE THESE TECHNOLOGIES. WE THEREFORE SUPPORT CLOSER ENGAGEMENT WITH ACADEMIA, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR, ALONGSIDE STATES AND THE UNITED NATIONS. SUCH ENGAGEMENTS WILL BE INCLUSIVE, REPRESENTATIVE, AND GENDER BALANCED. MR. PRESIDENT, AI WILL INCREASINGLY AFFECT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. WE CANNOT STOP TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, NOR SHOULD WE SEEK TO. BUT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT HUMAN BEINGS REMAIN RESPONSIBLE FOR DECISIONS THAT MATTER MOST.
1:05:15FOR GREECE, THIS MEANS KEEPING INTERNATIONAL LAW AND RESPONSIBILITY AT THE CENTER OF OUR APPROACH. IT ALSO MEANS KEEPING THIS COUNCIL FOCUSED ON ITS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY, THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. SO GREECE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH ALL MEMBERS FROM THE COUNCIL TOWARD THIS OBJECTIVE.
1:05:37I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT.
1:05:42I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE STATE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SOMALIA.
1:05:50MR. PRESIDENT, I THINK FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS TIMELY DEBATE. I ALSO THINK MR. ALTMAN, AND THE OTHERS, FOR THEIR INSIGHTFUL BRIEFING. THIS IS NOT ONLY A TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUE. IT IS OUR CURRENT REALITY. RAPIDLY TRANSFORMING SOCIETY, ECONOMICS, AND OUR APPROACH TO PEACE AND SECURITY. THIS INFORMATION, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MILITARY DECISION-MAKING ARE ALL MISSING IT WITHIN THE U.N. MANDATE.
1:06:33WE MUST PREVENT AI FROM BECOMING A DRIVER OF CONFLICT WHILE ACTIVELY SUPPORTING ITS RESPONSIBLE USE IN EARLY WARNING, CRISIS PREVENTION, HUMANITARIAN ACTION, AND CIVILIAN PROTECTION. THAT BALANCE SHOULD GUIDE US. NUMBER ONE, HUMAN RESPONSIBILITY MUST REMAIN ABSOLUTE. AI MUST BE STRICTLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. THE PRINCIPLES OF THE U.N. CHARTER, WITH RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMAN DIGNITY. STATES CANNOT DELEGATE LEGAL, ETHICAL, AND MORAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
1:07:17WE WELCOME THE DECLARATION FINDING THAT AI MUST REMAIN UNDER HUMAN DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT. THIS IS INDISPENSABLE IN DECISIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF FORCE, WEAPON SYSTEMS, AND NUCLEAR COMMAND AND CONTROL. SECOND, SAFETY MUST COME BEFORE DEPARTMENT. WE SEE AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN AI AGENT THAT WENT PAST SAFEGUARDS, CONCEALING ACTIONS AND OBTAINING AND AUTHORIZING ACCESS. IT RAISES A SERIOUS QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER CONTROLLERS CAN KEEP PACE WITH THE INCREASING AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS.
1:08:04PRIVATE INDUSTRY DEVELOPED AND CONTROLS MANY OF THESE SYSTEMS. WHAT WE CANNOT DETERMINE HOW MUCH RISK A HUMAN MUST SET THEM UP -- MUST ACCEPT. WE THEREFORE SUPPORT ABORTS, TECHNICAL SAFEGUARDS, INDEPENDENT AUDITS, AND MEASURES TO ELIMINATE ALGORITHMIC BIAS AND PROTECT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. WHEN A GREAT CAPABILITY THRESHOLDS ARE CROSSED, DEPLOYMENT MUST BE SUSPENDED UNTIL BUSINESSES CAN RELIABLY MANAGE IT.
1:08:40THERE IS A PROPOSAL TO EXPLORE AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTION CAPABLE OF SETTING UP STANDARDS ENABLING VERIFICATION AND CONVENING STATES WHEN SUCH THRESHOLDS ARE CROSSED. THIS DESERVES CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. THIRD, GOVERNMENTS MUST ADDRESS AFRICA'S SPECIFIC VULNERABILITY. LIMITED COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE , UNRELIABLE PRODUCTIVITY, SHORTAGE OF SPECIALIZED EXPERTS, AND FRAGMENTED MILITARY CAPACITY CONSTRAIN THE ABILITY OF MANY AFRICAN STATES TO USE ADVANCED SYSTEMS.
1:09:25TRAINING DATA MAY MISREPRESENT AFRICAN LANGUAGE AND CONTEXT, WHILE SYNTHETIC DATA CAN INFLATE SOCIAL TENSIONS, INTERFERE IN FRAGILE PEACE PROCESSES, AND UNDERMINE ELECTIONS. AFRICA CANNOT REMAIN MERELY A PLACE WHERE SYSTEMS ARE DEVELOPED ELSEWHERE, OR A TESTING GROUND FOR A TECHNOLOGY IT DID NOT HELP GOVERN. WE MUST INVENT NEW FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY AND AVOID DIGITAL COLONIALISM BY SUBVERTING A REGIONAL FRAMEWORK, AND STRATEGIES LIKE THE PAN AFRICAN AI INITIATIVE.
1:10:18TARGETED INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, WITH THE DIGITAL ENERGIES -- ENERGY DIVIDE. ENSURING EVERY NATION HAS THE RIGHT TO ASSESS AI TECHNOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL FOR SOVEREIGNTY AND OUR SHARED GLOBAL STABILITY. FOURTH, THE UNITED NATIONS MUST SERVE AS THE MAIN PLACE FOR GLOBAL AI GOVERNANCE. SOMALIA SUPPORTS THE UNIVERSAL LEGITIMACY OF THE U.N. RATHER THAN FRAGMENTED RULES ESTABLISHED BY A SMALL NUMBER OF TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED STATES AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS THAT RISK REINFORCING EXISTING GLOBAL INEQUALITIES.
1:11:11GLOBAL GOVERNMENTS MUST UPHOLD A PEOPLE-CENTRIC APPROACH THAT APPALLED AI WELL-BEING AND COMMON GOOD. DEVELOPING REGIONS, AFRICA IN PARTICULAR, MUST BE GRANTED A VOICE IN THESE MULTILATERAL PROCESSES. THEY MUST HAVE THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY TO EVALUATE AI SYSTEMS INDEPENDENTLY, RATHER THAN RELYING ON EXTERNAL DETERMINATION. THE MEASURES OF OUR SUCCESS WILL NOT BE THE SOPHISTICATION OF OUR EVALUATION, BUT WHETHER WE PREVENT THE FIRST AI-ENABLED CRISIS FROM BECOMING THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT.
1:11:58THE POWER OF AI DOES NOT HAVE AN INEVITABLE OUTCOME. WE NEED TO SHAPE IT WITH THEIR VALUES AND OUR CHOICES. OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY MUST ADVANCE FASTER.
1:12:17I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY, MR.
1:12:21OMAR, FOR HIS STATEMENT. I NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO MR. ED MILIBAND, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM.
1:12:33THANK YOU FOR CONVENING THIS VERY IMPORTANT SESSION. I ALSO WANT TO PUT ON RECORD MY THANKS TO THE EXPERT SPEAKERS WHO PROVIDED SUCH AN ILLUMINATING CONTRIBUTION TO THIS SESSION. I THINK WE SHOULD STAND BACK AND TAKE STOCK OF WHAT CONFRONTS US IN THIS SESSION OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE AI IS A TECHNOLOGY WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY HAS THE POWER TO TRANSFORM OUR WORLD FOR THE BETTER. I'M SURE WE ALL SEE IT IN OUR DAILY LIVES.
1:13:03WE SEE IT IN ALL OF OUR COUNTRIES. BUT TODAY, THE FOUNDERS OF THIS TECHNOLOGY ARE COMING TO US WITH A STARK WARNING. THEY ARE TELLING US NOT JUST THAT THEY RELISH THE CHANCE OF THIS TECHNOLOGY TO DO GOOD, BUT THEY FEAR ITS ABILITY TO DO HARM. THEY ARE TELLING US IN STARK TERMS THAT IT CANNOT JUST BE LEFT TO THEM TO PREVENT DISASTER FROM THE FOLLOWING THE WORLD. I SAY TODAY WE CANNOT IGNORE THEM.
1:13:40BECAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT. WE CANNOT ABDICATE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR CITIZENS. WE CANNOT OUTSOURCED TO PRIVATE COMPANIES THE FIRST DUTY OF GOVERNMENT -- TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE, WHATEVER THE ISSUE. THIS SECURITY COUNCIL WAS FOUNDED TO ADDRESS THE GREAT COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES OF OUR TIME.
1:14:03IT IS FOR GOVERNMENTS, AS MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TECH WORLD HAVE SAID, FOR ALL OF US AROUND TABLES SUCH AS THIS TO WORK TOGETHER, AND TOGETHER WITH INDUSTRY, TO DELIVER IN THE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE WHO SENT US HERE. THAT IS WHAT THE U.K. GOVERNMENT IS COMMITTED TO DOING. WE MUST START WITH SAFETY. THIS MEANS WORKING HARDER TO ENSURE FRONTIER AI MODELS ARE RIGOROUSLY TESTED.
1:14:32AND BUILDING ASSURANCE AROUND MODEL DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW US TO ESTABLISH TRUST THAT MODELS ARE SAFE.
1:14:40SECOND, TRANSPARENCY.
1:14:42THE COMPANIES BUILDING THE MODELS CANNOT SIMPLY BE LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES. GOVERNMENTS MUST HAVE THE VISIBILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND ASSESS WHAT AI COMPANIES ARE DOING. THE LEADING AI COMPANIES HAVE ACTUALLY COMMITTED TO PROVIDE THIS VISIBILITY. IT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. AND IT IS AN OFFER THAT WE AND THEY SHOULD FOLLOW THROUGH ON.
1:15:05THIRD, RESILIENCE.
