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Marietje Schaake

Technology policy expert at Stanford University

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Het punt is dat AI-systemen tot zaken kunnen komen die de makers niet hadden voorspeld. Het zijn lerende systemen. De zorg bestaat eruit dat een systeem wellicht zo doelgericht is dat het overwegingen die voor ons als mensen normaal zijn buiten beschouwing laat.

Marietje Schaake

Technology policy expert at Stanford University

In a Dutch magazine interview published in December 2023, Marietje Schaake said AI systems are learning systems that can arrive at things their makers did not predict, and described the concern that a system might be so goal-directed that it disregards considerations that are normal for humans.

Technology policy expert at Stanford UniversityPublished December 14, 2023 · date of remarks not establishedMaarten! 2023-3 interview

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Dat heeft ze allemaal zelf gedaan, zonder instructies. De opdracht was alleen: ga van A naar B. ‘De internetgebruiker ziet niet meer wat wel en wat niet computergegenereerd is’ Het punt is dat AI-systemen tot zaken kunnen komen die de makers niet hadden voorspeld. Het zijn lerende systemen. De zorg bestaat eruit dat een systeem wellicht zo doelgericht is dat het overwegingen die voor ons als mensen normaal zijn buiten beschouwing laat. Neem een zelfrijdende auto. Stel dat je bepaalt dat een zelfrijdende auto onder geen enkele omstandigheid een kind mag aanrijden, dan zou dat hypothetisch kunnen betekenen dat die auto zeven volwassenen wel aanrijdt om dat kind maar niet

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Ik bevind me niet in de alarmistische school van mensen die doemscenario’s zoals het einde der tijden vrezen. Maar ik maak me er wel zorgen om dat het heel moeilijk is om alarmistische claims, die niet van de minsten komen, onafhankelijk te verifiëren. Dat bedrijven zoveel kennis en bestuursmacht hebben, vind ik het grootste probleem. Want ik wil dat er een veel bredere discussie komt.

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Marietje Schaake

Technology policy expert at Stanford University

In a Dutch magazine interview published in December 2023, Marietje Schaake said she does not place herself in the alarmist school that fears end-times scenarios, but that she is worried alarmist claims are hard to verify independently and that companies holding so much knowledge and governance power is the biggest problem.

Technology policy expert at Stanford UniversityPublished December 14, 2023 · date of remarks not establishedMaarten! 2023-3 interview

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De vraag is: hoe snel ontwikkelt deze technologie zich? Kan die zich aan de grip, aan het voorstellingsvermogen en uiteindelijk aan de controle van makers onttrekken?’ Maarten: ‘Hoe schat jij dat in?’ Schaake: ‘Ik bevind me niet in de alarmistische school van mensen die doemscenario’s zoals het einde der tijden vrezen. Maar ik maak me er wel zorgen om dat het heel moeilijk is om alarmistische claims, die niet van de minsten komen, onafhankelijk te verifiëren. Dat bedrijven zoveel kennis en bestuursmacht hebben, vind ik het grootste probleem. Want ik wil dat er een veel bredere discussie komt. Niet van een paar honderd AI-experts of mensen in techbedrijven, maar dat veel breder kan worden gekeken naar wat deze systemen betekenen. Maarten: ‘Waarover maak je je concreet zorgen?’ Schaake: ‘Over de impact van AI op de democratie. Neem de belofte dat je niet wordt gediscrimineerd: die is in de meeste democratieën verankerd in de wet.

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The decision to kill another human being carries a grave moral and legal weight and must never be devolved to purely accepting or rejecting the recommendations of AI systems.

Signed statement: “Joint Statement on AI in Warfare” (Access Now/Amnesty coalition)

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Technology policy expert at Stanford University

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Marietje Schaake signed the Joint Statement on AI in Warfare, which calls on technology companies and governments to halt AI use in military targeting and prevent AI systems from contributing to violations of international law.

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Centre for Human Rights - Mais Qandeel, University of Galway - Maria Giuseppina Gianotti, CGIL – Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro - Mariana Ferrarelli, Laboratorio Abierto de inteligencia artificial - Marie Collins, Google - Marietje Schaake, Author of ‘The Tech Coup’ - Marwan Aljubeh, OpenAI - Matinde Magabe Baraka, CEO of the Centre for AI and Multidiscipline Solutions in Africa - Matt Mahmoudi, University of Cambridge - Matthew Tschiegg, Google - Meem Arafat Manab,

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There is already a decade’s worth of evidence on the harms associated with existing AI systems: from discrimination, to security and privacy lapses, to competition concerns, to informational harms.

Signed statement: “Post-Summit Civil-Society Communiqué” (Bletchley civil-society attendees)

Marietje Schaake

Technology policy expert at Stanford University

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Marietje Schaake signed the Post-Summit Civil-Society Communiqué, which calls on governments to regulate current AI harms and require independent testing, transparency, accountability, and legal redress.

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Okolo, Ph.D., The Brookings Institution Deborah Raji, University of California, Berkeley; Mozilla Foundation Marietje Schaake, Stanford Human-Centered AI RealML Responsible AI

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When it comes to AI safety and security, openness is an antidote, not a poison.

Signed statement: “Joint Statement on AI Safety and Openness” (Mozilla)

Marietje Schaake

Technology policy expert at Stanford University

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Marietje Schaake was listed as a signer of the Joint Statement on AI Safety and Openness, which calls for open, transparent, and broadly accessible approaches to AI to help address current and future harms.

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François, Columbia University - Mark Surman, Mozilla - Deborah Raji, UC Berkeley - Maria Ressa Rappler, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate - Stella Biderman, EleutherAI - Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study - Arthur Mensch, MistralAI - Marietje Schaake, Stanford University - Abeba Birhane, Mozilla Fellow - Bruce Schneier, Berkman Center - Mitchell Baker, Mozilla - Bruno Sportisse, INRIA - Anne Bouverot, Ecole Normale Supérieure - Alexandra Reeve Givens, CDT - Cedric O, MistralAI -

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