AI Expert Advises Responsible Regulation to Ensure Fairness
• Gemma Galdón is an AI expert who audits algorithms to ensure they are free of bias and function properly. She moved to the U.S. where the market is more receptive to responsible AI.
• Galdón says AI systems reflect societal biases at first, but then become even more discriminatory by eliminating minority groups from their data. True transparency is needed to inspect impacts.
• She advises political institutions on AI regulation. Laws have good intentions but lack concrete practices to implement responsible AI. Inspections and audits can change industry incentives.
• Much hyped "Artificial General Intelligence" that can match human consciousness is as far away as when Plato theorized alternate worlds. AI cannot recreate human creativity and evolution.
• Irresponsible AI like ChatGPT makes up unreliable answers by associating words without context. The environmental impact of data centers and blockchain is neglected while tech is hailed as the climate solution.