Khaberni - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Friday for "reducing the hype and fear" about artificial intelligence, pointing out the formation of a new international expert committee that seeks to "make human control a technical reality".
Guterres explained that the United Nations General Assembly had approved the appointment of 40 members to this group, which has been named "the Independent International Scientific Team on Artificial Intelligence".
He said during the artificial intelligence summit in New Delhi, "Science-based governance does not hinder progress", but can make it "safer, fairer, and more pervasive".
He added: "The message is clear: reduce the hype and fear, increase the facts and evidence".
This advisory body was established in August last year, and it seeks to become a benchmark in the field of artificial intelligence, similar to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in the field of global warming.
It is expected that its first report will be published in conjunction with the United Nations global dialogue on artificial intelligence governance in July.
The body aims to assist governments in developing rules for artificial intelligence, given the global concerns raised by this rapidly evolving technology regarding job losses, misinformation, online abuse, and other issues.
Guterres said that "artificial intelligence innovations are evolving at an extremely fast pace, outstripping our collective ability to fully understand them, let alone manage them".
He added: "We are rushing into the unknown".
He continued: "Once we understand what systems can and cannot do, we will be able to move from approximate measures to smarter, risk-based controls".
Guterres presented this month a list of experts he proposed to join the United Nations Committee concerned with artificial intelligence.
Among them are Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa from the Philippines and Canadian artificial intelligence pioneer Yoshua Bengio.
He said: "Our goal is to make human control a technical reality, not just a slogan".
He asserted that this "requires clear accountability, so that responsibility is never entrusted to an algorithm".
Later on Friday, dozens of world leaders and ministers are expected to issue a statement outlining the global dealings with artificial intelligence, at the conclusion of a summit that lasted for five days and focused on this technology.
