How intelligent are safeguards against AI abuse?

Artificial intelligence (AI) holds the power to either enhance or damage people’s lives. The global community, including Switzerland, is attempting to thrash out a set of rules to ensure AI develops into a friend rather than a foe. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Council of Europe, the continent’s guardian of human rights and democracy, has drawn up a treaty (Convention) that aims to steer AI along a path for good. Switzerland endorses the Convention, having played a role in drafting the text. But the Alpine state was not among the first set of countries to sign a binding commitment to uphold its values. SWI swissinfo.ch looks at the Convention’s content and Switzerland’s contribution to controlling AI. What is the treaty? The document presented to the world in May has a rather long name: The Council of Europe Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. + Is the Swiss negotiator a US stooge? The ...