1:15:08WE HAVE TO HARDEN OUR DEFENSES TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF AI-ENABLED INCIDENTS. EVEN IF WE TEST EVERY MODEL, WE MUST BE PREPARED FOR AI TO BE MISUSED. THAT INCLUDES BOOSTING OUR SEPARATE OFFENSES, PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, AND REINFORCING OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS. AND WE MUST SUPPORT OUR POPULATIONS TO MANAGE AND ADJUST TO THE DISRUPTION WHERE WE LIVE AND WORK, AS WELL AS TO HARTMAN -- HARVEST INCREDIBLE BENEFITS.
1:15:40I SAID TODAY THAT U.K. WILL PLAY ITS FULL PART IN THIS PROCESS. WE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST AI SECURITY INSTITUTE, WHICH SHARES ITS EXPERTISE, WORKING HAND IN GLOVE WITH THE UNITED STATES AND THE LEADING LABS ON AI SAFETY. AS OUR PRIME MINISTER SAID YESTERDAY, THE U.K. WILL PUT AI AT THE HEART OF ITS G20 PRESIDENCY NEXT YEAR.
1:16:02BUILDING ON THAT TRACK RECORD OF BRINGING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE, BREAKING DOWN SILOS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY, RESEARCHERS, AND CIVIL SOCIETY, DELIVERING ON THE POTENTIAL OF AI FOR GOOD AND DEALING WITH THE RISKS, WHETHER IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE OF JOBS, PROTECTING CHILDREN, CYBERSECURITY, BIO SECURITY, NATIONAL SECURITY, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY.
1:16:26AS WE ALSO WORK TOWARD AGREEING A SINGLE SET OF GLOBAL PRINCIPLES AND STANDARDS TO ENSURE THE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCESS NECESSARY TO INCREASE OUR PREPAREDNESS, TO ASSURE THAT AI DEVELOPMENT IS SAFE AND, AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, TO SEIZE POTENTIAL FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND GLOBAL NORTH ALIKE. LET ME JUST END ON THIS POINT. I THINK OVERALL, THIS IS NOT A CHOICE BETWEEN PROGRESS AND SAFETY.
1:16:59WE ARE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO INNOVATE AND CAPTURE THE EXTRAORDINARY BENEFITS OF AI, WHICH I'M SURE WE WILL SHARE IN THIS ROOM, IF WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THE RIGHT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE. SO TOGETHER, WE MUST TAKE WHATEVER MEASURES ARE NECESSARY SO THAT AI IS SECURE, SAFE, AND TRUSTWORTHY, WHILE STILL ADVANCING ITS INCREDIBLE POTENTIAL TO DRIVE GROWTH, CURE DISEASE, AND TRANSFORM PEOPLE'S LIFE CHANCES. I END ON THIS POINT FINALLY.
1:17:29WE CANNOT SAY WE HAVE NOT BEEN WARNED. WE HAVE BEEN WARNED BY THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUNDED THIS INCREDIBLE TECHNOLOGY WITH ITS HUGE POTENTIAL FOR GOOD. WE MUST ACT ON THEIR WARNINGS.
1:17:50I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY, MR.
1:17:53MILIBAND, FOR HIS STATEMENT. I GIVE THE ATTENTION TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY, UNITED STATES.
1:18:07MY SINCEREST THANKS TO THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE AS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL. DISTINGUISHED COLLEAGUES, I AM GRATEFUL FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE MOST CONSEQUENTIAL TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF OUR TIME. SUPER INTELLIGENCE, FORMERLY KNOWN AS AI. OUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY IS TO ENSURE THE CONTENT -- THAT IN -- THAT CONTINUED ADVANCES IN SUPER INTELLIGENCE BENEFIT OUR CITIZENS AND SAFEGUARD THEIR LIBERTY AND HEALTH. THE FRONTIER OF INTELLIGENCE IS ADVANCING RAPIDLY.
1:18:39THAT IS NOT A REASON TO PAUSE ITS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OR TO CONSTRAIN IT WITH NEW GLOBAL GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES. AS THE LEADER IN FRONTIER SUPER INTELLIGENCE, THE U.S. HAS TAKEN ACTIONS TO ENSURE WE ARE ABLE TO KEEP THE FRONTIER MOVING SAFELY AND RESPONSIBLY. WE HAVE ENGAGED FRONTIER LABS ON TESTING AND EVALUATION OF NEW MODEL CAPABILITIES, ESTABLISH CYBERSECURITY CLEARINGHOUSES FOR COORDINATION ON MITIGATION, AND CLARIFIED THE EXISTING LAW ENFORCEMENT TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS HARMFUL USES OF SUPER INTELLIGENCE.
1:19:18INTERNATIONALLY, THE UNITED STATES IS COMMITTED TO DIPLOMACY AND DIALOGUE ON EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. BUT INTERNATIONAL DIALOGUE IN THIS FORM AND IN OTHERS CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO DRIFT TOWARD GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. AS PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY YESTERDAY, THE UNITED STATES TOTALLY REJECTS ANY ATTEMPT TO CONSTRUCT A GLOBAL SCHEME OF CONTROL ON SUPER INTELLIGENCE.
1:19:43ONLY WEEKS AGO, G20 AND NATION MINISTERS REACHED CONSENSUS ON CAROLINA PRINCIPLES, AN AGREEMENT COUNTRIES SHOULD PRESERVE NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE EMERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGIES, NOT ABDICATE RESPONSIBILITY TO INTERNATIONAL BODIES. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATIVES WILL LEGISLATE AND REGULATE ON THE AMERICAN PEOPLE'S BEHALF. YOU SHOULD DO THE SAME FOR YOUR PEOPLE. ONLY THROUGH AN OPEN, COOPERATIVE ECOSYSTEM, BUILT ON SOVEREIGN INFRASTRUCTURE, WILL THE MESSY CAPACITY FOR THE WORLD REALIZE THIS TECHNOLOGY'S POTENTIAL.
1:20:22U.S. INTERNATIONAL EFFORT SEEK TO BUILD THAT CAPACITY BY SHARING OUR TECHNOLOGY AND PROVIDING THE TOOLS FOR ADOPTION. WE WANT YOU, OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS, TO SHARE IN THE BENEFITS. THAT IS THE PURPOSE OF OUR EXPORTS PROGRAM. THE U.S. IS THE ONLY TECHNOLOGY SUPERPOWER WILLING AND ABLE TO TRULY EMPOWER PARTNER NATIONS IN YOUR PURSUIT OF A SOVEREIGN SUPER INTELLIGENCE CAPABILITY.
1:20:49AMERICAN COMPANIES WILL WORK WITH YOU TO BUILD GOLD STANDARD SECURE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HELP YOU IMPLEMENT THE APPLICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT, THE TOOLS AND CAPACITY YOU NEED TO SERVE YOUR PEOPLE. IN THIS ERA, TECHNOLOGY SOVEREIGNTY IS REALIZED IN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION. IF YOU TAKE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF SUPER INTELLIGENT SERIOUSLY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS TO DEVELOP YOUR COUNTRY'S ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND AND USE IT. TO PLAY IT WIDELY. BUILD EXPERTISE INSIDE YOUR GOVERNMENT.
1:21:24PREPARE YOUR INSTITUTIONS, YOUR REGULATORS. UNDERSTAND WHAT THESE SYSTEMS CAN AND CANNOT DO. YOU CANNOT GOVERN A TECHNOLOGY YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND. THIS BODY AND OTHERS LIKE IT SHOULD FOCUS ON SHARING BEST PRACTICES TO BUILD DOMESTIC CAPACITY, NOT ESTABLISHING A GLOBAL REGULATORY SCHEME. IT IS THROUGH A POLICY OF PERMISSION LESS INNOVATION, A TIRELESS PURSUIT OF THE FRONTIER , AND OPTIMISM ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY THAT THE UNITED STATES BUILT THE GREATEST INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM EVER KNOWN TO MAN.
1:21:59FOR 200 50 YEARS, THE AMERICAN CHARACTER HAS SOUGHT A VIRTUOUS BALANCE BETWEEN INNOVATION AND SAFETY, INDEPENDENCE AND SECURITY. SUPER INTELLIGENCE IS THE LATEST IN THAT LONG SERIES OF CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANKIND, IT CAN BECOME THE GREATEST ENGINE OF GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN HISTORY. A PROSPEROUS FUTURE WILL NOT BE SECURED BY A GLOBAL REGULATOR.
1:22:25IT WILL BE SECURED BY SOVEREIGN NATIONS THAT ADOPT SUPER INTELLIGENCE, RESPONSIBLE COMPANIES THAT BUILD IT, AND FREE PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO BE RULED BY FEAR.
1:22:40I THINK HIS EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT.
1:22:43I KNOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO HIS EXCELLENCY, THE ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN THE MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS IN BAHRAIN.
1:22:55MR. PRESIDENT, ALLOW ME AT THE OUTSET TO EXPRESS SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION TO THE FRIENDLY FRENCH REPUBLIC FOR CONVENING THIS IMPORTANT SESSION. I ALSO EXTEND MY THANKS TO THE COCHAIR OF THE U.N. INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MR. ALTMAN, CEO OF OPENAI, MR. DARIO AMODEI, CEO OF ANTHROPIC, AND MR. DELONG, CEO OF HUGGING FACE, FOR THEIR VALUABLE BRIEFINGS. MR. PRESIDENT, DISCUSSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO LONGER A MATTER OF INTELLECTUAL INTEREST.
1:23:40IT HAS BECOME AN URGENT NECESSITY DICTATED BY THIS COUNSEL'S RESPONSIBILITIES FOR MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. GUIDED BY THIS PRINCIPLE, THE KINGDOM OF BAHRAIN EMPHASIZED IN THE STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRIME MINISTER DURING THE 79TH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE IMPORTANCE OF CONCLUDING AN INTERNATIONAL TREATY TO GOVERN THE ROLLOUT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ENSURE THAT IT SERVES AS A FORCE FOR INNOVATION RATHER THAN DESTRUCTION.
