Top specialists from 30 countries will provide feedback on a groundbreaking report analysing the potential and threats of AI systems.
The International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety seeks to bring together the greatest scientific findings on AI safety to advise policymakers and future conversations on the safe development of AI technology. The report builds on the legacy of last November’s UK AI Safety Summit, which saw nations sign the Bletchley Declaration, promising to engage on AI safety challenges.
An amazing Expert Advisory Panel comprising 32 renowned worldwide experts, including chief technology officers (CTO), UN envoys, and national chief scientific advisers (CSA), has been announced. The panel comprises professionals such as Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, CTO of Sony in Japan, Amandeep Gill, UN Envoy on Technology, and the UK’s Dame Angela McLean, Chief Scientific Adviser.
This elite group of global experts will provide critical advice on the report’s creation and content, ensuring that it completely and objectively examines the potential and hazards of advanced AI. Their regular contributions during the writing process will assist to create widespread consensus on critical global AI safety research.
The report’s preliminary conclusions are expected to be revealed ahead of South Korea’s AI Safety Summit this spring. A second, more comprehensive book will be released in conjunction with France’s summit later this year, to assist inform debates at both meetings.
The international report will follow a document produced by the UK last year that featured unclassified intelligence data and emphasised the hazards linked with frontier AI.
Michelle Donelan, UK Secretary of State for Science, Innovation, and Technology, stated, “The International Scientific Report on Advanced AI Safety will be a landmark publication, bringing together the best scientific research on the risks and capabilities of frontier AI development under one roof.”
“The report is one part of the enduring legacy of November’s AI Safety Summit, and I am delighted that countries who agreed the Bletchley Declaration will join us in its development.”
Professor Yoshua Bengio, a pioneering AI researcher at Quebec’s Mila Institute, stated that the paper “will be an important tool in helping to inform the discussions at the AI Safety Summits being held by the Republic of Korea and France later this year.”
The list of countries participating can be found here. The report’s preparation is guided by four principles: comprehensiveness, impartiality, transparency, and scientific evaluation, which were inspired by IPCC climate change assessments. This methodology attempts to enable a thorough and impartial assessment of AI hazards.
