Activities of Kim VAN SPARRENTAK related to 2020/2017(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector (debate)
Opinions (1)
OPINION on artificial intelligence in education, culture and the audiovisual sector
Amendments (10)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
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-1. Whereas AI has the potential to offer solutions for day-to-day challenges of the education sector such as the personalisation of learning, monitoring learning difficulties and automation of subject-specific content/knowledge, providing better professional training and support the transition to a digital society;
Amendment 2 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph -1 a (new)
-1 a. Whereas AI could have practical applications in reducing the administrative work of educators and education institutions and to free up time for their core teaching and learning activities;
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
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-1 b. Whereas the application of AI in education raises concerns around the ethical use of data, learners’ rights, data access, protection of personal data and therefore entails fundamental rights’ risks such as the creation of stereotyped models of learners' profiles and behaviour that could lead to discrimination or risks of doing harm by the scaling-up of bad pedagogical practices;
Amendment 4 #
Draft opinion
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-1 c. Whereas AI applications are omnipresent in the audio-visual sector, in particular on audio-visual content platforms;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
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-1 d. Whereas recommendation algorithms and personalised marketing have the potential to improve the consumers’ experience, but come with risks such as selective presentation of content based on gender or other grounds, ever more extreme content presented in order to increase the time spent on the platform and a selective presentation of news;
Amendment 22 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. Underlines that algorithmic systems can be an enabler for reducing the digital divide in an accelerated way, but unequal deployment is of nature of creating new divides or accelerate the deepening of the existing ones; calls for measures and investments meant to ensure the cohesion and sharing of the benefits of AI and related technologies;
Amendment 37 #
Draft opinion
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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 and the outputs should be reviewed to avoid reinforcing gender stereotypes and other biases;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
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2 a. Underlines the importance of training highly skilled professionals in this area, including ethical aspects in their curriculums, and supporting underrepresented groups in the field; as well as creating incentives for highly skilled professionals to seek work within the European Union;
Amendment 78 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 4 a (new)
4 a. Recalls the importance of promoting, encouraging and supporting in a tailored and inclusive manner a level of media, digital and information literacy that enables the competent and critical consideration of and use of algorithmic systems;
Amendment 109 #
Draft opinion
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Paragraph 6 a (new)
6 a. Notes that the access to data is a challenge that stakeholders face and might have an impact on developing and AI ecosystem; points toward anachronic legislation like the Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases and calls for its removal.