13 Amendments of Henna VIRKKUNEN related to 2018/2088(INI)
Amendment 16 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas artificial intelligence is one of the strategic technologies for the 21st century both globally and in Europe, bringing positive change for the European economy, enabling innovation, productivity, competitiveness and well- being;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B b (new)
Recital B b (new)
Bb. whereas AI constitutes a significant tool to address global societal challenges and the Member’s states through their public policy have to promote investments, to make available funds for R&D, and address barriers to AI development and adoption;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)
Recital C a (new)
Ca. whereas several Member States are developing their own artificial intelligence strategies, and there is a need to coordinate those strategies, to pool research efforts, set common short and long term targets for AI development in order to avoid investment gaps and overlaps;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)
Paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. Recommends that Member States together with businesses, educators and other relevant stakeholders identify the groups that are most at risk of displacement due to AI and develop strategies to manage this transition by supporting reskilling programs, improving professional education and long-life trainings for the current and future workforce with particular focus on SMS; underlines that companies themselves have to invest in training and reskilling of existing workforce in order to meet their needs.
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Believes that digital literacy is one of the most important factors for future AI development. Notes that the digital literacy can support wide participation in the data economy solutions and facilitate communication and cooperation with all partners in the digital relationships;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Amendment 100 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 d (new)
Paragraph 5 d (new)
5d. Encourages Member States to develop multi stakeholders partnerships across industry and research institutes as well as joint AI centres of excellence that will facilitate investments in the AI research and create collaboration and networking across Europe;
Amendment 106 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the importance of greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive; recognises that while most of the investment and innovation in this area comes from private sector ventures, Member States and the Commission should also be encouraged to invest in research in this sector and outline their development priorities; Welcomes the EU invest proposal and other public private partnerships that will foster private funding; considers that the coordination of private- and public-sector investment should be encouraged to ensure that development is focused;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that public acceptance depends on how public is informed about the opportunities, challenges and developments of artificial intelligence; Recommends Member States and the Commission to launch various information campaigns on the limitations and potential of AI and robotics and addressing mains public concerns such as privacy, safety and transparency of decisions taken by automated systems;
Amendment 162 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Stresses the importance of the quality of data used in development of algorithms, as the standard of the AI systems relies on the data used to train them; Notes that the use of low quality, outdated, incomplete or incorrect data may lead to poor predictions and in turn discrimination and bias, it is therefore important in the age of big data to ensure that algorithms are trained on representative sample of high quality data;
Amendment 169 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Believes that the success of AI applications, tailored to users across the EU, often requires extensive knowledge of local markets, as well as access to and use of adequate local data for the datasets training, system testing and validation, especially in sectors related to natural language processing. Asks the Member states to encourage the availability of high quality, interoperable and open public sector as well as privately-held data;
Amendment 176 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 e (new)
Paragraph 9 e (new)
9e. Welcomes the measures to facilitate and support the exchange and sharing of data across borders, to increase flexibility and stimulate economies of scale, such as through the Free Flow of Data Regulation;
Amendment 246 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21 c (new)
Paragraph 21 c (new)
21c. Stresses that European standards for AI must be based on the principles of digital ethics, human dignity, respect of fundamental rights, data protection and security, thus contributing to building trust among users; emphasises the importance of capitalising on the EU’s potential for creating a strong infrastructure for AI systems rooted in high standards of data and respect for humans; Notes that, in the development of AI principle, transparency and the explainability need to be embedded;