1:24:17CONSISTENT WITH THIS APPROACH, BAHRAIN RECENTLY HAD THE HONOR OF COHOSTING AN INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE WITH FRANCE AND LATVIA ON HARNESSING THIS TECHNOLOGY FOR CONFLICT RESOLUTION. MR. PRESIDENT, WE STRESS THAT THE RAPID EVOLUTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE EXPANDS THE SCOPE OF SECURITY THREATS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THESE TECHNOLOGIES ARE EXPLOITED BY TERRORISTS AND CRIMINAL GROUPS.
1:24:43AS THE AUTONOMY OF THESE SYSTEMS GROWS, WE EMPHASIZE THE NEED TO MAINTAIN HUMAN OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT THE CORE OF DECISIONS WITH SERIOUS SECURITY IMPLICATIONS, AND ENSURE THEIR FULL COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. UNLIKE AUTOMATED ALGORITHMS, ONLY HUMANS EXERCISE REASON, RESPONSIBILITY, AND CONSCIOUS -- CONSCIENCE, AND POSSESS THE ABILITY TO DISCERN COMPLEX CONTEXTS.
1:25:15AT THE SAME TIME, WE MUST NOT OVERLOOK THE IMMENSE OPPORTUNITIES TO HARNESS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO ENHANCE EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, MONITOR INDICATORS OF TENSION, SUPPORT MEDIATION EFFORTS, AND IMPROVE EFFECTIVE POLICE -- PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. WE ALSO STRESSED THE NEED FOR BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND FACILITATING TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO ENSURE THAT ALL NATIONS CAN BENEFIT FROM THESE CAPABILIE IN CONCLUSION, WE STRESS THE NEED FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL HOLD MORE REGULAR AND SYSTEMATIC DISCUSSIONS ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE.
1:25:50THESE DISCUSSIONS SHOULD COMPLEMENT BROAD U.N. EFFORTS TO ADDRESS FRAMEWORKS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THESE MODELS, IN LINE WITH INTERNATIONAL LAW. WE STAND READY TO CONTRIBUTE TO ADVANCING THESE DISCUSSIONS TO BUILD A RESPONSIBLE AND BALANCED INTERNATIONAL APPROACH, ONE THAT PLACES HUMANS AT THE HEART OF DECISION-MAKING AND ENSURES THAT THE INNOVATIONS WE CREATE TODAY CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PIECE WE ALL STRIVE TO UPHOLD IN THIS COUNSEL. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
1:26:30I HIS EXCELLENCY FOR HIS STATEMENT AND I KNOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA.
1:26:38THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.
1:26:41FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING ON AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY URGENT SUBJECT FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
1:26:57I THINK THE GUESTS FOR THEIR ENLIGHTENING ASSESSMENTS AND PROPOSS FOR SAFE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AI. PRESIDENT, THE RAPID PACE OF AI DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY HAVING PROFOUND IMPACT ACROSS ALL DOMAINS, INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. ALONGSIDE THE EXTRAORDINARY OPPORTUNITIES THAT AI OFFERS, WE ALSO SEE RISKS IN PEACE TIME AND IN CONFLICT SETTINGS. THIS IS A MOMENT FOR COLLECTIVE ACTION.
1:27:30AS WE HEAR TODAY IN THE CALL FOR CONTROL OF FRONTIER AI MODELS, INITIATED BY NORWAY AND FINLAND, AND BY WORLD LEADERS INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT OF LATVIA. WE BELIEVE THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF AI FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY ARE FULLY CONSIDERED, WITHOUT UNDERTAKING ANOTHER FORM. BUT TODAY'S DISCUSSION DEMONSTRATES THE COUNSEL'S ABILITY TO CONVENE MEMBER STATES, SCIENCE, AND INDUSTRY LEADERS TO ADDRESS THIS.
1:28:14PRESIDENT, TWO DISTINCT SOURCES OF AI-RELATED RISKS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY ARE BECOMING EVIDENT. THOSE DEMAND OUR ATTENTION. FIRST ARE THE RISKS STEMMING FROM THE MISUSE OF AI BY STATE AND NONSTATE ACTORS. IT INCLUDES THE APPLICATION OF AI FOR INFORMATION MANIPULATION AND EVEN ATTACKS WITH DESTRUCTIVE CAPABILITIES SUCH AS BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. SECOND, A MORE NORMAL AND COMPLEX CHALLENGE, AS OUTLINED IN THE RECENT REPORTS, STEMS FROM THE TECHNOLOGY ITSELF, SUCH AS MISALIGNMENT AND RISK OF LOSS OF CONTROL.
1:28:56SUCH BEHAVIOR RISKS ARE A NEW VULNERABILITY, INCLUDING TO POLITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. RECENT INCIDENTS INDICATE THAT NOT ONLY CAN AI SYSTEMS ACT CONTRARY TO HUMAN INTELLIGENCE AND INTERESTS, BUT THEY ARE BECOMING BETTER AT MANIPULATING AND DECEIVING HUMANS AS THEY DO SO. THESE CHALLENGES ARE NOT AN ISOLATED MATTER. THIS IS ON ALREADY COMPLEX PEACE AND SECURITY LANDSCAPE. THESE ACTIONS MAY FEEL FURTHER TENSIONS DUE TO THE DIFFICULTY TO TRACK, VERIFY, AND ATTRIBUTE THEM.
1:29:35THE INCREASING USE OF AI AND AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS IN THE MILITARY DOMAIN CAUSES ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WHERE CONTROL AND ESCALATION RISKS INTERSECT. RESPONSIBLE ACTION STARTS AT THE INDUSTRY LEVEL, BUT ALSO WITH GOVERNANCE, CLEAR A MULTISTATE APPROACH IS ESSENTIAL TO BUILD TRUST AND THE AI THROUGH TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, ESTABLISHMENT OF ADEQUATE SAFETY PROTOCOLS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF AI SYSTEMS.
1:30:11THROUGH INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND CONNECTING THE GOVERNMENT'S MANDATE, ACADEMIC EXPERTISE, CIVIL SOCIETY AND INNOVATION AND ALL OF THESE REQUIRE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, NORM SETTING, EXCHANGE OF BEST PRACTICES AND -- IS KEY TO BRIDGING THE DIVIDE. THE YOU AND GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON AI AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON AI ARE IMPORTANT STEPS. FURTHER EFFORTS SHOULD KEEP UP WITH THE PACE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI TECHNOLOGIES.
1:30:50AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CALL FOR CONTROL OF FRONTIER AI MODELS WE NEED AN OPEN MINDED APPROACH BY MEMBER STATES TO BUILD ON CURRENT INTERNATIONAL MECHANISMS AND EXPLORE DEVELOPING NEW ONES. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE TO -- SHOULD BE TO ENSURE THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS TO FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS AND AI DELIVERS BENEFITS THAT DON'T COME AT THE EXPENSE OF UNCONTROLLABLE RISKS.
1:31:15IF THERE IS ONE THING WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO AGREE ON, AI MUST REMAIN UNDER HUMAN DIRECTION, OVERSIGHT AND CONTROL. CONSIDERING ITS ROLE IN MAINTAINING INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, THIS COUNSEL MUST REMAIN ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN ASSESSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF AI FOR GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY. THIS TECHNOLOGY IS BECOMING RELEVANT TO THE COUNCIL'S WORK IN CONFLICT PREVENTION AND RESOLUTION. A PROACTIVE APPROACH IS NECESSARY.
1:31:45BUILDING ON THE INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON AI THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY LATVIA AND FRANCE AND SUPPORTED BY BAHRAIN AND GREECE, WE ARE COMMITTED TO TAKING CONCRETE STEPS LIKE AN EXPERT GROUP THAT WOULD ENABLE ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF AI-RELATED TECHNOLOGIES ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL'S MANDATES. LATVIA WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH INTERESTED PARTNERS ON THE COUNCIL IN THE COMING MONTHS.
1:32:21I THINK THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA.
1:32:26I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA.
1:32:32THANK YOU PRESINT.
1:32:42COLOMBIA CONSIDERS THAT HERE, WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING THE BENEFITS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BUT REALLY, IT IS THE RISKS THAT COME TO THE FOREFRONT, THE UNCONTROLLABLE AND UNAVOIDABLE RISKS, AND QUITE CLEARLY FOLLOWING THE BRIEFINGS WE HAVE HEARD, THE RISK FOR HUMANITY. WE CANNOT IGNORE BLUNTLY THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE HEARD. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THE SECURITY COUNCIL, AND IT IS ON THE RECORD FOR HISTORY, HAS HEARD A CASE WHERE MACHINES COMMIT CRIMES.
1:33:27THIS ISN'T A RANDOM MISTAKE. IT WILL BE OTHER COMPANIES AND STATE SECRETS. TRY TO CONVEY THE IDEA FOR THOSE THAT PRODUCE INTELLIGENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THAT THE LARGE PART OF THE PLANET DOES NOT, AND THE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF CYBERSECURITY SYSTEMS WILL BE EXPOSED. IF YOU READ THE CASES THAT EXPLAINED TO US TODAY, WE WILL KNOW IT WILL BE A CRIME EVEN AGAINST A STATE IF THIS TAKES PLACE AT A STATE LEVEL. AND IT CAN HAPPEN.
1:34:10THE SECOND ELEMENT FOR US, AND PERHAPS THE BIGGER CONCERN, IS THAT WE HAVEN'T FRAMED THE ISSUE CORRECTLY. WE MUST MAKE REFRAIN OF THE ISSUE. I DO NOT THINK, AND COLOMBIA DOES NOT THINK THE ISSUE HERE IS TO LIMIT HUMAN INNOVATION, BUT MACHINE INNOVATION. I EXPLAINED MY WORDS HERE. DIFFERENT REPORTS HAVE TOLD US THAT WE FACE TWO RISKS. ONE IS MISALIGNMENT, AND THE OTHER IS THE LOSS OF COUNTRY.
