“We are effectively working as a ministry on updating the Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy that was presented in 2021,” said the Undersecretary of Science, Carolina Gainzaacknowledging that “times have changed radically despite being so recent.”
He explained that “today the biggest concerns are about the ethics of AI, about how this is going to impact people in social and cultural matters, how it is going to change our world and we are taking charge of that.”
In the framework of the presentation of the national cybersecurity policy, the undersecretary referred to AI, and indicated that “We are working on expanding this policy to generate research enabling conditions to have greater knowledge, to make better decisions and protect people, so that what is developed in technological matters has as principles the protection of human rights and are inclusive technologies”.
He also reported that In October, the summit of authorities from Latin America and the Caribbean for the ethics of AI will be held in Santiagowhich “we are preparing to hold a discussion at the level of authorities, with civil society organizations and academia, to have a space for dialogue in which future decisions can be made in a coordinated manner to be able to face both the positive challenges as negatives that AI has ”.
The above focused onhow it is already having an impact on the automation of work, education and the economy. As a country we have been pioneers in having an AI policy, which is associated with an expansion that we are going to deepen and work on during this year”.
