Experts in artificial intelligence (AI) debated this Monday at an event held at the Catholic University of Uruguay (UCU) on the policy of use and regulation of this new technology, agreeing on the need to advance in a regulation that has ethics at the center and highlighted what has been done by the Uruguay in the subject.
The Manager of Public Policies and Government Relations of Google in the Southern Cone, Tamar Colodencostated that artificial intelligence produces enormous opportunities in the area of health that must be taken advantage of and also in mitigating the negative effects of climate changewhich can be used to prevent natural disasters by alerting the population and immediate response state agencies.
The introduction of the platform official served as an introduction to the beginning of the debate on the regulation of the use of artificial intelligence and its effects.
Uruguay, beacon of public policies
The director of Institute for Integration of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Ana Boscobegan his speech by asking what would be the way to regulate when there are already public policies that have “points of contact with regulation.”
In that sense he defined the Uruguay as a regional lighthouse where steps were taken “in a robust manner” through the creation of a national strategy, dialogue tables and lines of action at the public administration level.
“There is much that Latin America can teach the world and that Uruguay can teach Latin America. Here we have some very interesting points of public policies and, potentially, of future regulation in the country that we could export,” said the IDB representative.
“We believe that there is a clear opportunity for Latin America to continue expanding knowledge-based services. AND Uruguay is a clear example of this. The growth rate of the knowledge-based services sector in the last 10 years is 20%. It’s a huge number. It is, in fact, the most dynamic country in Latin America in terms of knowledge-based services. So, this shows us clear evidence of how it can continue to expand,” he concluded.
On the role of the Inter-American Development Bank as financier of projects that involve artificial intelligencethe official made reference to a project recently executed in Argentina.
“We have very recently been able to achieve the approval of a loan operation in Argentina for 35 million dollars. What it seeks is to increase exports of services based on knowledge, but with a focus on artificial intelligence. It is the first IDB loan operation that focuses on artificial intelligence. And what this loan will seek is mainly to strengthen the link between the scientific and technological sector with the productive sector so that these solutions really have a market opportunity,” Basco announced.
Impact of artificial intelligence on employment and other risks
The experts also analyzed topics related to artificial intelligence such as the impact on the world of work and the consumer economy.
“We have to go towards models, towards public policies that generate the development of artificial intelligence. And when we talk about risks, they are those linked to the use of data and employment as well. Behind the development of algorithms, there are people who have biases. So, how in some way to monitor that, it seems to me that is a central issue,” I point out. Gabriel Hernandez, director of technology and operations Agesic.
Source: Ambito