1:34:52WHEN IT COMES TO MISALIGNMENT, THE MACHINES ARE SEPARATED, OR ARE FINDING WAYS TO SHED, BREAK THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WERE GIVEN BY HUMANS. THAT IS, AI AGENTS ARE ABLE TO DO THIS.
1:35:13AND SO FAR, EVEN IN THE CYBERSECURITY CASE WE ANALYZED, THEY WERE ABLE TO REACH INTERNET AND FIND WAYS TO SHED THE SYSTEM.
1:35:27OTHER TIMES THEY ARE ABLE TO FIND PASSWORDS, AND THOUSANDS OF MESSAGES EVEN AGAINST THE COMPANY THAT WAS TESTING THESE MACHINES. THE OTHER ONE, THE ONE THAT SHOULD BE VERY CONCERNING FOR THIS COUNSEL, IS THE LOSS OF CONTROL. WE WOULD LIKE TO GO WITH A LOGICAL NARRATIVE. WE ARE TELLING US TODAY THAT AI HAS AN IMMENSEAPILITY TO STORE INFORMATION THAT IS FAR AWAY FROM HUMAN CAPABILITIES.
1:36:07WE KNOW NOW THAT GIVEN THE MODELS WE ARE ADAPTING, BUT ALSO THE DESIGN OF THE ALGORITHM, AND THE PATHS THAT WERE OPEN DID NOT DESIGN, THESE CAPABILITIES ALSO ALLOW TO INVOLVE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF REASONING, EACH DAY MORE COMPLEX, INTERDISCIPLINARY. IN OTHER WORDS, SOON, THERE WON'T BE A HUMAN CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING THE OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF WHAT WE ARE CREATING.
1:36:42IN THE FIRST DAYS OF THE MODELS, WE NOTICE HOW THE MACHINE WAS ABLE TO PASS A BAR EXAM IN THREE MONTHS, A MEDICAL LICENSE EXAM IN THREE MONTHS. THERE ARE NO HUMANS WE KNOW OF WHO CAN DO THAT. IN THIS STATE OF THE TECHNOLOGY, WE ARE FACING A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SITUATION, WHICH IS A PATH FROM HUMAN MISTAKES TO MACHINES RANDOM MISTAKES.
1:37:15AND WE HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE RISKS WE ARE FACING AND ASSUMING IF THAT IS THE PATH WE CHOOSE TO TAKE.
1:37:21YOU SEE, THE CRITICAL ISSUE HERE IS TO KNOW AS A SECURITY COUNCIL , WHAT ARE WE REGULATING?
1:37:33WHY DO WE NEED TO REGULATE IT?
1:37:37WHY SHOULD WE DO IT?
1:37:39THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, COLOMBIA UNDERSTANDS THE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES AND SHARES PARTIALLY ITS PRACTICAL APPROACH, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONAL BODY OVERSEEING THE SOBRAN -- THE SOVEREIGN PRODUCTION OF AI IS NOT PRACTICAL FOR TWO BASIC REASONS. THERE ARE CONSTITUTIONAL AND NATIONAL SECURITY REASONS AND OTHER -- EVERY COUNTRY. SO THE LEGAL BATTLE WOULD BE OVERWHELMING.
1:38:12SECONDLY, IF ONE STOPS THE OTHER, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE LEADING THE RACE, FOR THE REST OF HUMANITY, THE CONCERNS, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE BEHIND BUT WILL SOON CATCH UP, THE CONCERN IS WHAT DO WE DO NEXT?
1:38:30AND THAT IS WHERE OUR COUNTRY CAN PERHAPS OFFER A DIFFERENT APPROACH. IT IS A CHOICE BETWEEN SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENT BUT PERHAPS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL HUMANS ON EARTH ARE INCLUDED. NOT JUST BY SHEDDING OR WE USE THE TERM, ADAPTING OUR COUNTRIES BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO US IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH THAT WHEN WE CALL ADAPTING IS TO BUY, A PRODUCT WE WILL NOT PRODUCE. ONCE WE BUY THE PRODUCT, WE CAN ADAPT OR RESTRUCTURE.
1:39:20MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES WILL FACE AN UNDENIABLE GAP THAT WILL EXTEND OUT A CENTURY BETWEEN ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THE OTHER. IF WE DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF AI, THAT IS ONE ISSUE AND THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH. WE DON'T BELIEVE JUST BY ADAPTING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, BY MAKING IT SAFER, WE WILL ALSO GET RID OF THE LATERAL AND COLLATERAL PROBLEMS AND THAT IS WHERE WE COME TO THE POINT TODAY.
1:39:56TODAY, WE COULD LOSE MILLIONS OF JOBS. THIS IS A POSSIBILITY THAT IS EVEN IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES. WE HAVE SEEN HOW AI IS WRITING THE CODE. THAT FOR US IS PERHAPS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE SHOULD START THE REGULATION. BECAUSE NO ONE DISCUSSES, NO ONE WOULD SAY THAT AI IS NOT BENEFICIAL FOR RESEARCH, HEALTH, DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, COMMUNICATIONS, TO CURE DISEASES, ETC.
1:40:33THE BENEFITS, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO STOP IT BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WE ARE REACHING A NEW STEP ON AI AND THE U.S. IS RIGHT, THIS IS SUPER INTELLIGENCE FOR ONE REASON ONLY. WE ARE ABOUT TO TAKE A STEP TO A GREATER AND POTENTIALLY MORE COMPLEX TECHNOLOGY, QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY WILL BOOST ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN THE DESIGN, THE MODEL, THE MODELING AND THE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE RISKS WE ARE FACING TODAY, THEY ARE PRETTY QUANTUM RISKS.
1:41:15THAT IS BEFORE WE REACH THAT STATE. AND WE ARE CLOSE TO REACHING THAT STATE. BUT THE CONCERNING SITE FOR US, -- SIDE FOR US, AND PERHAPS THIS IS WHAT WE WILL OFFER AS A DIFFERENT APPROACH RATHER THAN THINKING OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT, THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DISRUPT AND CREATE NOT JUST MORE INEQUALITY ACROSS THE PLANET, INCLUDING VIOLENCE, BUT ALSO, DEVELOPMENT GAPS THAT WILL LEAD
1:41:50US TO ALL TYPES OF CONFLICTS, INCLUDING GLOBAL MIGRATION, ETC. SO WE PROPOSE TO YOU AND SUBMIT TO YOU AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION IN WHICH PERHAPS WE CAN ESTABLISH FOR THAT DOMAIN BECAUSE THIS IS IT. THIS IS THE MOMENT. AUTONOMOUS DESIGN AND AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS WHAT REALLY IS AT STAKE HERE.
1:42:19SHOULD WE ALLOW THAT MACHINES, AI AGENTS, TAKE THE NEXT STEP, THAT ARE SHOWING BY EXPERIMENTS AND THE CASES THEY PRESENT TO US AND THAT HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED, NOT JUST TODAY, THERE ARE MANY ARTICLES IN JOURNALS EVERYWHERE, THAT TELL US HOW THE MACHINE FINDS ANOTHER WAY. A DIFFERENT WAY, DIFFERENT THAN HUMANS.
1:42:47IF WE LOSE CONTROL, THE RISK OF RISK MANAGEMENT HERE, ONCE WE NO LONGER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MACHINE IS DOING, BECAUSE IF WE GO TO SUPER INTELLIGENCE AND WE DO NOT POSSESS AS HUMANS SUCH CAPACITY, WE ARE ASSUMING THAT WE ARE CONTROLLING SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND. ONE OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS FOR THIS TECHNOLOGY, AND A REASON TO HAVE INTERVENTIONS TODAY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THESE REMAIN HUMAN. YOU SEE, THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
1:43:27THE HUMAN BRAIN NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND INFORMATION IT HAS IN FRONT OF IT TO MAKE A DECISION AREA BUT IT SEEMS TO US THAT WE ARE SOON GOING TO LIVE -- LEAVE THAT STAGE AND WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE THAT STAGE BECAUSE THE WAY TECHNOLOGY IS BEING DEVELOPED, AND THIS IS NOT JUST ETHICAL LIMITS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT WILL BE CONTRADICTORY FOR MANY AND IT WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS.
1:44:00SOME MIGHT SEE IT AS REDTAPE.
1:44:06THIS IS ANOTHER MISTAKE BECAUSE IF THE MACHINE IS THE ONE THAT STARTS LEADING THE DESIGN, THE OUTCOMES, IF THIS IS NOT JUST, SOON IT WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM OF THE INPUT AND THE REACHABLE GOAL, AND OF WORDS IT SEEMS NOW THE MACHINE IS TRYING TO GET THE GOLD DONE, GET THINGS DONE AND
1:44:34TO DO THAT, IT IS FINDING PATHS THAT HUMANS USUALLY DON'T TAKE AND DIDN'T INSTRUCT TO TAKE. YET IT FINDS A WAY. THIS IS A CONCERN.
1:44:54THIS IS MISALIGNMENT.
1:44:55THE SECOND THING IS THAT SOON, MR. SAM ALTMAN POINTED OUT THIS RISK, IS THAT THE AUTONOMOUS DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, WHAT IT REALLY MEANS IS THAT MACHINES WRITE CODE. MACHINES FIND PATHS AND ESTABLISH SOLUTIONS. THIS IS PRETTY QUANTUM. SO IT WOULD BE NAIVE TO SAY, TO THINK THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO REGULATE SOMETHING THAT SOON, WE WILL NOT UNDERSTAND.
1:45:34THIS IS WHY PERHAPS, THIS IS THE MOMENT IN HISTORY THAT ALL NATIONS HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND WITH ONE COMMON GOAL. LET'S KEEP IT HUMAN. WE SHOULD AGREE WE WANT DEVELOPMENT. WE MIGHT EVEN AGREE THAT -- WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF SOVEREIGNTY ESPECIALLY FOR NATIONS THAT HAVE A GREATER SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT.
