The Regulation of Artificial Intelligence: A Conversation with Ryan Calo - Tech Policy Press

Ryan Calo is the Lane Powell and D. Wayne Gittinger Professor at the University of Washington School of Law. He is a founding co-director of the interdisciplinary UW Tech Policy Lab and the UW Center for an Informed Public. Professor Calo holds adjunct appointments at the University of Washington Information School and the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science and Engineering. The following is a lightly edited transcript of a discussion that took place shortly after the publication of the European Commission's proposed new regulation of artificial intelligence (AI). The European Commission has today released a proposed regulation around AI. This is obviously something that you have been prepared for and waiting to see happen. What did the EU put out? Years ago I wrote a primer and roadmap for AI policy and also hosted the inaugural Obama White House workshop on artificial intelligence policy. Many of the themes of that essay and of the workshop were reflected in the EU proposal, which is to say that they're not limiting themselves to decision-making by AI. Their approach is to look at the impacts of AI holistically, and to tackle everything from liability should there be harm, to additional obligations for high-risk uses, to facial recognition and biometrics.