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Alphabet, the parent company of the Google technology giant, no longer promises that it will never use artificial intelligence (AI) for purposes such as the development of weapons and surveillance tools.
The company has rewritten the principles that guide its use of AI, dropping a section that ruled out uses that “probably caused harm.”
In A blog post The senior vice president of Google, James Manyika, and Demis Hassabis, who leads the Laboratory of AI, Google Deepmind, defended the move.
They argue that democratic companies and governments need to work together at AI that “supports national security.”
There is a debate between the experts and professionals of the AI on how the new powerful technology should be governed in general terms, to what extent the commercial gains should be allowed to determine their direction and the best way to protect against the risks for humanity in general.
There are also controversy Around the use of AI on the battlefield and in surveillance technologies.
The blog said that the original principles of the company published in 2018 should be updated as technology had evolved.
“Billions of people are using the daily life. AI has become a general purpose technology and a platform that innumerable organizations and individuals use to build applications.
“He has moved from a niche research theme in the laboratory to a technology that is becoming as generalized as mobile phones and the Internet itself,” said the blog post.
As a result, principles of basal ones were also being developed, which could guide common strategies, he said.
However, Hassabis and Manyika said the geopolitical landscape was becoming more and more complex.
“We believe that democracies should lead the development of AI, guided by fundamental values such as freedom, equality and respect for human rights,” said the blog post.
“And we believe that companies, governments and organizations that share these values should work together to create an AI that protects people, promotes global growth and supports national security.”
The blog publication was published just before the Alphabet end of the year financial report, which shows weaker results than market expectations, and reduced the price of its shares.
That was despite a 10% increase in the income of digital advertising, its largest winner, driven by US electoral spending.
In its profit report, the company said it would spend $ 75 billion ($ 60 billion) in AI projects this year, 29% more than Wall Street analysts expected.
The company is investing in the infrastructure to execute the research of AI, AI and applications such as the search.
The Google Gemini AI platform now appears at the top of Google’s search results, offering a written summary of AI and appears on Google Pixel phones.
Originally, long before the current increase in interest in the ethics of AI, the founders of Google, Sergei Brin and Larry Page, said their motto for the company was “Don’t be evil.” When the company was restructured under the name of Alphabet Inc in 2015, the parent company changed to “do the right thing.”
Since then, Google staff has sometimes rejected the approach adopted by its executives. In 2018 The firm did not renew a contract for AI work with the Pentagon of the United States. After a resignation and a petition signed by thousands of employees.
They feared that “Project Maven” was the first step towards the use of artificial intelligence for lethal purposes.
