AI should be for the benefit of mankind - Taoiseach

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Artificial intelligence should be designed for the benefit rather than the "ruination of mankind", Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

Artificial intelligence should be designed for the benefit rather than the "ruination of mankind", Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

EU leaders discussed the future of AI during an informal meeting in Dublin today.

British-Canadian computer scientist Geoffrey Hinton gave the heads of state a "stark message" on the potential of AI to destroy the world.

Professor Hinton, the Nobel Prize-winning 'godfather of AI', and Arthur Mensch, chief executive of AI start-up Mistral, joined leaders for the summit.

The Taoiseach said Professor Hinton was advocating strongly for global governance and global regulation of AI.

"He made it very clear, he's a scientist, not a policy expert, but he was clear that Europe was the bastion of regulation in relation to AI. It's very important," Mr Martin said this evening.

"So there's a very strong platform in the European Union, in respect of an AI Act and more broader regulation, and even further regulation with respect to children, which is coming down the tracks.

"He recognises the reality of AI as it is. It's a reality in the modern technological era. It's going to continue to be.

"He was advocating strongly for global governance and global regulation. Europe is well placed to work on that," he added.

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