27 Amendments of Patrizia TOIA related to 2018/2088(INI)
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas AI and robotics have the potential to reshape multiple industries and lead to greater efficiencies in production as well as making European industry and SMEs more competitive globally;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas AI alone does not ensure truth or a fairnes redistribution of profits and costs, as bias is introduced in how the data is selected and how the algorithm is written;
Amendment 31 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas AI and robotics should be developed to complement humans and human-centred development; whereas such complementarity between AI and human intelligence certainly gives added value to the European economic and social system;
Amendment 35 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E a (new)
Recital E a (new)
Ea. considers that Europe’s researchers and companies are involved in a wide variety of blockchain topics, with themes ranging from supply chain, government services, finance, IoT, healthcare, media, smart cities, energy and transport. Europe is strong in important fields related to blockchain like Artificial intelligence. Blockchain can play an important role in enhancing European innovation.
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Urges Member States to focus on retraining workers in theall industries and in those most affected by automation; stresses that new education programmes should focus on developing the skills of workers through lifelong, continuing skills training so that they can seize job opportunities within the new jobs created by AI and are able to handle the ongoing technological changes and innovative challenges;
Amendment 67 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
Paragraph 2 – point 1 (new)
(1) Calls on the Commission to promote lifelong learning in scientific and mathematical subjects with a view to supporting the development of the digital skills and tools necessary to underpin AI- and robotics-related processes;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Notes the importance of boosting learning within active digital communities (for example blogs, social networks, or webinars) through ‘learning by doing’ methodologies;
Amendment 77 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)
Paragraph 2 b (new)
2b. Highlights the key role played by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology and the European Digital Innovation Hubs in creating synergies between the training system, industry and research in order to support the creation of new digital skills and new job profiles relating to the technological transformation; points out that the European Digital Innovation Hubs should provide digital transformation services – including testing and experimentation facilities – and enabling technologies demonstrators targeted at SMEs, start-ups and midcaps, also in sectors that are slow in the uptake of digital and related technologies;
Amendment 81 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)
Paragraph 2 c (new)
2c. Stresses the importance of using devices such as exoskeletons and digital twins in many industrial sectors, in order to ensure that people are safe in dangerous workplaces;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Notes the importance of greater investment in this field in order to remain competitive, including through measures taken by other European programmes, in particular Digital Europe and Horizon Europe, and by developing synergies in order to remain competitive and strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy; 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 prioritiesof industrial applications and B2B; considers that the coordination of private- and public-sector investment should be encouraged to ensure that development is focused;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Points out that alternative business models need to be created for these new ‘disruptive’ technologies, based on the concept of service and not just of product, and old production models need to be adapted;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Subheading 6
Subheading 6
Innovation and societal acceptance and responsibility
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Stresses the importance of promoting and providing a ‘digital culture’, through knowledge and skills that foster an understanding of digital relevance, artificial intelligence and robotics in everyday life and a widespread grounding in the proper use of technological tools that should permeate all digital programmes through ad hoc measures;
Amendment 129 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that the dissemination of artificial intelligence and robotics should take place while fully respecting human rights and on no account should stereotypes against women, or any other form of discrimination, be reproduced in machines and robots;
Amendment 163 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that, for the proper development of AI and robotics, an adequate level of high-speed connectivity needs to be ensured, for example through 5G, fibre optics and satellite navigation and communication infrastructure, in order to provide robust digital infrastructure in the industrial sector and in public services;
Amendment 166 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 b (new)
Paragraph 9 b (new)
9b. Stresses the importance of interoperability and data accuracy in order to ensure a high level of reliability and security standards in the new technologies;
Amendment 172 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 c (new)
Paragraph 9 c (new)
9c. Stresses the need to ensure the utmost consistency with the EU’s Big Data policy;
Amendment 189 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Points out that access to digital public services must be encouraged by taking measures to promote increased user knowledge, information, preparedness, and accessibility;
Amendment 201 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)
Paragraph 13 a (new)
13a. Promotes the contribution made by AI and robotics to innovative preventive, clinical and rehabilitation practices and techniques in the health sector, with particular reference to the benefits they have for patients with disabilities;
Amendment 226 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20
Paragraph 20
20. Believes that AI needs to be governed by a code of ethics in the same way that human behaviour is guided; recognises that in order to do this, rules must be in place to increase the accountability and, transparency, impartiality and fairness of algorithmic decision- making systems;
Amendment 232 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Notes the importance of incorporating into each AI and robotics research and development project or activity the study resulting from the application of the robethics roadmap to technological solutions;
Amendment 242 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Calls for the creation of an ethical charter of the best practice for AI and robotics thathitherto developed, especially in the private sector, which companies and experts should follow;
Amendment 259 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Stresses the importance of addressing the issue of civil liability and social responsibility in all fields;
Amendment 261 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25
25. Points out that while AI brings great benefits in automation and decision- making, it also carries an inherent risk when the algorithms are static and opaque; stresses, in this context, the need for greater transparency of algorithms in compliance with the principles of equality, transparency and confidentiality;
Amendment 275 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
Amendment 276 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes thate need for a balance between open source and copyright in the disclosingure of the computer code itself would be ineffective because it would no, which should not discourage companies from carrying out revseal the inherent biases that exist and would fail to explain the machine-learning process; cites as an example of this Google’s 'PageRank' algorithm, which enabled website owners to manipulate their pages with hidden content that would be interpreted as desirable in order to increase viewrch and development activities, but at the same time should highlight the need for transparency as regards inherent biases and should take account of the characteristics of the new digital business models;
Amendment 280 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 28
Paragraph 28
28. Notes that disclosing the computer code itself and the characteristics of the database would be ineffective because it would not reveal the inherent biases that exist and, would fail to explain the machine-learning process; cites as an example of this Google’s 'PageRank' algorithm, which enabled website owners to manipulate their pages with hidden content that would be interpreted as desirable in order to increase viewclarify any discrimination or exclusion and would explain the machine-learning process;