Vladimir Putin has called for ‘moral rules’ on the development of artificial intelligence – urging companies ‘technology must not be invented for the sake of technology’.
Speaking at an event on AI technology in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, the Russian president called for safeguards, setting out rules for how humans should interact with the robots.
President Putin said: ‘Discussion is currently underway on social aspects and implications of the use of artificial intelligence. It is a very important issue.
‘I suggest that the professional community and companies should contemplate drawing up a set of moral rules for interaction between humans and artificial intelligence.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a panel discussion as part of the Artificial Intelligence Journey forum, in Moscow on November 9, 2019
Adding: ‘Human beings are the highest value. Technology must not be invented for the sake of technology.
‘Our main goal is sustainable and harmonious development, a higher life quality and new opportunities for citizens.’
He praised the use of AI technology in allowing public administration to run smoothly and the new transparency by giving an insight into ‘what the authorities are doing and what they are motivated by when taking certain decisions’.
Putin said he hoped the technology would help overcome ‘the inertia and sluggishness of the bureaucratic machine’.
The event was a two day ‘Artificial Intelligence Journey’ where 5,000 people gathered, including 1,000 companies, to discuss the future of AI
Russia claims it will invest billions in Artificial intelligence and will remove red tape inhibiting pioneers of the technology.
Access to data is needed for AI to be more efficient, claimed Putin.
In order to allow an easy route for AI to serve mankind, Putin stated that ‘unnecessary hurdles’ would be removed for developers, but people’s rights and data privacy would be protected.
The event was a two day ‘Artificial Intelligence Journey’ where 5,000 people gathered, including 1,000 companies, to discuss the future of AI.
Gazprom Neft Management Board Chairman, Alexander Dyukov, MTS President Alexei Kornya, Sberbank CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, German Gref, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Maxim Akimov, Yandex IT company CEO Arkady Volozh, Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev, and Mail.Ru Group CEO Boris Dobrodeyev (left to right)
Putin said he hoped the technology would help overcome ‘the inertia and sluggishness of the bureaucratic machine’