2023-07-19 19:49:37
The UN Secretary General warned on Tuesday of the risks that artificial intelligence generates for peace and security in the world and urged urgent action against an “unprecedented” technology.
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“It is clear that AI is going to have an impact on all aspects of our lives”, in particular generative artificial intelligence, the creator of images and texts, Antonio Guterres declared at the first meeting that the Security Council devotes to this matter. .“Generative AI has enormous potential for good and for evil on a large scale,” he warned.
While these technologies can “eradicate poverty, fight hunger, cure cancer and empower climate action”, “military and non-military applications of AI can have serious consequences for world peace and security”, he pointed.
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For this reason, he called for a binding instrument to be established by the end of 2026 to prohibit “autonomous lethal weapons systems” that operate without human supervision and that “people are never removed” from the control of nuclear weapons.
Artificial intelligence is increasingly used in security matters, including by the UN, to “identify patterns of violence, monitor ceasefires” or “strengthen peacekeeping, mediation and humanitarian efforts,” he recalled. , but they can be double-edged technologies, because “they can also be used by malicious people.”
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“The malicious use of artificial intelligence systems for terrorist, criminal or state purposes could cause horrific levels of death and destruction, widespread trauma and profound psychological damage on an unimaginable scale.”
In this context, “mechanisms for the governance of artificial intelligence are urgently needed,” said the UN chief, who is going to ask a group of experts to propose “options” in this field by the end of the year.
Meanwhile, he reiterated his support for the creation of a “United Nations entity” to help optimize the benefits of artificial intelligence and reduce risks, as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) or the group of experts from the UN on climate (GIEC).
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