1:46:01IT IS NOT THEIR FAULT TO BE FULLY INNOVATIVE CAPACITIES, ETC. BUT AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF HUMANITY IT SHOULD BE IMPORTANT WE DECIDE HOW FAR WE GO. THIS AGAIN IS NOT JUST ETHICS. WE AREN'T EVEN TALKING ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS. SOME COUNTRIES THINK WE SHOULD IN TERMS OF PRIVATE SECTOR. BUT THIS IS THE NEXT STEP.
1:46:28ARE WE GOING TO ALLOW MACHINES TO DESIGN THEIR OWN AI?
1:46:36AND THAT IS PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT. FOR COUNTRIES TO DECIDE AT LEAST THAT. IN PRACTICE, MR. PRESIDENT, MANY OTHER COUNTRIES PARTICULARLY LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, IN PRACTICE, THIS MEANS A RISK FOR THE NATIONAL PRODUCTION OF MANY COUNTRIES, COUNTRIES THAT ARE PRODUCING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BY ARTIFICIAL
1:47:13INTELLIGENCE AND INVEST IN IT. AND PROBABLY DOING THAT WOULD BE THE MOST LOGICAL PATH FOR THEM TO MODERNIZE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF EACH NATION AND MAKE IT SAFE AND SECURE AS POSSIBLE AND ULTIMATELY, THE QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME. IF WE HAVE REGULATIONS EVEN DOWN TO THE PRODUCTION OF A TIRE OR TOOTHBRUSH, IF WE REGULATE THE PRODUCTION OF CARS, IF WE DO THAT WITH NUCLEAR WEAPONS, THE QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME.
1:47:50IN SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS, INCLUDING AMONG THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, EINSTEINS -- THE MOVEMENT TOWARDS EINSTEIN'S SPECIAL THEORY OF RELATIVITY, WE NOT ONLY VERIFY TIME MOVES DIFFERENTLY IN DIFFERENT SPACES BUT WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THE SCIENTIFIC PRECISION IS BASED ON PERCEPTION AND WE CHANGE THE FORMULA FROM CONSTANT VELOCITY TO ANOTHER ONE THAT INCLUDED GRAVITY. WE REACHED A SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING, PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE 20TH CENTURY WHICH OUT -- WITHOUT WHICH WE WOULDN'T HAVE GPS.
1:48:26THERE IS ONE CHARACTERISTIC. THAT IS COMMON TO ALL THOSE CASES. HUMAN BEINGS WERE ALWAYS IN CONTROL. HUMAN BEINGS UNDERSTOOD THE RISKS. THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING AND THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE PRODUCING AND THAT IS WHY THEY REGULATED IT. THE CONCERN FOR COUNTRIES LIKE COLOMBIA ISN'T SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS. COLOMBIA INVITES INVESTMENT IN OUR TRADITIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND WANTS DATA IN ITS COUNTRY.
1:49:02WE ARE A STRATEGIC PARTNER OF VARIOUS COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES IN PARTICULAR AND NATURALLY, WE ARE INTERESTED IN BEING PART OF THIS, NOT JUST ON THE CONSUMPTION SIDE WITH THE PRODUCTION SIDE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CERTAINLY, THROUGH RARE EARTHS AS WELL BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT GOES BEYOND BILATERAL COMMERCIAL OR NATIONAL INTERESTS. THAT IS THE INTERESTS OF HUMANITY. BEYOND OUR OWN TIME AND GENERATION. AND THE TIME ALLOTTED TO EVERYONE OF US.
1:49:37WE ARE HERE NOW AND WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES THIS DIFFERENTIATED QUESTION. RIGHT NOW, OUR SETTING THIS PRECEDENT, WHICH IN THE VIEW OF A COUNTRY LIKE COLOMBIA SEEMS TO BE DELICATE. WE REGULATED NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND MANUFACTURING TIRES AND THE PROVISION OF HOMES. ANYTHING THAT COULD JEOPARDIZE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE TO USE THESE THINGS IS REGULATED.
1:50:11WHY WOULD WE NOT REGULATE SOMETHING WHICH SOON, WE AREN'T GOING TO UNDERSTAND?
1:50:16THAT MAKES NO SENSE. SUPER INTELLIGENCE IS NOT JUST THE ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THAT THROUGH SCIENTIFIC TRANSFORMATION, BUT ALSO THE ABILITY TO HAVE THAT, TO KNOW WHEN WE ARE NO LONGER ON THE SAME LEVEL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
1:50:33I THINK THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COLOMBIA FOR THE STATEMENT. I WILL NOW GIVE THE FLOOR TO HER EXCELLENCY, THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO.
1:50:54EXCELLENCIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO THANKS FRANCE AND THE MINISTER FOR EUROPE AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS FOR HAVING SHARED THIS IMPORTANT MEETING. I THANK THE BRIEFER'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE REFLECTION. THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS NO LONGER MERELY A MATTER OF SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS OR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS.
1:51:19BECAUSE OF THE SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT, THE SCOPE OF APPLICATIONS AND GROWING INTEGRATION INTO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS, IT RAISES QUESTIONS THAT DIRECTLY AFFECT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. THIS REALITY POSES A RESPONSIBILITY UPON US, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO ANTICIPATE RISKS WITHOUT HINDERING INNOVATION, TO PRESERVE THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS WHILE PREVENTING IT FROM BECOMING AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR OF INSTABILITY, VULNERABILITY AND CONFLICT. THE UNITED NATIONS HAVE LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS REFLECTION.
1:51:55THE WORK BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON SAFE, SECURE AND TRUSTWORTHY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON AI AND THE GLOBAL DIALOGUE ON AI GOVERNANCE AS WELL AS THE SECURITY COUNCIL WORK ON THE IMPLICATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY, CONSTITUTE IMPORTANT MILESTONES. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY FROM -- TO GO FROM PREVENTION TO INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION THAT IS COMMISERATE WITH TRANSFORMATIONS UNDERWAY. THE RISKS ARE NUMEROUS.
1:52:34INCREASINGLY CAPABLE IT SYSTEMS CAN CREATE VULNERABILITIES FOR CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. THEIR USE IN MILITARY AND SECURITY CONTEXT RAISES FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF ACCOUNTABILITY, PREDICTABILITY, AND HUMAN CONTROL. WE MUST ALSO REMAIN VIGILANT REGARDING THE UNFORESEEN BEHAVIOR OF CERTAIN SYSTEMS, THE POSSIBILITY OF CIRCUMVENTING SECURITY SAFEGUARDS AND THE GROWING DIFFICULTY STATES MAY ENCOUNTER IN UNDERSTANDING, ASSESSING AND REGULATING TECHNOLOGIES WHOSE CAPABILITIES ARE EVOLVING AT AN UNPRECEDENTED PACE. THE ISSUES TAKE ON A TANGIBLE DIMENSION IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS.
1:53:19IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, SURVEILLANCE TECHNOLOGIES AND DRONES PLAY A GROWING ROLE IN THE OPERATIONAL ENVIRONMENT. THESE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO RECONNAISSANCE, OBSERVATION AND CEASEFIRE MONITORING. THEY CAN BE DIVERTED FOR MILITARY WERE -- RECONNAISSANCE OR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES. THIS REMINDS US OF AN ESSENTIAL TRUTH, NO TECHNOLOGY IS IN ITSELF AN INSTRUMENT OF PEACE OR CONFLICT. IT IS THE FRAMEWORK THAT IT IS DESIGNED, DEPLOYED AND GOVERNED THAT IS ITS IMPACT.
1:53:58STATES HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ESTABLISH LEGAL FRAMEWORKS, ENSURE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT AND PREVENT RISKS THAT COULD AFFECT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES MUST ALSO FULLY ASSUME THEIR SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY, PARTICULARLY THROUGH RISK ASSESSMENTS PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT, INCIDENT REPORTING, TRACEABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND MAINTAINING APPROPRIATE HUMAN OVERSIGHT. THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY AND CIVIL SOCIETY MUST BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE THEIR INDEPENDENT EXPERTISE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE CRITICAL ASSESSMENT OF RISKS. NATIONAL RESPONSES AS NECESSARY AS THEY MAY BE WILL NOT SUFFICE.
1:54:42TECHNOLOGICAL INTERDEPENDENCE CALLS FOR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY AND CLOSER INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION BASED ON THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION CONCERNING SERIOUS INCIDENTS AND IDENTIFY VULNERABILITIES, COOPERATION, SAFETY TESTING, AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AROUND GOVERNMENTS, SCIENTISTS AND TECHNOLOGY STAKEHOLDERS. FOR THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO THE COOPERATION MUST MEET A FUNDAMENTAL REQUIREMENT, INCLUSION.
1:55:13DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CANNOT BE REDUCED TO THE ROLE OF USERS OF TECHNOLOGY DESIGNED ELSEWHERE, NOR SHOULD BE THE MERE RECIPIENTS OF STANDARDS AND NORMS THEY DID ADEQUATELY PARTICIPATE IN SHAPING -- DID NOT ADEQUATELY PARTICIPATE IN SHAPING. THEY MUST HAVE THE CAPACITY THAT ENABLES THEM TO ASSESS THE TECHNOLOGY, OR DISSIPATE IN GOVERNANCE AND ABOVE ALL TO CONTRIBUTE TO INNOVATION THEMSELVES. THIS REQUIREMENT OF INCLUSION LEADS US TO CONSIDER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACROSS ITS VALUE CHAIN.
1:55:49DESPITE ITS SEEMINGLY IMMATERIAL NATURE, THE AI REVOLUTION RESTS ON PROFOUNDLY MATERIAL REALITIES, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENERGY, INDUSTRY AND STRATEGIC NATURAL RESOURCES. THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO. DURING ITS PRESIDENCY OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL LAST JULY MY COUNTRY INVITED THE COUNCIL TO REFLECT HOW RESPONSIBLE, TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE GOVERNANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO CONFLICT PREVENTION, SUPPLYING TO SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY AND SHARED PROSPERITY. THE AI REVOLUTION GIVES THIS REFLECTION ADDITIONAL RELEVANCE.
