{"id":6499,"date":"2021-06-10T11:04:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hub.inesc.pt\/?p=6499"},"modified":"2021-06-10T11:06:35","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T10:06:35","slug":"the-ai-act-getting-the-first-step-right-sciencebusiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hub.inesc.pt\/?p=6499","title":{"rendered":"The AI Act: getting the first step right | Science|Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6499\" data-post-id=\"6499\" data-obj-id=\"6499\" class=\"elementor elementor-6499 dce-elementor-post-6499\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e146b80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e146b80\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55a94c60\" data-id=\"55a94c60\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4de2aa73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4de2aa73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> (AI) has been compared to electricity: it is a general-purpose technology with applications in all domains of human activity. Electricity has found uses that no one envisaged when the first electrical systems were designed and, in practice, life would be completely different without this technology. With AI also set to find its way into almost all fields of activity, the European Union wants to ensure this technology is <strong>human-centered<\/strong>, in the sense that it is governed by <strong>ethics<\/strong> and respects human-rights. To that end, the EU is developing AI regulation designed to mitigate the risks presented by such a powerful technology.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Published over one year ago, the <strong>European Commission White Paper on Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> addressed several policy actions aimed at two important, but somewhat conflicting, objectives: developing AI in Europe (an ecosystem of excellence), and limiting the risks associated with improper uses of AI (an ecosystem of trust). The White Paper strikes a reasonable balance between the two competing objectives and, after a period of consultation, it was followed by a <strong>draft Artificial Intelligence Act<\/strong> (the Act), published less than two months ago.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ideally, the Act would have developed the two central ideas addressed by the White Paper: <strong>creating legislation that stimulates innovation<\/strong>, while at the same time <strong>guaranteeing trus<\/strong>t. However, in its current form, the document has a few drawbacks and needs to mature to meet the expectations of the AI community, in particular, and of society, in general.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Continue reading on<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Science|Business<\/span>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been compared to electricity: it is a general-purpose technology with applications in all domains of human activity. 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