Global Governance of Artificial Intelligence

The pressing need for effective, timely and global governance of artificial intelligence Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is transforming our world. It has the potential to bring economic savings and to further research development in a wide range of problems ranging from climate change to the discovery of new cancer treatments to the retail shopping experience. However the economic and social benefit of AI must be weighed against the possibility of dystopian level scenarios such as the use of robots in making life or death decisions in war and issues already being seen, such as the spread of fake news and social media being used to influence elections. There is, at present, no regulatory body for the development of artificial intelligence. The One World Trust believes that this requires urgent action, and that we must develop effective, timely and global governance of AI in order to ensure that the benefits of these new technologies are shared, and potential harms minimised.