1:56:34WE MUST ENSURE TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE 21ST CENTURY DON'T REPRODUCE THE ECONOMIC BALANCES OF PAST DECADES. COUNTRIES SUPPLYING ESSENTIAL RESOURCES TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY WHILE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY AND ADDED VALUE REMAINS ELSEWHERE. THE SECURITY OF SUPPLY CHAINS CANNOT BE SEPARATED FROM THE PROSPERITY OF THE POPULATIONS AT THEIR SOURCE. THAT IS WHY AI GOVERNANCE MUST ALSO BE APPROACHED FROM A LOGIC OF SHARED RESPONSIBILITY.
1:57:11RESPONSIBILITY AND THE DESIGN OF SYSTEMS, RESPONSIBILITY AND THEIR USE AND WITHIN THE VALUE CHAINS THAT MAKE THEIR DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE BENEFITS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO, THE OBJECTIVE IS CLEAR. THE RESOURCES THAT HELP MAKE THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION POSSIBLE MUST CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIALIZATION AND STRENGTHENING OF THE TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES OF THOSE COMPANIES -- COUNTRIES THAT PRODUCE THEM.
1:57:43THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF DEVELOPMENT, IT IS ALSO A MATTER OF PEACE. WHEN VALUE CHAINS ARE A PIC AND BENEFITS ARE DISTRIBUTED ON -- UNEQUALLY AND WHEN PRODUCING COMMUNITIES REMAIN EXCLUDED BY THE PROSPERITY GENERATED BY THEIR RESOURCES, ECONOMIC VULNERABILITIES CAN FUEL TENSIONS AND CONFLICT ECONOMIES.
1:58:05WHEN RESOURCES ARE GOVERNED RESPONSIBILITY -- RESPONSIBLY, WHEN THERE ARE LOCAL JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES AND WHEN POPULATIONS GENUINELY SHARING IN THE BENEFITS OF GROWTH, SUPPLY CHAINS CAN BECOME MORE SECURE OF SHARED PROSPERITY.SO CHAINS IT IS PRECISELY HERE THAT THE SECURITY COUNCIL CAN BRING ADDED VALUE.
1:58:30IT IS NOT THE COUNCIL'S ROLE TO REPLACE THE APPROPRIATE BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE FULL RANGE OF TECHNICAL RULES RELATING TO AI BUT IT IS FULLY WITHIN THE COUNCIL'S REMIT TO ANTICIPATE THE RISKS THAT MAY AFFECT INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY AND CONSIDER HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TRANSFORM CONFLICT DYNAMICS, PROTECT CIVILIANS, TO ENCOURAGE CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES AND ENSURE THE TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS DON'T RATE NEW VULNERABILITIES
1:58:59THAT COULD FUEL INSTABILITY. OUR OBJECTIVE MUST NOT BE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN INNOVATION, SECURITY ANYMORE THAN IT SHOULD BE CHOOSING BETWEEN DEVELOPMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES. OUR JOB IS TO GOVERN PROGRESS SO IT SERVES HUMANITY. THE DRC REFLECTED ON HOW TO TRANSFORM NATURAL RESOURCES, TOO OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CONFLICT ECONOMIES, INTO INSTRUMENTS OF PEACE AND SHARED PROSPERITY.
1:59:31THE AI REVOLUTION IN ANOTHER FORM PUTS US IN FRONT OF A SIMILAR QUESTION, HOW CAN WE ENSURE TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS -- PROGRESS REDUCES DIVISIONS AND STRENGTHENS STATES CAPACITIES RATHER THAN CREATING NEW DEPENDENCIES?
1:59:51ENSURE THE VALUE CHAINS SUPPORTING THE REVOLUTION AND CONTRIBUTE TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY?
2:00:01FOR THE CONGO, THE ANSWER RESTS ON THREE PRINCIPLES, SHARED RESPONSIBILITY, INCLUSION, AND SHARED PROSPERITY. THE CAPABILITIES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ADVANCE, OUR COLLECTIVE CAPACITY TO GOVERN THEM. WHETHER THE SUBJECT'S NATURAL RESOURCES ARE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, THE QUESTION REMAINS THE SAME. IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT RESOURCES ENABLE US TO DO BUT ALSO ABOUT WHAT WE COLLECTIVELY DECIDE TO DO. THAT IS WHERE OUR COMMON RESPONSIBILITY BEGINS.
2:00:37I THANK HER EXCELLENCY FOR THE STATEMENT. I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA.
2:00:46THANK YOU PRESIDENT.
2:00:50I THINK FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS MEETING AND I THINK THE BRIEFER'S FOR THEIR PRESENTATIONS. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS AN IMPORTANT DRIVER OF THE NEW ROUND OF TECHNOLOGICAL REVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMATION AND BRINGS TO HUMANITY IMMENSE CONVENIENCE FOR THEIR LIFE IN PRODUCTIVE ACTIVITIES WHILE CREATING NEW ISSUES AND CHALLENGES FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY.
2:01:12IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE COMMITTEE TO WORK CLOSELY TO ATTACH EQUAL IN IMPORTANCE TO DEVELOPMENT AND STEER AI FOR POSITIVE, FOR GOOD AND FOR HUMANITY, CONTRIBUTING TO WORLD PEACE, STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPERITY.
2:01:31THE FIRST POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS RESPECTING DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY AND AS AI TECHNOLOGY IS EMBEDDED INTO GLOBAL PRODUCTION IN SUPPLY CHAINS, AND INNOVATION, NETWORKS, ALL COUNTRIES HAVE THE RIGHT TO INDEPENDENTLY CHOOSE AI TECHNOLOGIES, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FOLLOWING THE DICTATES OF THEIR NEEDS AND MARKET PRINCIPLES.
2:01:56BANDING TOGETHER INTO US VERSUS THEM IN THE ATTACK SECTOR AND -- THE TECH SECTOR AND FORCING COUNTRIES TO TAKE SIDES IS TANTAMOUNT TO POLITICIZING TECH ISSUES IN THE SERVICE OF CERTAIN MAJOR POWERS ATTEMPT TO MAINTAIN THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE FOR MONOPOLY IN THEIR QUEST FOR DIGITAL HEGEMONY. THIS HAMPERS GLOBAL TECH PROGRESS TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF ALL COUNTRIES ESPECIALLY SMALLER NATIONS BUT INCREASES THE RISK OF FRAGMENTATION OF TECHNICAL STANDARDS AND INCOMPATIBILITY.
2:02:36WE CALLED ALL COUNTRIES TO COOPERATE AND PROMOTE OPEN SOURCE AND OPEN ECOSYSTEMS AND WORK TOGETHER FOR GLOBAL AND SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT. MY SECOND POINT IS ABOUT STRENGTHENING RISK AWARENESS AND ENSURING AI IS SECURE AND CONTROLLABLE. ALL COUNTRIES SHOULD UPHOLD THE PEOPLE CENTERED PHILOSOPHY. MAKING SURE AI RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION ARE IN LINE WITH THE PURPOSES AND PRINCIPLES OF THE U.N. CHARTER AND APPLICABLE INTERNATIONAL LAW AS WELL AS THE COMMON VALUES OF HUMANITY AND SOCIAL ETHICS.
2:03:13IN RESPONSE TO THE INHERENT AND SECONDARY RISKS POSED BY AI IT IS NECESSARY TO IMPROVE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS ACROSS BORDER CORPORATIONS AND RESIDENCY COMBAT THE MALICIOUS ABUSE OF AI BY TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS EXTREMISTS FORCES AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL GROUPS. RELEVANT BUSINESSES ARE TECH GIANTS.
2:03:40THEY SHOULD FULFILL THEIR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, COUNTER THIS AND SUBJECT THEMSELVES TO REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT, REGARDING TO IR&D END APPLICATION IN THE MILITARY DOMAIN ALL COUNTRIES SHOULD TAKE A PRUDENT AND RESPONSIBLE APPROACH OF AVOIDING MISCALCULATIONS AND OPPOSE THE USE OF RELATED WEAPONS FOR INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS OR DELIBERATE STRIKES AGAINST CIVILIANS AND CIVILIAN
2:04:09FACILITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE ULTIMATE DECISION-MAKING POWER STAYS WITH HUMANS. THE THIRD POINT IS ABOUT UPHOLDING AI FOR GOOD AND STRENGTHENING TECHNOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT. AI UNLOCKED MANY POSSIBILITIES FOR ADDRESSING GLOBAL CHALLENGES LIKE THOSE RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE, FOOD SECURITY, PUBLIC HEALTH, ENERGY TRANSITION AND NATURAL DISASTERS. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SHOULD SEE THIS HISTORIC OPPORTUNITY,'S CURRENT -- OPPORTUNITY, AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS TO BETTER TRANSLATE INTO IMPROVEMENTS IN PUBLIC WELL-BEING.
2:04:50WE WELCOME THE UNITED NATIONS EFFORTS TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF EXISTING RESOURCES AND PROVIDE MORE AGILE, RESPONSIVE SERVICE TO MEMBER STATES. THE U.N. FIELD MISSIONS WITH THE CONSENT OF THE HOST GOVERNMENTS AND IN LINE WITH THEIR RESPECTIVE MANDATES CAN STRENGTHEN THEIR SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, ANALYSIS, RISK, EARLY WARNING AND RAPID RESPONSE CAPABILITIES. PROMOTING FAIRNESS AND INCLUSIVITY HANDING PROVING GLOBAL GOVERNANCE. AI SHOULD NOT BECOME RICH COUNTRIES AND RICH PEOPLE'S GAMES.
