Artificial Intelligence Capacity-Building Action Plan For Good and For All to Support Global AI Development and Governance

During the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly, a high-level meeting on international cooperation for capacity-building in artificial intelligence was jointly initiated by China and Zambia. Foreign Minister Wang Yi introduced the "Artificial Intelligence Capacity-Building Action Plan For Good and For All" proposed by China. The China Minister Wang Yi introducing "Artificial Intelligence … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence Capacity-Building Action Plan For Good and For All to Support Global AI Development and Governance →

Promoting Global AI Safety and Governance Capacity-building through International Cooperation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) originated from scientific and philosophical speculation about whether machines could think. Supported by interdisciplinary scientific exploration, AI has drawn inspiration from natural intelligence in terms of learning, development, and evolution, with the goal of gradually approaching, or even surpassing, human intelligence. AI has the potential to generate both positive impacts and risks … Continue reading Promoting Global AI Safety and Governance Capacity-building through International Cooperation →

Ethical Principles and Guidelines for Digital Technology [Draft for Comments]

In order to further promote the steady and beneficial development of digital technology, achieve precise and efficient digital governance, ensure that digital technology can better empower economic, social and ecological sustainable development, and promote the construction of a digital community with a shared future, all parties involved in the development of digital technology should follow the following principles

Weaving a global network of AI governance

Recent development and applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology are too fast, and existing regulatory frameworks are very hard to keep pace with their speed. Much progress in AI technology, such as generative AI, has created more challenges than our society can solve in time. For example, generative AI-based synthetic disinformation has created a huge … Continue reading Weaving a global network of AI governance →

AI for the good of international peace and security

There is no doubt that AI is a powerful, enabling technology which can be used to push forward global sustainable development. When investigating the use of AI for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we find that most of the efforts are on AI for quality education and AI for healthcare, while less efforts have been put … Continue reading AI for the good of international peace and security →

Avoiding Catastrophic Risks for Healthy Development of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is undoubtedly a driving force for the advancement of society, particularly as one of the key enabling technologies to advance global sustainable development. However, this does not mean that AI does not carry potential risks or that the need to maximize the benefits of AI should lead us to ignore its potential … Continue reading Avoiding Catastrophic Risks for Healthy Development of AI →

Voices from China on “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter”

On March 29th, 2023, the Future of Life Institute initiated the "Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter". Although the open letter received support from numerous international scholars, industry leaders, and some political representatives, the international community expressed complementary opinions on the open letter through various channels. While some Chinese professionals participated in signing the … Continue reading Voices from China on “Pause Giant AI Experiments: An Open Letter” →

Whether We Can and Should Develop Strong AI: A Survey in China

Whether We Can and Should Develop Strong AI: A Survey in China Authors: Yi Zeng, Professor at the Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, serving as Deputy Director of the Brain-inspired Intelligence Laboratory, and Director of the International Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Ethics and Governance, and Founding Director of Center for Long-term Artificial … Continue reading Whether We Can and Should Develop Strong AI: A Survey in China →

Principles on Symbiosis for Natural Life and Living AI

The development of Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Intelligence will make life take a variety of forms, and the development vision of Human-centered Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Intelligence needs to be refined as soon as possible and better prepared as possible to cope with future changes and evolution. In the future society, the development of Artificial … Continue reading Principles on Symbiosis for Natural Life and Living AI →