11 Amendments of François-Xavier BELLAMY related to 2020/2012(INL)
Amendment 1 #
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1. Recalls that the creation and the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the areas of culture, education and information policy raises and will continue to raise a wide range of ethical issues; calls on the European Institutions to engage in long- term thinking about the impact of AI on our democratic debates, our societies and the very nature of human beings, in order to be able to pave the way for a technology that respects our freedom, our way of life and human rights;
Amendment 3 #
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1. Highlights that the security and defence policies of the European Union and its Member States are guided by the principles of the United Nations Charter, and by a common understanding of the universal values of the inviolable and inalienable rights of the human person, of human dignity, of freedom, of democracy, of equality and of the rule of law; highlights that all defence- related efforts within the Union framework respect these universal values whilst promoting peace, security and progress in Europe and in the world;
Amendment 8 #
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2. Stresses the need to develop criteria for the use of AI in education, media and creative sectors, by developing benchmarks for ethically responsible and accepted uses of AI technologies in these areas; underlines that these criteria must be constantly adjusted to the progress in AI technologies; recalls that, to provide these algorithms with a sound basis, it is necessary to impose the principles of conformity of a system with its specifications, transparency, good faith and equity;
Amendment 18 #
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3. Notices that AI personalised learning systems are increasingly being deployed in schools and universities, which is changing the role of teachers in the learning process to one more of facilitation; stresses that this shift should be reflected in curriculacannot take the place of the educational relationship involving teachers, as assistance to pupils and students presupposes a human connection and experience of teaching methods which cannot be provided by any algorithm; considers furthermore that, in the context of the development of the digital environment, it is more essential than ever to pass on a general culture, to guarantee the freedom of people in their relations with digital tools, making it more necessary than ever for teachers to transmit it to the younger generation;
Amendment 23 #
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3. Considers that current and future security and defence-related activities within the Union framework will draw on AI, on robotics and autonomy, and on related technologies and that the Union must assume leading role in research and development of AI systems in security and defence field; believes that the use of AI- enabled applications in security and defence offer number of direct benefits such as higher quality collected data, greater situational awareness, increased speed for decision-making, as well as greater reliability of military equipment; recalls that AI systems are also becoming key elements in countering emerging and hybrid security threats;
Amendment 34 #
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4. Acknowledges the great potential of AI in the areas of information and media; underlines that, if not regulated, it might have also ethically adverse effects by spreading fake news, creating information bubbles and exploiting biases incorporated into AI algorithms; recalls that a free and complete education is a necessary condition to enable citizens to take full advantage of the fundamental human right referred to in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which stipulates that 'Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontier';
Amendment 39 #
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4. Highlights that, based on a human- centric approach, the Union follows a path of responsibility and transparency, of protecting our citizens, and of defending our values, whilst seizing the opportunities that those technologies offer;
Amendment 46 #
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5. Emphasises that education should empower citizens to develop new forms of critical thinking, including ‘algorithm awareness’ and the ability to reflect on the impact of AI on information, knowledge, and decision-making, and give them an understanding of the place occupied by IT systems in selecting, interpreting, storing and representing data;
Amendment 59 #
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6. Emphasises the importance for transparency and accountability of algorithms used by media streaming companies, in order to ensure access to culturally and linguistically diverse content; stresses that such algorithms should be designed in such a way that they do not privilege specific works by limiting their ‘personalised’ suggestions to the most popular works; recalls that transparency of these algorithms is essential in order to avoid potentially negative repercussions of increased concentration of cultural data in the hands of major platforms for continuous media coverage, thereby ensuring access to genuine cultural openness and guaranteeing freedom of creation;
Amendment 69 #
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7. Highlights the need to adopt clear safety and security provisions and requirements for AI-systems in security and defence, and carry our regular tests and verifications across the entire life cycle; underlines the necessity of ensuring compliance with applicable standards and obtained certifications where AI modifies e.g. through machine learning the functionality and behaviour of systems in which it is integrated, in order to ensure full traceability, explicability and accountability of decisions made with involvement of AI;
Amendment 109 #
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10a. Stresses the utmost importance of education and ethics-based training in the field of security and defence AI technologies with particular focus on ethics of semi-autonomous and autonomous operational systems based on human accountability;