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Kersti Kaljulaid

former president of Estonia

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Regulating these foundation models will force AI corporations to make sure they are safe before deployment, rather than waiting to act until after dangerous systems are released, which comes with clear danger of public harm. Given growing concern on the potential risks presented by these advanced systems, including mass misinformation, enabled bioterrorism, hacking of critical infrastructure, large-scale cyber attacks and more, this is a sensible provision to include.

Kersti Kaljulaid

former president of Estonia

In a November 2023 TIME op-ed arguing that the E.U. AI Act must regulate foundation models, Kersti Kaljulaid wrote that releasing dangerous systems before making them safe comes with clear danger of public harm, and listed mass misinformation, enabled bioterrorism, hacking of critical infrastructure and large-scale cyber attacks among the potential risks of these advanced systems.

Former President of the Republic of EstoniaPublished November 28, 2023 · date of remarks not establishedTIME Ideas

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Foundation models are general-purpose machine learning systems, such as Open AI’s GPT-4 (which underpins ChatGPT), that can be subsequently applied to a large range of downstream applications and functions. Regulating these foundation models will force AI corporations to make sure they are safe before deployment, rather than waiting to act until after dangerous systems are released, which comes with clear danger of public harm. Given growing concern on the potential risks presented by these advanced systems, including mass misinformation, enabled bioterrorism, hacking of critical infrastructure, large-scale cyber attacks and more, this is a sensible provision to include. We have seen first-hand the need for codified legal protections, rather than relying on corporate self-regulation. For example, the psychological harm wrought by social media on young women and girls has become increasingly apparent.

What this quote does not say

  • The passage describes potential advanced-system risks and public harm, not a probability of any outcome.
  • The essay argues for regulation in the immediate EU AI Act debate; it does not say these listed harms exhaust Kaljulaid's view of AI risk.

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We need enforceable safety standards and risk mitigation for powerful AI from the start.

Kersti Kaljulaid

former president of Estonia

In a November 2023 TIME op-ed, Kersti Kaljulaid wrote that we need enforceable safety standards and risk mitigation for powerful AI from the start.

Former President of the Republic of EstoniaPublished November 28, 2023 · date of remarks not establishedTIME Ideas

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Voluntary commitments are neither sufficient nor reliable. We need prevention, rather than cure, if we want to stop people getting hurt. We need enforceable safety standards and risk mitigation for powerful AI from the start. So why the objection? Holdouts claim that it will hinder innovation for businesses who want to adapt and use AI, but this simply isn’t true.

What this quote does not say

  • The sentence endorses standards and mitigation but does not specify an enforcement institution or technical threshold for 'powerful AI'.
  • The sentence closes a paragraph arguing from social-media harm to young women and girls that voluntary commitments are 'neither sufficient nor reliable'; the analogy, not an AI incident, is what it rests on.

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