The complex nature of regulating AI

Many governments worldwide have begun to see the deployment of artificial intelligence as strategic importance for their country. Whereas in decades past, only a few developed nations spent any of their budgets on AI research and advancement, now it seems almost every country has invested in it. However, these countries differ on their basic approaches to privacy, data transparency and the connection between the economy and governmental oversight. Western countries operate on varying levels of government oversight over business operations, while China has a closer cooperation between government and business activities while being slow to regulate privacy and data transparency. The problem with regulating AI is that it is not a discrete technology but a collection of different technologies and patterns that use machine learning to achieve different objectives.