“Artificial Intelligence (AI) without ethical foundations should be feared“said Gabriela Ramos, Deputy Director General for Social and Human Sciences at the UNESCOin an interview with UN Mexico after the recent presentation of the Mexico Artificial Intelligence Readiness Assessment Reportin the Senate of the Republic.
The report is a diagnosis and a clear roadmap for the Government of Mexico and the states to develop in a participatory manner a National strategy on artificial intelligence with ethical foundationsThe document was produced in collaboration with the National Alliance for Artificial Intelligence (ANIA) and the Centro-i for the Society of the Future.
Asked whether we should be afraid of these technologies, the senior official of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and Culture He replied that to an artificial intelligence “without ethical bases, yes.”
“We know that these technologies, present everywhere, promise to help us make work much easier, more productive, faster. But they also have discrimination biases, risks of personification, of misinformationso we need to have ethical governance frameworks,” said the Mexican-born expert.
The consequences must be assessed
Ramos argued that technologies “They can’t just develop and hit the market as he did ChatGPTwithout measuring what the consequences are. We have to evaluate them and then direct them towards solving the problems we have as human beings.”
In the case of Mexico, the country has committed to “align technological developments with human rights, with human dignity”, so the next step is to develop a national strategy on artificial intelligence, he added.
Gabriela Ramos, UNESCO Deputy Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, speaking before the Senate in Mexico.
“It is very important that a national strategy for artificial intelligence be developed, that it be a conversation for the country and that with the good announcements that have been made, of the creation of a Secretariat of Science and Technology and a Digital Agency, there is a vision of where we want to go: where the investments are going to be made, how these technologies are going to be adopted in the different areas, how Mexicans are going to be better prepared, how we are going to prevent this from being taken advantage of only by those who have more resources and how to learn from the international environment,” he stressed.
Finishing understanding artificial intelligence
For the expert, “there must be collaboration between different sectors. (…) The private sector is the main producer of these technologies; the State is responsible for protecting individuals, but also for capitalizing on them; civil society and academia are welcome to contribute with their vision. They are technologies that we still don’t fully understand, so we have to invest in understanding them“, he emphasized.
Multiple studies estimate that The use of artificial intelligence can increase global GDP by 1.5% to 2% in ten yearswhich could impact the transformation of 40% to 60% of jobs in the world, which is why UNESCO has led initiatives to prepare countries not only in terms of data and knowledge generation, but also in its application, to guide public policies and governance mechanisms.
The report on Mexico was prepared through an open and plural process with more than 250 people and representatives of the federal and state governments, autonomous bodies and civil organizations, academia and the private sector, over a period of almost 18 months.
At a global level, UNESCO has supported more than 60 countries in developing these types of diagnoses and recommendations for the ethical guidance and governance of artificial intelligence.
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