Activities of Alessandra BASSO related to 2020/2017(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector
Amendments (8)
Amendment 23 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Stresses the importance to avoid a purely notional and sterile use of AI in education which would undermine educational bonds between pupils, students and other learners and teachers, as well as between children and parents; the human dimension of education must remain at the forefront;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to include the education sector in the regulatory framework for high-risk AI applications given the importance of ensuring that education continues to contribute to the public good and given the high sensitivity of data on pupils, students and other learners; underlines that data sets used to train AI should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes and other biases;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission to include the education sector in the regulatory framework for high-risk AI applications given the importance of ensuring that education continues to contribute to the public good and given the high sensitivity of data on pupils, students and other learners, also considering threats and vulnerabilities coming from cyberspace; underlines that data sets used to train AI should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes and other biases;
Amendment 59 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Expresses its concern that schools and other public education providers are becoming increasingly dependent on educational technology services, including AI applications, provided by just a few technology companies; stresses that this may lead to unequal access to data and limit competition by restricting consumer choice; calls for this data to be shared with the relevant public authorities and monitored by them, so it can be used in the development of curricula and pedagogical practices (in particular since these services are purchased with public money or offered to public education providers for free, and because education is a common good);
Amendment 105 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls for recommendation algorithms and personalised marketing on audiovisual platforms, including video streaming platforms and news platforms, to be transparent and easily recognisable, in order to give consumers insight into these processes and ensure that personalised services are not discriminatory; stresses the need to guarantee and properly implement the right of users to opt out from recommended and personalised services.
Amendment 110 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. recalls how Artificial intelligence could be a perfect tool to allow a wide audience of users to remotely enjoy public cultural heritage (e.g. exhibitions or museums) for information purposes, "tourism", but also research; therefore encourages cultural institutions to exploit the potential of AI to make their contents widely accessible;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Suggests that audiovisual content for educational purposes should be catalogued and classified according to age groups in order to facilitate an effective selection of the most suitable contents;
Amendment 118 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 b (new)
Paragraph 6 b (new)
6 b. supports the use of AI related to the dissemination of texts and manuscripts, especially ancient ones, through the web, to preserve them from destruction but at the same time to make them accessible to a wide mass of users, including researchers, experts and scholars.