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As I see it | Global AI ethics framework needed to enshrine rules of a ‘good corporate citizen’
- Without some level of harmonisation, the world may be a long way off from a universally enshrined set of AI codes of conduct
- Laws are about governing humans, not machines or codes, and should therefore be far more ‘divine’ and come from a single source of truth
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Su-Lin Tanin Singapore
It is easy to “ignore” artificial intelligence (AI), Web3, or the blistering pace at which cryptocurrencies are multiplying, because despite their recent hype they appear “invisible”.
Yet, these technologies – especially AI – are not invisible. I had to be reminded about how pervasive they are in everyday functions like online maps, autocorrect, or loan application approvals and to be corrected that AI is not isolated to the idea of some dystopian robot colony taking over the human race.
In Asia, AI is everywhere: look at the dense, fluid and deep Asian e-commerce markets where billions of dollars are exchanged every second.
On crypto and blockchain, you only need to attend Asia’s premier Web3 conference TOKEN2049 in Singapore two weeks ago to know there is an entire universe of people out there operating an unseen matrix of marketplaces.
None of these cryptocurrencies will ever jiggle like coins in your pocket, nor will you hear the whirring of AI machinery churn your online payments.
Looking specifically at AI, the technology’s accelerated transformation – at least when it comes to generative AI of ChatGPT fame – must agitate lawmakers, or at least I hope it does.
At last week’s TechLaw fest, which explores the intersection of technology and legal implications, the Singapore Academy Of Law’s chief executive Zee Kin Yeong told me that AI regulations were top of mind. This is not dissimilar in other parts of the world.
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