the Inclusive AI LAB<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nShe explained that AI is being embraced by young people in the Global South: it gives them access to knowledge that was previously beyond their reach, and they will ensure that the data on which AI is based becomes more diverse, thanks to their exposure to perspectives from other parts of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She strongly urged the West, which remains trapped in a fear-driven reflex, to align itself with the methods the BRICS countries have already developed to curb the dangers of AI and to take (greater) control of its development and keep it under their own control. And to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was remarkable that none of the politicians who spoke afterwards mentioned that recommendation even once. They remained fixated on safeguarding \u2018European values\u2019 (what are they, exactly? Wouldn\u2019t we rather talk about \u2018human\u2019 values and human rights?) and \u2018democracy\u2019. And although that word, too, deserves some explanation these days, we all understand the fear of the ongoing erosion of what we call our democracy, and we must certainly arm ourselves against the role that AI plays in this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
When it came to the arts, it became apparent that the politicians\u2019 concerns centred on authenticity and the protection of copyright. No one referred to Arora\u2019s opening remark that, in the world of 90%, copyright does not exist and never has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It reminded me of the rise of the mobile phone and solar-powered batteries in the 1990s. For us, it mainly meant benefits in terms of mobility and the climate, and we had some concerns about privacy. For a large proportion of the world\u2019s population, it meant gaining access to the rest of the world without the need to first install a wired electricity and telephone network. And now we have AI and ChatGPT, which open up even more possibilities; they absorb whatever you put into them and incorporate those ingredients into the dish that they then serve up to the rest of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the advent of the smartphone, the West lost a privilege \u2013 the exclusive right to specific information and knowledge \u2013 and \u2013 content as we might have been here with the functioning of our institutions and our freedoms \u2013 it became the dream destination for many who now stand at our borders. Meanwhile, Europe is as small as the map just adopted by the UN. At last, a realistic representation following the lie we have lived with for centuries. But we still fail to realise that the territory familiar with our concept of copyright is just as small. How tenable is that assumption \u2013 which rests on the premise that an artist can be protected by safeguarding the proceeds of their unique work \u2013 in this day and age, in this world?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With its \u2018open source\u2019 model, the internet has already dealt a significant blow to the sacrosanct concept of copyright. Perhaps it is high time we started thinking about a different form of protection for artists, rather than their claim to the exclusive right to their works of art. So that their livelihood no longer depends on the number of times their song is streamed on Spotify. And so that they do not have to go to court every time someone plagiarises or samples their work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Perhaps we should simply admit that their song has long since been rendered obsolete in the world of smartphones and AI, whether it bears a quality mark or not. And that we need to find other ways to keep those artists afloat. Because without art, we have no reason to survive this revolution.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zojuist verliet ik Paradiso waar het jaarlijkse Kunsten\u201992 debat deze keer gewijd was aan AI. 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