President Biden called on the world’s nations to regulate artificial intelligence so it doesn’t “rule us” in a speech Tuesday to the United Nations General Assembly.
The 80-year-old president said that artificial intelligence, which began to be used by the public a year ago with increasingly popular image-editing software and ChatGPT that generates text, carries “a great danger.”
“Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, have great potential and great danger. We need to make sure that they are used as tools of opportunity, not as weapons of oppression,” Biden said.
“Together with leaders around the world, the United States is working to strengthen regulations and policies to keep AI technology safe before it’s released to the public, to ensure we govern this technology, not the other way around — it governs us.”
Science fiction has many examples of artificial intelligence changing the human position — such as the “Terminator” series, in which the Skynet platform becomes self-aware and all but wipes out human civilization — but it’s unclear what Biden is specifically referring to.
“I am committed to working through this institution and other international bodies and directly with leaders around the world including our competitors to ensure that we harness the power of artificial intelligence for good while protecting our citizens from this deepest risk,” Biden said.
President Biden’s United Nations address released by the White House. He mentioned the urgent need to address climate change. AFP via Getty Images/ Brendan Smialowski
“It will take us all. I have been working on this for a while, as have many of you, it will take us all to fix it.”
Biden also talked about the threats coming from global warming and Russia’s nearly two-year invasion of Ukraine, while offering conciliatory words for China – when he bothered to mention Beijing at all.
The commander-in-chief called on countries to “climate-proof our world” by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
President Biden addresses delegates during the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations. JUSTIN LANE/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“Record-breaking heat wave in United States and China; the wildfires that ravaged North America and Southern Europe; fifth year of drought in the Horn of Africa; the tragic floods in Libya … have killed thousands of people,” Biden said.
“Together, these pictures tell an urgent story of what awaits us if we fail to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and begin to climate-proof our world … The United States has considered this crisis an existential threat since we took office — not only to us but to all mankind.”
Biden has taken heat from Republicans for advocating a reduction in America’s fossil fuel use without demanding similar reductions from countries like China, which emits about twice as much greenhouse gas as the US, albeit fewer per capita.
President Joe Biden is greeted by Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the United Nations, as he arrives at the UN General Assembly
“I have said we are joking, not breaking up with China. We will reject aggression and intimidation to defend the rules of the road from freedom of navigation to flight to a level economic playing field,” he said on Tuesday.
“But we are also ready to work with China on issues where progress depends on our joint efforts. Nowhere is the accelerating climate crisis more critical than the accelerating climate crisis.”
Later, Biden referenced China’s persecution of Uyghur Muslims in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, saying, “We cannot turn away from abuse whether in Xinjiang, Tehran, Darfur or anywhere else.”
But Biden pulled other punches, including mentioning the need for “a global coalition to fight fentanyl and synthetic drugs,” without mentioning that China is a major source of illegal fentanyl, which has caused a spike in US overdose deaths – killing about 76,000 Americans last year. .
The five-year US death toll from fentanyl is about 275,000.
Biden, whose son Hunter and brother James earned millions of dollars from companies linked to the Chinese government, also expressed no interest in pressuring China to cooperate with an international investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has killed more than 1.1 million Americans and caused social disruption. , big business and education – despite vowing to reach answers in a written statement in August 2021, in which he wrote that failure to do so could allow another outbreak.
The FBI and the US Department of Energy, which includes the National Laboratory, have been evaluating the virus that may have leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China, which is conducting risky US-funded research, but the Chinese government has refused to cooperate with the international investigation.
Biden also used the speech to knock Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine — as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky prepares to visit Washington later this week to push for more US aid to an increasingly reluctant Congress.
The 80-year-old president said that artificial intelligence poses “a great danger.” Reuters
“Emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, have great potential and great danger. We need to make sure that it is used as a tool of opportunity, not as a weapon of oppression,” said Biden.REUTERS
“Russia believes that the world will get tired and allow it to persecute Ukraine without consequences. But I ask you this: If we abandon the core principles of the UN Charter to appease aggressors, can any member state feel confident that they are protected? If we allow Ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any country guaranteed? Biden said.
“The answer is no. We must resist this naked aggression today to deter another aggressor tomorrow. That is why the United States along with our Allies and partners around the world will continue to stand with the brave people of Ukraine as they defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity — and their freedom.”
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