Activities of Alexis GEORGOULIS related to 2020/2012(INL)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION with recommendations to the Commission on framework of ethical aspects of artificial intelligence, robotics and related technologies
Amendments (15)
Amendment 69 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Amendment 71 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7 b. Strongly believes that there is an urgent need to examine how time- honoured human rights frameworks and conventions, as well as the obligations that derive from those commitments, can guide actions and policies relating to digital cooperation and digital technology and how human rights can be meaningfully applied to ensure that no gaps in protection are caused by new and emerging technologies;
Amendment 73 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 c (new)
Paragraph 7 c (new)
7 c. Emphasises the need to continue the fight against fake news and asks the Member States to take measures against the spread of "deepfakes" in audiovisual media;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Paragraph 7 d (new)
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 e (new)
Paragraph 7 e (new)
7 e. Emphasises that AI technologies should clearly not reflect on any sort of profiling bias whether regarding identity, race, age, colour, gender or sexuality or disability;
Amendment 79 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 f (new)
Paragraph 7 f (new)
7 f. Recognises the need to ensure that the teams that design, develop, test and maintain, deploy and procure AI systems reflect the diversity of uses and of society in general, and that they are diverse in terms of gender, culture and age in order to mirror all essential elements of society and avoid bias;
Amendment 80 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 g (new)
Paragraph 7 g (new)
7 g. Highlights the role that educational systems can play in fostering and developing an ethical mindset by making people aware and informing them about AI and its use, as well as fostering AI literacy across society; underlines that educating the public to ensure proper skills should be viewed as a prerequisite before the widespread use of AI;
Amendment 81 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 h (new)
Paragraph 7 h (new)
7 h. Notes that along with AI technologies, education systems should also provide measures against technology addiction and lack of personal engagement and measures for responsible use by individual users;
Amendment 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 i (new)
Paragraph 7 i (new)
7 i. Recognises the threat that automation and AI might pose to employment and reiterates the need to maintain jobs as a priority, including in the cultural and creative sectors;
Amendment 83 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 j (new)
Paragraph 7 j (new)
7 j. Emphasises the need to examine thoroughly, properly regulate and efficiently ban the deployment of AI and the automation in political spaces, which include facial recognition, emotion recognition systems, Internet restrictions and controls to limit and restrict opposition views, controlling distributing access to public and social services, as well as disinformation or fake news, data collection, censorship and automated surveillance;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 k (new)
Paragraph 7 k (new)
7 k. Strongly believes that AI could have a detrimental impact on the rule of law, democracy and peoples' right of self- determination with respect to their rights to freely determine their political status and to hold opinions without interference, to exercise the right to freedom of expression, including the freedom to seek, to receive, and to impart information and ideas of all kinds;
Amendment 85 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 l (new)
Paragraph 7 l (new)
7 l. Notes that AI systems are software-based displaying intelligent behaviour based on the analysis of their environment; stresses that this analysis is based on statistical models of which errors form an inevitable part , sometimes with feedback loops that replicate, reinforce and prolong pre-existing biases, errors and assumptions; notes the need to ensure that systems and methods are in place to allow verification of the algorithm, explicability of the algorithm and access to remedies;
Amendment 86 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 m (new)
Paragraph 7 m (new)
7 m. Highlights the need to ensure that there are binding regulations laying down the rules for a whole spectrum of activity of AI, regulating all possible aspects and ensuring that principles of transparency , accountability and non-discrimination are preserved;
Amendment 87 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 n (new)
Paragraph 7 n (new)
7 n. Reiterates the 2019 Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy AI and the seven key requirements for trustworthiness of AI which are (a) human agency and oversight (including fostering informed decision-making that is respectful of the individual ) (b) technical robustness and safety; (c) privacy and data governance; (d) transparency; (e) diversity, non- discrimination, and fairness; (f) societal and environmental well-being; and (g) accountability;
Amendment 88 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 o (new)
Paragraph 7 o (new)
7 o. Recognises that AI and automation will have an effect on the globalised economy which might be detrimental by entrenching existing inequalities and prompting regulatory arbitrage;