AI should be subject to more regulation, not less, writes Ron Deibert in a new op-ed for the Globe and Mail.
Responding to comments made by Canada’s newly appointed Minister of AI, Evan Solomon, Deibert argues that AI’s efficiency may be the very thing that makes it harmful.
Psyops and cybercrimes that used to take large amounts of time and resources have been streamlined with the help of AI. “Poorly regulated, ethically dubious startups now offer industrial-scale ideological manipulation as a service,” writes Deibert.
AI is enabling widespread disinformation, and efforts to fix the problem have been insufficient. “The Minister of AI should be mitigating those risks, rather than naively championing the tech behind it all,” says Deibert.