Alphabet, the parent company of Technology Giant Google, does not promise not to use artificial intelligence (AI) for the development of weapons and monitoring tools.
The company has rewrote the principles that guide the use of AI and delete a section that excludes the use of “harmful” use.
Google Senior Vice President James Manyika and Demis Hassabis, led by AI Lab’s Google Deepmind, have defended this movement.
They argue that companies and the Democratic government need to cooperate with “support national security” AI.
In general, how much powerful new technology should be governed by AI experts and experts in a wide range of ways, and how much commercial interests should be permitted to determine the direction. There is a debate about the best way to protect the risk.
There is also controversy on the use of AI on battlefields and surveillance technology.
The blog stated that the company’s original AI principle, which was released in 2018, needs to be updated when technology has evolved.
“Billions of people use AI in everyday life. AI has become a general -purpose technology and has become a platform used by countless organizations and individuals to build applications.
“The lab’s niche research topic has shifted to a technology that is as wide as mobile phones and the Internet itself,” said a blog post.
As a result, the principle of the base line AI has been developed, and he states that a common strategy can be derived.
However, Hassabi and Marica said that geopolitical landscapes are becoming more and more complicated.
“I believe that democracy should lead the AI development led by core values, such as freedom, equality, and respect for human rights,” said a blog post.
“And companies, governments, and organizations share these value should cooperate to protect people, promote the world’s growth, and create AI to support national security. “
The blog post has been published right before Alphabet’s end of the year -end financial report, showing weaker results than market expectations and reducing stock prices.
Despite the increase in revenue from digital advertising, the largest earner, which was boosted by US election spending, increased by 10 %.
In a report on revenue, the company stated that it would spend $ 750 billion ($ 6 billion) on the AI project this year. 29 % higher than the analyst in Wall Street expected.
The company invests in infrastructure to perform applications such as research on AI, AI, and search for AI drive.
Google’s AI Platform Gemini is displayed at the top of Google’s search results, provides AI written summary, and pops up to Google Pixel.
Originally, long before the current interest in AI’s ethics, Google founder Sergei Brin and Larry Page said their motto for their companies was not evil. When the company was rebuilt under the name Alphabet Inc in 2015, the parent company switched to “do the right thing.”
Since then, Google staff may oppose the approach taken by executives. In 2018, the company did not renew the AI work with the US Pentagon, following the resignation and petition signed by thousands of employees.
They feared that “Project Maben” was the first step to use artificial intelligence for a fatal purpose.