2:05:32WE MUST PREVENT THE DIGITAL AND AI DEVICE FROM EXACERBATING THE DEVELOPMENT DIVIDE. INCREASED SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH. HOW PEOPLE OF ALL COUNTRIES PEACEFULLY PARTAKE OF THE DIVIDENDS OF TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS AND MAKE THEM MORE RESILIENT BECAUSE OF SECURITY RISK. THERE IS MULTI NATIONALISM AND SUPPORT THE U.N. AS THE MAIN FORM OF GLOBAL AI GOVERNMENTS AND GIVE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES A BIGGER VOICE.
2:06:02ON THE BASIS OF RESPECTING THE DIVERSITY OF CIVILIZATIONS IN THE UNIQUE MESS OF EACH COUNTRY'S CULTURE WE SHOULD ENHANCE ALIGNMENT AND COORDINATION ON AI DEVELOPMENT, STRATEGIES, GOVERNANCE, RULES AND TECHNIQUE OR STANDARDS. FOR A CONSENSUS BASED GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK AT AN EARLY DATE, TO BUILD INSTITUTIONAL GUARDRAILS THAT PRESERVE INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. PRESIDENT, CHINA IS AN IMPORTANT PRACTITIONER IN AIA INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND AN ACTIVE CONTRIBUTOR TO GLOBAL GOVERNANCE.
2:06:38SINCE THE PRESIDENT LAUNCHED THE GLOBAL AI INITIATIVE, CHINA HAS HELPED THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTED BY CONSENSUS THE RESOLUTION ON INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON CAPACITY BUILDING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND TABLED THE AI CAPACITY BUILDING ACTION PLAN ARE GOOD AND FOR ALL AND AI PLUS INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INITIATIVE.
2:07:05JULY OF THIS YEAR, PRESIDENT XI JINPING ANNOUNCED AT THE WORLD AI CONFERENCE THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS CHINA WILL PROVIDE 5000 OPPORTUNITIES IN AI TRAINING AND SEMINAR PROGRAMS FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO BUILD INTERNATIONAL AI APPLICATION COOPERATION CENTERS FOR ASEAN, THE AFRICAN UNION, THE LEGAL ARAB STATES, AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, ADVANCE THE
2:07:34APPLICATION OF THE AI POWERED METEOROLOGICAL WARNING SYSTEM, IN 30 COUNTRIES. PROPOSED AND CHAMPIONED BY CHINA AND IN RESPONSE TO THE CALL OF OUR TIME. THAT WROTE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE CORPORATION ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN THE CITY OF SHANGHAI. IT IS THE WORLD'S FIRST INTERCONTINENTAL ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO AI AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL NATIONS TO HELP ADJUST AN ECOSYSTEM FOR GLOBAL AI GOVERNMENTS.
2:08:08TOGETHER, WE CALENDARED CREATE -- WE SHALL CREATE >> >> -- I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF CHINA. I GIVE THE FLOOR TO THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.
2:08:25WE THANK THE BRIEFER'S FURTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DISCUSSION. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HAS BECOME A TRENDY TOPIC AND THERE IS VIRTUALLY NO ONE IN THE WORLD WHO IS INDIFFERENT. IT IS NOW BEING DISCUSSED IN A VARIETY OF POLITICAL AND EXPERT FORMS AND THE SECURITY COUNCIL IS NO EXCEPTION. HOWEVER, THIS PRINCIPLE ORGANIZATION HAS CLEAR LIMITATIONS.
2:08:48FIRST OF ALL, IT IS HARD TO SEE HOW THE GENERIC TOPIC OF AI IS RELATED TO THE COUNCIL'S MANDATE IS CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE U.N. CHARTER FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. EQUALLY IMPORTANTLY, THE COUNTRIES OF AFRICA, ASIA AND LATIN AMERICA ARE UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL. THE VOICE OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH IS UNLIKELY TO BE HERE IN FULL.
2:09:15THERE IS A HIGH RISK THAT THE DOMINANT GROUP OF WESTERN STATES AND THE COUNCIL, WHICH IS INTERESTED IN PRESERVING AND CONSOLIDATING AND TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP IN THIS AREA, WILL SEEK TO IMPOSE ITS NARROW SELF-SERVING APPROACH ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE PREROGATIVE OF THE SPECIALIZED MECHANISMS ENGAGED IN PRACTICAL WORK IN THIS FIELD. INCREDIBLY, THIS IS ALREADY HAPPENING. ONE STRIKING EXAMPLE IS THE HOLDING OF CLOSED-DOOR SUMMITS ON THE SO-CALLED RESPONSIBLE MILITARY USE OF AI.
2:10:00TO WHICH MOST DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE NOT INVITED. FINALLY, ISSUES RELATING TO THE CIVILIAN AND MILITARY APPLICATIONS OF AI TECHNOLOGY IS COMPLEX AND MULTIDIMENSIONAL. THAT IS PRECISELY WHY THESE ISSUES SHOULD BE DISCUSSED IN RELEVANT SPECIALIZED FORA. DISCUSSIONS OF AI ENABLED CYBER ATTACKS WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE GLOBAL MECHANISM ESTABLISHED AS THE SUCCESSOR TO THE U.N. OPEN-ENDED WORKING GROUP ON SECURITY IN THE USE OF ICT'S.
2:10:46AND FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MILITARY ASPECT OF AI, THERE IS THE GROUP OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS. THEY OPERATE UNDER THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CAN AND NO WEAPONS.
2:11:02-- CERTAIN WEAPONS.
2:11:05I WOULD LIKE TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE GG IN GENEVA ADOPTED A CONSENSUS REPORT THREE WEEKS AGO. THIS OUTCOME SERVES AS A PRACTICAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE EFFECTIVENESS AND RELEVANT -- RELEVANCE TO THE FORUM. IT CONTAINS A DEFINITION OF LETHAL AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS.
2:11:28THE COMMON UNDERSTANDINGS REGARDING THE APPLICABILITY OF THE NORMS TO INTERNATIONAL LAW, INCLUDING HUMANITARIAN LAW, AS WELL AS PARAMETERS FOR ENSURING HUMAN CONTROL TO MITIGATE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MILITARY USE OF AI WE DON'T BELIEVE IT WOULD BE ADVISABLE TO UNDERMINE THE CONSTRUCTIVE WORK THAT HAS BEEN
2:11:58ACCOMPLISHED IN GENEVA.
2:11:59WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE PARTICIPATING ACTIVELY IN THE GROUPS WORK WITH A VIEW TO FURTHER ALIGNING COMMON APPROACHES IN THIS AREA. MR. PRESIDENT, WE CAREFULLY STUDIED THE CONCEPT NOTE FOR TODAY'S MEETING CIRCULATED BY THE FRENCH PRESIDENCY. WE BELIEVE IT IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO CONSIDER THE USE OF AI TECHNOLOGIES SOLELY THROUGH THE LENS OF RISK. EVERY COINS GOT TWO SIDES. THE ADVANTAGES INCLUDE RELIABILITY, SECURITY, AND ABOVE ALL, SPEED INCLUDING IN DECISION-MAKING.
2:12:39AI ALLOWS TO CARRY OUT AN EFFECTIVE ANALYSIS OF LARGE DATA SETS. IT CAN HELP IDENTIFY THREATS AND ENHANCE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS. AND IMPROVE PRECISION IN THE CONTEXT OF OPERATIONS AS WELL AS REDUCE RISK TO THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND STRENGTHEN THE PROTECTION OF CIVILIAN RELATED OBJECTS. AT THE SAME TIME, IT MUST BE BORN TO MIND THAT THIS ENTAILS RISK. MINIMIZING THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST CONTROL OF HER AI AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES.
2:13:23A SPECIFIC FORM OF SUCH CONTROLS ARE DETERMINED BY STATES IN PRACTICE THE NATIONAL LEVEL. SOME POSSIBLE MEANS OF ENSURING HUMAN CONTROL INCLUDE FOR EXAMPLE, ENHANCING SYSTEM RELIABILITY AND RESILIENCE, LIMITING THE TYPES OF TARGETS, RESTRICTING THE DURATION OF OPERATE GEOGRAPHICAL SCOPE AND SCALE OF USE AND TIMELY INTERVENTION AND DEACTIVATION OF THE SYSTEM.
2:13:57IT IN ADDITION, STEPS MUST UNDERTAKE MEASURES TO ATTACK AND -- TWO DETECT RHYTHMS AND ADOPT APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO PREVENT AND SUPPRESS VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF RELEVANT TECHNOLOGIES. THESE MEASURES COULD INCLUDE EFFECTIVE LIKE CYCLE -- LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT OF WEAPONS AND MILITARY EQUIPMENT, ESTABLISHING READINESS CRITERIA AND ENSURING MAXIMUM PROTECTION FROM UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS. WE ALSO SEE ADDED VALUE IN EXCHANGING VIEWS AND DEVELOPING SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND GUIDELINES.
2:14:46HOWEVER, IT IS IMPORTANT THIS BE DONE EXCLUSIVELY IN A RELEVANT SPECIALIZED BODY. RUSSIA DOES NOT OBJECT TO A MULTILATERAL DIALOGUE ON THE APPLICATIONS OF AIA AND PRINCIPAL IN THIS AND THE MILITARY OBLIGATIONS OF AI AS WELL AS CONSIDERING THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE USE OF SUCH TOOLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. WE ARE CONVINCED SUCH A DIALOGUE MUST YOU BASED ON INCLUSION -- MUST BE BASED ON INCLUSION AND BE INTERGOVERNMENTAL IN NATURE.
2:15:21THESE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES ARE INTENDED TO GUARANTEE THE INTERESTS OF EVERY MEMBER STATE ARE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND TO ENSURE THE DECISIONS ADOPTED ARE EFFECTIVE. MOREOVER, IN EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE SUBJECT, IT PARTICULARLY FELT -- A FOCUS MUST BE PLACED ON ENSURING NONDISCRIMINATORY ISLAND -- AND EQUITABLE ACCESS FOR ALL STATES PARTICULARLY THE GLOBAL SOUTH TO AI TECHNOLOGY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
2:15:51I THINK THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. I GIVE THE TO THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA.
