Rishi Sunak Emphasizes Only The State That's Capable Of Handling Artificial Intelligence Risks

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (photo: twitter @rishisusunak)

JAKARTA - British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, stated that only the government can overcome the risks posed by Artificial Intelligence (AI). The reason is, according to him, this technology can make it easier to manufacture chemical or biological weapons, as well as spread fear, and in the worst case scenario, escape human control.

Ahead of a global conference to be held next week to examine the risks of AI technology, Sunak expressed his hope that participants would agree on the nature of the risks and set up a global panel to assess them.

"The UK will set up an artificial intelligence (AI) security institute to review, evaluate and test new types of AI so we understand what each new model is capable of, exploring all risks from societal harms such as bias and disinformation to the most extreme risks." said Sunak, quoted by VOI from Reuters.

Representatives from AI companies, political leaders and experts will meet at Bletchley Park - a site of British code workers during World War II - in the south of England on November 1-2.

"If we get this wrong, AI could make it easier to manufacture chemical or biological weapons," Sunak said. "And in the most unlikely but extreme case, there is a danger that humans could lose control of the AI completely."

Sunak wants Britain to become a global leader on AI safety, positioning itself after Brexit between the competing economic blocs of the United States, China and the European Union.

According to the event's agenda, about 100 participants in next week's meeting will discuss topics including the unpredictable progress of AI and the potential loss of human control over it.

Sunak said China had been invited, but he could not guarantee that a representative from the country would attend. The Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, and the CEO of Google DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, are on the list of guests who will attend.

Leaders of the Group of Seven Economies (G7), which includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Britain, the United States and the European Union, in May called for adopting standards for creating trustworthy AI and establishing a ministerial forum called Hiroshima AI Process.