{"id":15163,"date":"2020-02-05T11:50:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/?p=15163"},"modified":"2020-02-05T11:50:35","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:50:35","slug":"even-googles-ceo-agrees-that-ai-must-be-subject-to-regulation-so-now-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/real-estate-tech\/even-googles-ceo-agrees-that-ai-must-be-subject-to-regulation-so-now-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Even Google’s CEO agrees that AI must be regulated, so now what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is constantly being discussed in the news. From intelligent software that detects your identity based on your keystrokes<\/a>, to facial recognition software that aids in hiring \u201cthe right people\u201d<\/a>, it\u2019s no wonder why it\u2019s such a hot topic – and one that has a real history<\/a>. <\/p>\n

The prospect for real, human-level intelligence from something comprised of circuitry is simultaneously exciting and alarming. That\u2019s why companies like Google are starting to learn they need to tread lightly when it comes to AI. <\/p>\n

Sundar Pichai, for example (Google\u2019s CEO), clearly sees the importance of regulation<\/a> within the AI space, saying, \u201cthere is no question in my mind that artificial intelligence needs to be regulated. The question is how best to approach this\u201d. He made this important comment at a conference in Brussels this month, and even went on to say \u201cI think it is important that governments and regulations tackle it sooner rather than later and give a framework for it.\u201d <\/p>\n

Well, that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening in Europe via the EU\u2019s competition regulator, Margrethe Vestager. In previous years, Vestager has gone after tech giants, like Microsoft, which has resulted in multibillion-dollar fines for the giant after they allegedly started monopolizing the industry by abusing its market dominance to choke out competition. <\/p>\n

Since then, Vestager has been reelected, and her newest self-assigned task is making sure artificial intelligence is properly regulated, while also meeting ethical guidelines. <\/p>\n

Vestager is notoriously known as being incredibly steadfast when it comes to ensuring regulations of large tech companies – something the U.S. is now following suit<\/a> on with U.S.-based giants like Amazon and Facebook.<\/p>\n

That said, from Pichai\u2019s comments, one could guess that Google\u2019s CEO is looking to head off any massive changes by a 3rd parties, like the EU, by coming up with his own ideas for regulation of AI. He said that \u201csensible regulation must also take a proportionate approach, balancing potential harms with social opportunities.\u201d What we think he\u2019s saying here is that although there are potential negative outcomes with the technology, regulation must also be balanced to accommodate for the positives. <\/p>\n

Given this, Pichai knows that AI has many positive use-cases but he definitely isn\u2019t blind to the possible (and probable) negatives of AI, either. Despite Google\u2019s interest in keeping AI going, Pichai also recently brought up some concerns about nefarious activity. While he did not go into detail, it\u2019s pretty clear that he knows there\u2019s a lot of opportunity for criminal, or just downright terrifying activity, within the space.<\/p>\n

For example, do you recall the chat bot in 2016 <\/a>that suddenly became aggressive, mean, and racist when given access to Twitter – all in less than 24 hours? Scary! <\/p>\n

At the end of the day, AI seems to be what folks really want. Just take it from the millions of iPhone users out there who exclusively use Siri to get through their day. Of course, it\u2019s all a balancing act, too, and since there\u2019s also been a huge need for increased security in this tech-driven world, regulations are going to be increasingly critical to the space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(REAL ESTATE TECHNOLOGY) Even the tech giants who want to be the first to create “true” AI realize that the tech needs to have serious regulation to insure it’s under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":337724,"featured_media":15164,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[975,1234,299],"class_list":["post-15163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-estate-tech","tag-ai","tag-real-estate-news","tag-real-estate-technology-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/02\/ai-robots.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/337724"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15163"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15170,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15163\/revisions\/15170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericangenius.com\/housing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}