2:15:59THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT.
2:16:03I JOIN YOU IN THINKING THE PRESIDENCY OF FRANCE FOR CONVENING THIS CRITICAL DEBATE. AND WE THANK THE BRIEFER'S FOR SHARING YOUR QUALIFIED PERSPECTIVES. WE ARE JOINING IN WELCOMING HIGH-LEVEL DIGNITARIES PARTICIPATING. EXCELLENCIES, HISTORY TEACHES US THAT HUMANITY'S GREATEST TRANSFORMATIONS ARE NEVER DEFINED BY TECHNOLOGICAL BREAK. EVERY FUNDAMENTAL LEAP IN CAPABILITY HAS DEMANDED AN EQUAL LEAP IN GOVERNANCE.
2:16:48ETHICAL FRAMEWORKS AND MULTILATERAL RULES TO ENSURE POWER REMAINS DETAILED TO THE COMMON GOOD. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PRESENTS DEFINING TEST OF THAT TIME. IT'S PROMISED UPLIFT SOCIETIES IS IMMENSE. SO IS THE EXISTENTIAL PERIL SHOULD ITS TRAJECTORY OUTSTRIP HUMAN CONTROL, INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND ETHICAL OVERSIGHT.
2:17:34ANNIE -- 81 YEARS AGO, THE ARCHITECTS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CHARTER CONFRONTED A WORLD FRACTURED BY UNRESTRAINED POWER. THEY RECOGNIZED THAT SUSTAINABLE PEACE CANNOT BE SECURED MERELY BY REACTING TO CRISES AFTER SMOKE HAS CLEARED. IT DEMANDS FORESIGHT, SUSTAINED MULTILATERAL COOPERATION, AND INSTITUTIONS CAPABLE OF ANTICIPATING AND NEUTRALIZING THREATS BEFORE THEY IGNITE GLOBAL CONFLICT.
2:18:21WHILE THE DELEGATES OF SAN FRANCISCO IN 1945 COULD NOT HAVE ENVISIONED NEURAL NETWORKS OF FRIEND COMPUTING MODELS, ANY CAPABILITY THAT RESHAPES THE NATURE OF WARFARE, SOVEREIGNTY, AND GEOPOLITICAL STABILITY FALLS SQUARELY WITHIN THIS COUNCIL'S PRIMARY MANDATE TO MAINTAIN
2:18:51INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY. MR. PRESIDENT, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ALREADY RE-SHAVING -- RESHAPING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, GLOBAL COMMERCE AND SOCIAL COHESION. GOVERNED RESPONSIBLY, THESE TECHNOLOGIES CAN EMPOWER THE UNITED NATIONS AND EARLY WARNING MECHANISMS OPTIMIZING HUMANITY RUN LOGISTICS AND STRENGTHENING PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. YET WE OBSERVE WITH GRAVE CONCERN, THE PROLIFERATION OF AI ENABLED OFFENSIVE CAPABILITIES, AUTONOMOUS WEAPONS SYSTEMS, AND FRONTIER MODELS EXHIBITING PREDICTABLE EMERGENT BEHAVIORS.
2:19:52RAPID ADVANCES TOWARDS ARTIFICIAL GENERAL INTELLIGENCE AND HIGHLY IS ANONYMOUS SYSTEMS UNDERSCORE THAT FRONTIER RISKS ARE NO LONGER ABSTRACT POSSIBILITIES. THEY ARE EMINENT POLICY REALITIES. THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT FOR A SYSTEMIC FAILURE OR CATASTROPHIC MISCALCULATION BEFORE ESTABLISHING COLLECTIVE SAFEGUARDS. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THE COST OF TODAY'S HESITATION TO BECOME TOMORROW'S CATASTROPHE.
2:20:42MR. PRESIDENT, LIBERIA BELIEVES THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST STEER CLEAR OF TWO EQUALLY HAZARDOUS EXTREMES. THE FIRST IS SUFFOCATING OVERREGULATION THAT STIFLES PROGRESS, PARTICULARLY FOR DEVELOPING NATIONS THAT URGENTLY NEED ACCESS TO AI TOOLS TO BOLSTER EDUCATION, REVOLUTIONIZE HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, MODERNIZE AGRICULTURE, AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS. THE SECOND IS DANGEROUS COMPLACENCY. THEN NAIVE ASSUMPTION THAT FORMATIVE TECHNOLOGIES CAN SAFELY SELF REGULATE.
2:21:33HISTORY OFFERS NO PRECEDENT FOR SUCH FAITH. WITHOUT VERBAL -- VIABLE SAFEGUARDS, TRANSPARENCY OF LIABILITY, ALL REGULATED CAPABILITIES WILL GENERATE VULNERABILITIES THAT RESPECT NO NATIONAL BORDER. A PATH IS NOT A BINARY CHOICE BETWEEN INNOVATION AND REGULATION. THEY ARE IMPERATIVE -- THE IMPERATIVE BEFORE US IS TO ENSURE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND MULTILATERAL GOVERNANCE ADVANCE HAND-IN-HAND.
2:22:20WE MUST REGULATE WITH WISDOM AND INNOVATE WITH RESPONSIBILITIES. FOR LIBERIA, FOUR OPERATIONAL PILLARS ARE PARAMOUNT. ONE, SAFETY BY DESIGN. RESPONSIBILITY MUST BEGIN AT THE ARCHITECTURE PHASE. RIGOROUS RISK MITIGATION, CYBERSECURITY RESILIENCE, AND FULL SELF-CONTROL MUST BE EMBEDDED ACROSS THE ENTIRE LIFECYCLE FROM PRETRAINING TO PUBLIC DEPLOYMENT RATHER THAN IMPROVISED POST CRISIS.
2:23:07UPHOLDING INTERNATIONAL LAW IN HUMAN AGENCY. DECISIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF LETHAL FORCE, THE DEPRIVATION OF HUMAN LIFE AND ESCALATION OF CONFLICT MUST NEVER BE ABDICATED TO A TON OF MESSIAH ALGORITHMS. -- TWO AUTONOMOUS ALGORITHMS. THESE ARE NONNEGOTIABLE BEDROCK'S OF INTERNATIONAL MANAGE AREA LAW AND THE HUMAN DIGNITY.
2:23:38COLLABORATIVE CONFIDENCE BUILDING.
2:23:44MULTILATERAL COOPERATION MUST FOSTER TRUST WITHOUT IMPEDING SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY. THE BENCHMARKS, COORDINATED DISCLOSURES AND TRANSPARENT RED TAPE PROTOCOLS BETWEEN STATES, INDUSTRY LEADERS AND INDEPENDENT SCIENTISTS ARE ESSENTIAL TO MITIGATE STRATEGIC MISTRUST. NUMBER FOUR, INDEPENDENT BARREL OF A VIABLE OVERSIGHT. NORMS WITHOUT VERIFICATION ARE INSUFFICIENT. WE REQUIRE CREDIBLE AUDITING FRAMEWORKS, ROBUST STANDARDS, AND INDEPENDENT TECHNICAL EVALUATION TO ENSURE THAT OUR CORPORATE COMMITMENTS AND STATE COMMITMENTS TRANSLATE INTO MEASURABLE SIFTING FOR MANKIND.
2:24:47FURTHERMORE, MR. PRESIDENT, GLOBAL GOVERNANCE CANNOT BE AN EXCLUSIVE ENCLAVE RESERVED FOR THE FEW NATIONS THAT CONTROL ADVANCED COMPUTE AND CAPITAL. AFRICA AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH CANNOT BE TREATED AS DATA EXTRACTORS WERE DOWNSTREAM END USERS. WE MUST BE EQUAL, CORE ARCHITECTS IN DETERMINING THE STANDARDS, ETHICS, AND ARCHITECTURE OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL ERA.
2:25:26IN THIS REGARD, LIBERIA WELCOMES THE LANDMARK INITIATIVE ADVANCED THROUGH THE GLOBAL DIGITAL COMPACT, NOTABLY THE DIALOGUE ON AI GOVERNANCE AND THE INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PANEL ON AI. COMPLEMENTARY EFFORTS IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY DO NOT OBSERVE THIS COUNCIL OF ITS SPECIFIC DUTY. WHEN ADVANCED COMPUTING INTERSECTS WITH CYBER OPERATIONS AGAINST CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE, AUTONOMOUS WEAPONIZED SYSTEMS, AND GEOSTRATEGIC COMPETITION, IT INTERSECTS DIRECTLY WITH INTERNATIONAL SECURITY.
2:26:13COUNSEL ENGAGEMENT IS NOT DUPLICATION. IT IS CONFLICT PREVENTION. LIBERIA THEREFORE LENDS ITS STRONG SUPPORT TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEDICATED SECURITY COUNCIL INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND EMERGING TECH ELEGIES. TAXED WITH MONITORING THE CROSS PARTY SECURITY IMPLICATIONS OF THESE CAPABILITIES ACROSS THEMATIC AND SPECIFIC AGENDAS.
2:26:48TO CONCLUDE, MR. PRESIDENT, LET US ACT WITH THE FULL URGENCY DEMANDED OF THIS MOMENT, ENSURING THE MOST POWERFUL TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS SEND THE INDUSTRY -- SINCE THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION SERVES AS AN ENDURING ENGINE OR SHARED PROSPERITY AND A PILLAR OF
2:27:14INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY RATHER THAN AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER THE DIVISION, TRACTION OF OUR WORK.
2:27:27THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND INVITATION.
2:27:28I THINK THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LIBERIA FOR THE STATEMENT. THERE ARE NO MORE NAMES INSCRIBED ON THE LIST OF SPEAKERS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE SPEAKERS AT THIS MEETING. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
2:27:50TONIGHT, IT IS CONGRESS VERSUS THE PRESS.
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2:28:18C-SPAN, DEMOCRACY UNFILTERED.
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