AI benefits should not be limited to ultra -rich ‘oligarche’, says Trudeau – National

The world needs regulation to ensure that the benefits of artificial intelligence do not enjoy the extremely rich “oligarchy”, the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau he said in a speech on Monday at a global conference on AI.

Trudeau said the goal is not to stop progress, but technology is needed by protectors, transparency and responsibility.

“We have to put Ai in the service of all, in countries with high and low incomes, not only for all a small group of Ultrarich oligarch, whose only concern is the value of their portfolio of the shares,” he said.

His comments come as an administration of US President Donald Trump – who was friendly with the technological sector – encourages international efforts to regulate artificial intelligence.

Trudeau used his speech to explain that AI plays in the agenda for Summit in June G7.

A day earlier at a round table in Paris, Trudeau said the need for more electricity to power artificial intelligence There will be a key topic of the G7 discussion this year, as Canada assumes the Presidency of the Multinational Body. He said that increased energy production should not come to the expense of climate change – and nuclear energy should play a role.

“As an ecologist, for me the debate is over,” he said.

“Nuclear reactors of large proportions must be part of this solution for the future, because if you are not willing to accept nuclear now, then the coal AI with other parts of the world will shape the next decades to even worse.”

Trudeau also used his speech to insert Canada as a place for AI investments, praising Canadian ai pioneers like Yoshua Bengio, Geoffrey Hinton and Richard Sutton.

He said that Canada also has “critical minerals needed to build this technological revolution, specialized semiconductor expertise and one of the purest electricity networks in the world.”

“And yes, we are reasonable and always decent,” he added to the audience.

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