Quebec should move fast to adopt a framework law dedicated to the deployment of artificial intelligence while modernizing labour regulations and social policies, a new report says.
Titled “Ready for AI,” the 165-page document was released Monday by the Quebec Innovation Council, a non-profit organization, after about nine months of consultations and public forums that involved about 250 experts and 1,500 people. Its 12 main recommendations aim to ensure the responsible and ethical development and use of AI in the province.
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As AI use spreads, more and more experts are sounding the alarm to highlight the risks associated with an uncontrolled development of the technology. Last spring, more than 1,100 executives, thinkers and researchers published an open letter urging a pause in the development of large AI systems because of risks that humans could gradually lose control of civilization.
“Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in all spheres of society,” Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said Monday during an online press conference. “Its applications and potential repercussions are far-reaching and difficult to imagine.”
While Quebec is encouraging companies to adopt and use AI to be more competitive, “we have to do it the correct way,” he added. “We have to know AI well to supervise it well.”
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